Yes. I'm going to ask a question about skipping breakfast.

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  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
    edited October 2014
    Part of the reason I looked into intermittent fasting was the fact that mornings are when I crave food the least. There may be some actual benefits to skipping breakfast, but my real purpose was calorie control.
    I leave the debate to the science egg heads.
    I have my results which settle the issue with me. Since beginning intermittent fasting, I have maintained weight but lost fat. Debate over... :D
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  • alska
    alska Posts: 300 Member
    If it were me ... I just wouldn't eat. Why force yourself?
  • mz_getskinny
    mz_getskinny Posts: 258 Member
    Focus more on your calories and less on meal timing. I don't eat breakfast for the same reasons you listed and I'm losing weight consistently at 1-2 lbs/week. I believe the "jumpstarting your metabolism" thing is a myth.
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
    I think I've eaten "breakfast" less than 10 times in the last year... meal timing is completely irrelevant. I do not get hungry until around 2pm, which is when I got straight into lunch. I eat a late dinner, usually around 9:30pm, then a snack at 11pm.

    When I first started here on MFP, I would try to force myself to eat breakfast because I thought it was the healthy thing to do, but I'd never have enough calories left at the end of the day. I much prefer to go without breakfast.
  • srv524
    srv524 Posts: 1,363 Member
    I don't eat breakfast due to the carb backloading principle.
  • gopgirl425
    gopgirl425 Posts: 140 Member
    My first meal of the day is at 7:00 pm and my last is at 12:00 am. Timing doesn't matter.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    My advisors all told me not to skip breakfast. It is when the blood sugars are at their lowest, and your body needs fuel. This is doubly important for diabetics. Also the key is not to be ravenous at any meal and lose control. A little breakfast for a small appetite is fine. Get some protein in there. I take two walnut halves at breakfast for long term blood-sugar control and appetite control. I have that with yogurt, fruit, and chia seeds.
  • mrsdenno82
    mrsdenno82 Posts: 13
    Raynne413 wrote: »
    I break all the eating rules. I get up at 5:30am, eat something around 10-11. Lunch around 1:30-2. Workout around 5-6:30. Dinner around 8:30. Snack around 9:30. Bed at 10 to 10:30.
    We are literally on an identical schedule. The only difference is I have to fit in my workouts when baby sleeps.
  • mz_getskinny
    mz_getskinny Posts: 258 Member
    SideSteel wrote: »
    Ultimately your ability to succeed in the long term for weight loss or weight maintenance will come down to how well you can adhere to your diet.

    As such, if eating breakfast makes it easier for you to adhere to your calorie and macronutrient targets, then you should eat breakfast.

    If eating breakfast makes it tougher for you to adhere to your calorie and macronutrient targets, then you should skip breakfast.

    And that answer is going to differ from person to person.

    ^^ This!
  • JustinAnimal
    JustinAnimal Posts: 1,335 Member
    eldamiano wrote: »
    Bacon and egg sandwich. 5 minutes. Boom....

    I have no interest of most of this thread, but seriously, I need to know how you can make a bacon and egg sandwich in five minutes! Is this assuming the bacon is already cooked? I WANT A FIVE MINUTE BACON SANDWICH!!!
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  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    There's a difference, I think, in these two questions:

    1. Will skipping breakfast help or hurt my efforts to lose weight?
    2. Will skipping breakfast help or hurt my efforts to be healthy?

    The answer to #1 is pretty much thoroughly shown now to be "whatever works for you". Calories are calories regardless of when you eat them. If you find it easier to stick to your calorie goal with a full breakfast, do it. If you find it easier by skipping breakfast, do it. More power to you.

    The answer to #2, I think, is not so clear cut. If you're fasting through breakfast and lunch and then piling on all the calories at dinner, you may lose weight, but will you feel good doing it? Will you be headachy, short-tempered, low-energy and have trouble concentrating all day?

    Personally I think there's no hard-fast rule. But there are ways to lose weight in a way that don't mess with your body as much as others. Spreading out my meals more throughout the day, and making sure I eat a decent breakfast in the mornings, is my way of doing that. Even though I'm a night owl.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    brandonersing wrote: »
    I don't eat breakfast due to the carb backloading principle.

    I don't eat it due to the crab backloading principle personally. It essentially is, if you eat crabcakes for breakfast, and again for dinner, they'll fight.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    There's a difference, I think, in these two questions:

    1. Will skipping breakfast help or hurt my efforts to lose weight?
    2. Will skipping breakfast help or hurt my efforts to be healthy?

    The answer to #1 is pretty much thoroughly shown now to be "whatever works for you". Calories are calories regardless of when you eat them. If you find it easier to stick to your calorie goal with a full breakfast, do it. If you find it easier by skipping breakfast, do it. More power to you.

    The answer to #2, I think, is not so clear cut. If you're fasting through breakfast and lunch and then piling on all the calories at dinner, you may lose weight, but will you feel good doing it? Will you be headachy, short-tempered, low-energy and have trouble concentrating all day?

    Personally I think there's no hard-fast rule. But there are ways to lose weight in a way that don't mess with your body as much as others. Spreading out my meals more throughout the day, and making sure I eat a decent breakfast in the mornings, is my way of doing that. Even though I'm a night owl.

    The clear cut answer to #2 is simple. It varies by individual.

  • RosieLoo24
    RosieLoo24 Posts: 25 Member
    Ok, thanks for the advice everyone!! I guess I will just have to experiment and find what's right for me good luck to everyone with their goals!! :)
  • ithrowconfetti
    ithrowconfetti Posts: 451 Member
    Ever since embarking on intermittent fasting, I've never looked back. I find that eating breakfast early on makes me ravenous quickly. The good thing about IF is that it isn't rigid. Only eat when you're truly hungry, and then fit your daily calories within a reasonable, short window. Since we all know that starvation mode is a myth, you don't have to worry about "fuelling" your body every now and then, with frequent meals. All that garbage about kickstarting your metabolism early in the morning? What a load of tosh. Long story short, I'm not advocating IF to you, but just wanted to make the point that there is nothing wrong with skipping breakfast if you don't feel hungry. It won't throw you off your weight loss plan. Do what works best for you!
  • chazgoss
    chazgoss Posts: 2 Member
    mrsdenno82 wrote: »
    "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" was started by cereal companies.
    "Breakfast" means to "Break your fast". So "Breakfast" can be at 6am or 6pm.
    Some people find that eating breakfast fills them up for the day and spaces out snacks and meals.
    Others find that eating breakfast leads to a day of overeating.
    Some people find that they feel ill, weak or generally lazy without breakfast.
    Some people find that they feel the above if they DO eat breakfast.
    Your daily amount of calories, in a 24 hour period, and the quality of those calories supports weight loss. Whether you eat from 6pm to 6pm or 6am to 6am is irrelevant.

    I think to conclude you need to listen to your body.
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