force eating.

geri1geraldinesuzanne
geri1geraldinesuzanne Posts: 125 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
hi,
i've read so mush on how we shouldn't skip meals in this case breakfast if we want to succesfully lose weigh, but the thing is that i'm not usually hungry in the morning at least till around 11h, so i sometimes find myself eating something just so i don't feel hungry between breakfast and lunch. thing is that if i wait till i feel hungry it'll clash with lunch then i won have one thing or the other and feel hungry again about 4ish and so on....
question should i eat even when i'm mot nungry?

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  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    That's a diet myth that's been around for ages. The fact is that meal timing has zero impact on weight loss. If you're not hungry until 11, then by all means don't eat until 11. So long as you are sticking to your calorie goal and not overeating, what times you eat will make no difference.
  • flabassmcgee
    flabassmcgee Posts: 659 Member
    There are plenty of people that choose not to eat breakfast. As long as you get the correct amount of calories in by the end of the day, it shouldn't be a problem.

    How much are you eating?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Doesn't matter what time you eat. I personally wake at about 3 a.m. daily and never eat my first meal until 9:30-10:30ish.
  • IamAddictedtoCoconuts
    IamAddictedtoCoconuts Posts: 24 Member
    You need to find what works for you, which is eating later after waking up. Like everyone has said, it won't matter when you eat as long as you get your calories throughout the day. There's something called "Intermittent fasting" Basically it's a "window" on when you're eating, someone people will eat all their calories from 12pm-7pm or 2pm-9pm, basically any kind of time. As long as you're getting your calories -you're fine. Now if you never feel hungry throughout the day, that's another thing and you should get checked out but if it's only a time issue, no worries! Infact i used to wake up at 8am and would only start eating at 11:30am and was fine. But i would either some tea or water in the morning. Here's a website on Intermittent fasting: http://scoobysworkshop.com/leangains-intermittent-fasting/
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    Eating breakfast works for some people, because it helps to prevent extreme hunger later in the morning that can lead to overeating. If you don't want to eat breakfast, and you aren't feeling ravenous before lunch, there's no good reason to eat it.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    geri1geraldinesuzanne wrote: »
    hi,
    i've read so mush on how we shouldn't skip meals in this case breakfast if we want to succesfully lose weigh, but the thing is that i'm not usually hungry in the morning at least till around 11h, so i sometimes find myself eating something just so i don't feel hungry between breakfast and lunch. thing is that if i wait till i feel hungry it'll clash with lunch then i won have one thing or the other and feel hungry again about 4ish and so on....
    question should i eat even when i'm mot nungry?

    Frankly, I somewhat like days when I have to skip breakfast usually due to not enough time. It usually means a bigger lunch, or at least that I come under my calorie goal more easily
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    It doesn't matter a great deal. Eat breakfast if you're hungry, skip it if you're not.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I don't understand your post, so this may or may not be a dressing what you asked.

    Try what you feel like doing. It you want to eat before you're hungry, try it. See how it goes. If you want to wait until you're hungry, try that and see how that goes.

    Whatever you do, you can always do something else later. If one thing doesn't work, try something else. :)
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    edited December 2014
    I have to force feed when I'm not hungry because I have hypoglycemia, and honestly, it's not fun and I often end up feeling sick. So eat when you're hungry.
  • ryanhorn
    ryanhorn Posts: 355 Member
    Eat when you're hungry! From what I understand, the biggest reason people are often told to eat breakfast is because they're skipping it when they are hungry which leads to overeating later.
  • GingerbreadCandy
    GingerbreadCandy Posts: 403 Member
    I'd say, eat when you are hungry. :smile: However, as someone who used to skip breakfast daily, I can say that after finding a quick, healthy breakfast meal I enjoyed, I cannot go without it anymore. So it's a matter of habit really.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    geri1geraldinesuzanne wrote: »
    hi,
    i've read so mush on how we shouldn't skip meals in this case breakfast if we want to succesfully lose weigh, but the thing is that i'm not usually hungry in the morning at least till around 11h, so i sometimes find myself eating something just so i don't feel hungry between breakfast and lunch. thing is that if i wait till i feel hungry it'll clash with lunch then i won have one thing or the other and feel hungry again about 4ish and so on....
    question should i eat even when i'm mot nungry?

    Don't eat breakfast if you don't want it. If you don't find you're so hungry that you overeat at lunch, it's simply not a big deal.

    I'm an evil grouch if I don't eat breakfast, but I know plenty of people who do not have that disability ;) It won't hurt you to wait until you are hungry.

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