Does everyone eat breakfast?

breakfast is very important! it jump starts your metabolism for the day! if i don't eat breakfast, i feel like im going to die. ive seen more improvement with my weight loss since i've started eating breakfast everyday.

The first meal of the day gets your metabolism going (I've been told). I would say breakfast is a good thing (especially if you usually have a big lunch).

People will tell you that breakfast is important to jump start your metabolism. That is a myth. If you want breakfast, eat it. If not, don't. There have been studies that actually prove that those who eat breakfast are more likely to consume more calories a day. I don't think eating breakfast nor skipping breakfast will help your weight loss. It's all about a proper nutritious diet within your calorie goals, and exercise.

I finally found out how important breakfast is when I became pregnant, and now 3 yrs later I NEVER miss breakfast!!! My body hates me for it. Even if it's very small; eat something!!

I used to always skip b-fast but have learned that it's not the best thing to do. You need to keep that metabolism going so even if you eat a small meal it's better than nothing.

For many people, skipping breakfast results in feeling low energy and bingeing later in the day. It does not "jumpstart" your metabolism, but it does help keep blood sugar more even and can prevent the 'afternoon crash".

Also, for many skipping breakfast can make reaching macro goals (protein/fat/carb) difficult, because the cals aren't spread throughout the day.

Eating breakfast has made ALL the difference for me - I no longer snack all afternoon evening.

I'm never 100% sure about this one, I have done both had breakfasts and skipped them, the only thing I know is everyone seems to say it's better to have it than not have it. My advise is if you are losing weight just carry on doing what your doing.

People will tell you that breakfast is important to jump start your metabolism. That is a myth. If you want breakfast, eat it. If not, don't. There have been studies that actually prove that those who eat breakfast are more likely to consume more calories a day. I don't think eating breakfast nor skipping breakfast will help your weight loss. It's all about a proper nutritious diet within your calorie goals, and exercise.

Can you quote some of these studies? Everything I have ever read says you should eat a high protein breakfast first thing in the morning.

i too used to never eat breakfast! now, my day isnt complete without a bowl of cereal with some fruit to start it out! it just works better for me. i have heard it helps, i have heard it doesnt help. im not a scientist and i think only u can determine what is best for u!

I love breakfast, so I never miss it. If nothing else, you could try having a good quality granola bar or a smoothie every morning for a while and see if that helps boost your weight loss. It couldn't hurt to try! (So long as the breakfasts are healthy - low in bad stuff in high in good stuff.)

People will tell you that breakfast is important to jump start your metabolism. That is a myth. If you want breakfast, eat it. If not, don't. There have been studies that actually prove that those who eat breakfast are more likely to consume more calories a day. I don't think eating breakfast nor skipping breakfast will help your weight loss. It's all about a proper nutritious diet within your calorie goals, and exercise.

Do you have any sources to back up this claim?

I know it's a anecdote, but my roomie use to never ever eat breakfast (and rarely lunch though she'd get her full day's calories for dinner) and when she started eating at least breakfast she began losing weight.

G-D right!!!! I love breakfast!!

breakfast increases the metabolism...which in turn sheds pounds far more efficiently than without having breakfast.

Frankly, breakfast is the first meal of your day. Whether it is right after you wake up or hours after you wake up. The problem with skipping breakfast is not that in and of itself it will cause weigh gain, but that it is a disregulation of eating patterns. Usually it is associated with bad eating habits and a busy lifestyle (that has even been mentioned above as a reason one person finds breakfast in the morning difficult to eat). It is the bad eating habits that cause the weight gain, not the skipping of breakfast in the morning. There are hundreds if not thousands of people who use the leangain.com approach to muscle building and fat loss and they don't eat breakfast until early afternoon, then eat a well balanced diet from a start time of 12:30-2PM to about 8PM staying within their caloric budget. All of them lose fat quite well and never eat a morning breakfast.

Here is a summary of some of the stuff that is behind that approach to eating http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html

Basically, if you are not thrown off you eating because of skipping breakfast, then your weight loss will not be negatively or positively impacted from eating a morning breakfast. The danger is that you may grab food you should not eat out of convenience later that blow out your caloric budget and are nutritionally empty. For others, as mentioned above, they feel they have no energy if they don't eat breakfast in the morning.

As for me, I do it both ways. I usually eat a large breakfast, but there are days I do a leangains sort of approach where I don't eat until early afternoon. More often I do an Eat Stop Eat approach where I do a 24 hour fast 1 or 2 times a week starting when I finish supper one night to supper time the next night. It has not hindered my weigh loss at all.