Breakfast as soon as you wake up?

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I wanna know.

Different studies show different things so it's a matter of opinion. I don't eat till around 10am and am losing fine.

I can't stomach any food unless I've been awake for at least an hour.

Personally, I wake up, do my 30DS, then have a protein-packed breakfast.
pack my lunch, get dressed, then head out to the gym for an hour or so before I have to work.

what time do you get up to get all that in in the morning?!

I have always believed it best to eat first thing to kick start your metabolism. This is why I am hungry by 9am and my friends who don't eat breakfast aren't hungry until lunch time.

hi, i study biomedical science/nutrition. you should stop eating 3 hours before you go to bed, have 8 hours sleep and eat within 45minutes to an hour after rising each morning. this is the most effective way to keep your metabolism at its peak for the entire day. also doing some form of exercise before breakfast is extremely beneficial to weight loss and boosted metabolism.

i cant eat as soon as i get up. i go potty, then i let my dogs out. i feed my animals (right now i have 3 dogs 1 cat and 7 kittens so it is easier to feed them before i weigh or feed myself they get in the way if not) then i weigh myself, then i feed myself so probably hour or so after i get up.. i get up 10:30-1 depending on the day. Also depending on the day i dont even eat breakfast cuz i am not much of a morning person or i get busy and forget. Like yesterday my brother called and i started doing other stuff..

I'm not a morning person at all, but it doesn't matter. The whole idea is that you should eat something within 45 minutes to an hour after waking up. It gives you that OOMPH! Also, its a good idea to drink a glass of water when you get up as well!

Clue is in the name – break the fast! I eat straight away, I can't wait. Perhaps those that can't stomach food would find it easier having a smoothie? You can add oats etc but it still feels like a drink )

Thank you ...I had heard that somewhere before and you've confirmed it for me.

Well sorry to break it to you, people usually get inaccurate facts out of fitness magazines or some other form of inaccurate media. Eating in the morning, takes energy away from your body by digesting, it slows you down, eating triggers the parasympathetic which slows down the body. How do most people feel after a huge meal? tired, lethargic... etc. Yes it's not as severe with a smaller meal, but that doesn't mean the parasympathetic nervous system isn't triggered. Eating increases insulin which can store bodyfat, this is what you want to do first thing in the morning?. The opposite of eating is not eating. If you don't eat, this will trigger the sympathetic nevous system, which releases adrenaline which will keep you alert an energetic.
Plus not eating lowers insulin levels which will release glucagon which is a fat liberating hormone, it releases fat from the body. On top of this, growth hormone is also released, which burns a lot of fat, and helps preserve muscle tissue.

Someone said "eating speeds up your metabolism?" Depends, if you eat "more calories" yes it does... But if you eat 1 meal at 2000 calories, or 10 meals at 200 calories, it has no effect on your metabolism in terms of speeding it up.

below are scientific studies to support what I have said.
breakfast slows down oxidation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10967612

fasting longer than 6hrs increses fat oxidation,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15212756

fasting burns 5 times more fat.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12051710

gherlin triggers Growth Hormone
http://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/293/3/E819.full

Thank you ...I had heard that somewhere before and you've confirmed it for me.

Well sorry to break it to you, people usually get inaccurate facts out of fitness magazines or some other form of inaccurate media. Eating in the morning, takes energy away from your body by digesting, it slows you down, eating triggers the parasympathetic which slows down the body. How do most people feel after a huge meal? tired, lethargic... etc. Yes it's not as severe with a smaller meal, but that doesn't mean the parasympathetic nervous system isn't triggered. Eating increases insulin which can store bodyfat, this is what you want to do first thing in the morning?. The opposite of eating is not eating. If you don't eat, this will trigger the sympathetic nevous system, which releases adrenaline which will keep you alert an energetic.
Plus not eating lowers insulin levels which will release glucagon which is a fat liberating hormone, it releases fat from the body. On top of this, growth hormone is also released, which burns a lot of fat, and helps preserve muscle tissue.

Someone said "eating speeds up your metabolism?" Depends, if you eat "more calories" yes it does... But if you eat 1 meal at 2000 calories, or 10 meals at 200 calories, it has no effect on your metabolism in terms of speeding it up.

below are scientific studies to support what I have said.
breakfast slows down oxidation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10967612

fasting longer than 6hrs increses fat oxidation,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15212756

fasting burns 5 times more fat.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12051710

gherlin triggers Growth Hormone
http://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/293/3/E819.full

So wait, you're saying, uh, never eat?
cool.

i'm another one who hate to eat when i first wake up .... unfortunately i'm on medication where I need to eat - so i now have banana first thing - then often it will be lunchtime or later before I feel like eating anything again.

i dont eat at regular times either, most days i eat when i'm hungry - and often dont have my last meal until late evening. xxx

I have always believed it best to eat first thing to kick start your metabolism. This is why I am hungry by 9am and my friends who don't eat breakfast aren't hungry until lunch time.

I think I have experienced this - On both sides!!

I never used to eat breakfast, but in recent years I have started eating it, because it's what me and my son do first thing in the morning together, but I honestly think it makes me hungrier throughout the day.
I have tried to postpone breakfast now until at least 10 am because if I eat at 8am with my son I am hungry again at 9am when I have taken him to school, and that seems to carry on throughout the day. I can't break the pattern unless I leave breakfast til later in the day.
We eat cereal for breakfast, I LOVE it but I am so sure it's stopping me losing weight.
I have cut out breakfast and not eaten anything until at least 10 am and the weight has started to come off again, I feel that I am less hungry throughout the day and I'm so much more in control of what I eat, rather than craving sugary carbs.
I can still eat cereal at 10am or later and not be hungry for the rest of the day, I honestly believe having those first few hours without food helps me lose weight, not the other way round!!

I would like to say also that I am in the 'healthy' weight range, middle of healthy actually and weight loss at this level is really tough, it might be different for those who have a lot to lose, but for me and others I know in a similar situation there seems to be some pattern here.

I think also the food you eat at breakfast will effect your metabolism, so if you eat grapefruit and coffee at breakfast this WILL aid your metabolism, but sugary cereal might not.
Purely based on the effects these foods have on the body and how the body is forced to process them.

Be interesting to see if anyone can produce any solid facts on this subject to support a theory, this is my person experience only.

Either way good luck!!! :drinker:

Im the same, If I eat as soon as I get up I feel terribly hungry all day. I know that it goes against what we're told to do but Ive had to change my eating times so that i dont eat all day every day. I have breakfast at about 10.30/11am, lunch is at 3.30pm and dinner is at 8/9pm. I then go to bed at 11/12pm. However I don't feel the need to snack all day I just have my 3 meals and maybe a snack or 2 if Ive been working out hard to keep my calories up.

Meal timing, size, and frequency are largely irrelevant in the context of proper daily nutrition and offer no metabolic advantages. It does not change your total daily expenditure.