To Breakfast Or Not To Breakfast

Breakfast has nothing to do with losing weight or keeping it off.

It may be key to keeping some people from getting so hungry they eat too much later in the day but this isn't the case for everyone.

The idea that you need to eat breakfast to get your metabolism running for the day so you can lose weight is a total myth that just refuses to die.

Agree 100% with the other posters here. Do what works for you and makes you feel best.

It's a matter of personal preference. Without breakfast I get cranky and can't concentrate on my work. My brother gets cranky if he has to eat breakfast. We're both doing fine with our weight-loss goals.

Do what you like.

I love breakfast and would never give up voluntarily, and I start to get hangry early in the day if I skip it, but some people just aren't hungry first thing in the morning (so they tell me; I can't actually imagine feeling this way). Not eating first thing is not a problem *if it's not a problem for that person*, if you see what I mean.

It's been found that for many people, skipping breakfast may make them more likely to over-eat later, and for those people, eating breakfast is important. But if you've never been a breakfast person and you don't find going without it makes you eat more than you should later, there's nothing magic about adding it that will make you lose weight.

I eat enough to fuel me(~100calories), have a little snack for lunch (~100), and then save about ~1000-1400 for dinner. I can't sleep without a full stomach, so this works for me. I don't feel hungry in the morning so I don't bother. As long as I am under my calorie limit, I've still been losing weight.

I consulted my doctor and he said it's totally fine to skip or do just the minimum to tide you over. However, he said if you get light headed, headaches, dizziness, that is your body telling you that this is NOT the plan for you.

Like everyone else said, personal preference. When I was focusing on losing I tended to skip breakfast because that was 400 calories I could use else where and I wasn't typically that hungry first thing in the morning. Now in maintenance I eat breakfast every dang morning, it is the only way I can hit my protein goals. If I skip breakfast I end up eating crap food to try and make my calorie goals at the end of the night, or I just dont eat enough which is counter productive to my half marathon and strength training goals.

Also a no breakfast person. For some reason, it's easier for me not to eat if I don't start eating. So, skipping breakfast allows for more calories during the day, and especially at night. I still love breakfast foods, I just don't eat them first thing in the morning. Definitely a matter of personal preference.

I'm a no breakfast person, I have a big coffee with heavy cream in it every day and that's what I have until lunch. There's no real reason for it other than I love having a big dinner later feeling like I get to pig out. At the end of the day you're getting the same amount of calories whether it's in the AM or PM.

I have been skipping or eating small breakfasts for over a year. If I do eat, it's typically a fruit or something similar. Do what feels right for you. As for weight loss/health, I don't think it negatively impacts either.

I hate breakfast the meal, and love breakfast foods. So we have "breakfast for dinner" as often as we can.

There's nothing to the idea that eating/not eating breakfast has anything at all to do with weight loss. Even saying 'some people use it to not binge' I think is misrepresentative. Cause some people keep chocolate chips in the cupboard and savor 2 or 3 in order to stave off a binge, and no one is saying that's got anything to do with weight loss success. It's just a behavior some people engage in to avoid other behaviors.