Breakfast, is it ok to skip it?

freakymistkd
freakymistkd Posts: 586 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi, I have about 6kg to lose to reach my goal weight and have already lost 4kg. I'm not looking for any quick fixes or to lose it fast. After all it took me ten years to gradually put on the ten kilos I want to lose.
Anyway what I've been noticing is that I'm eating a small breakfast for the sake of eating breakfast. Most of the time I'm not actually feeling hungry. It's just that growing up hearing "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" and it's a habit to eat something in the morning. Is it going to be detrimental to my overall health to skip breakfast on days when I don't feel hungry?
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  • Nikki10129
    Nikki10129 Posts: 292 Member
    Not detrimental at all, eat when you feel hungry. Lots of people aren't hungry in the morning and don't eat breakfast.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    I skip breakfast all the time, it's personal preference.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Skip away. Meal timing makes no difference.
  • freakymistkd
    freakymistkd Posts: 586 Member
    Thanks for replying to my post. Three out three say it's ok so that's good enough for me :smiley:
  • JordisTSM
    JordisTSM Posts: 359 Member
    Agree with all the others, I personally do eat breakfast, but that's only because if I don't, I tend to end up hangry and binge. If you don't have that issue, then skip away :smile:
  • FitOldMomma
    FitOldMomma Posts: 790 Member
    I rarely ever ate breakfast before losing weight. Coffee was enough to get me going and I wouldn't eat until around 11 am or noon. Now, I wake up HUNGRY and ready to eat a little something before I even have coffee. But probably, it's just become a new habit. When I started deficit eating I adhered to all the advise of 'breakfast being the most important meal of the day' mantra. It took about a month to get used to it. But as far as is it really important for everyone? I kind of doubt it.
  • ise311
    ise311 Posts: 107 Member
    Usually i skip. But started eating cornflakes and milk these days, as my stomach keep making noises by 10.30-11am in work meetings each time. It's very embarassing. :(
  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
    Yes, as long as you don't overeat to compensate for it later.
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    As long as you are not grabbing a doughnut at 10:30 - there is no problem. I bring something to eat as a morning snack if I skip breakfast because I will be hungry by 10:30.
  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    I eat it for a few reasons. One, it's cheap. Two, I'd be much hunger by lunch time. Three, that's 500-600 calories I'd have to take in at another time and I like the sizes I already have for lunch and dinner. 3 even size meals distributed thru the day works best for me. You could be different.
  • debsdoingthis
    debsdoingthis Posts: 454 Member
    I eat breakfast but its at break time (10ish). I'm rarely hungry before then and I'm usually up around 6.
  • freakymistkd
    freakymistkd Posts: 586 Member
    Thanks everyone, I wrote this post yesterday and this morning I've woken up hungry haha
  • Cyndiaquino
    Cyndiaquino Posts: 72 Member
    I haven't read all the replies, but what I have read is that breakfast is a great way to get your metabolism going. Also, when you skip breakfast, "they say" you are more likely to overeat. I have also read that eating a nice sized breakfast will help with how much you consume for the rest of the day. It's also good to eat breakfast within 2 hours of waking up.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    The "breakfast is the most important meal of the day " was coined by Kellogs :wink:
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    When us the time if day that you tend to overeat? If you tend to munch in the afternoon, eating breakfast might help you feel more full throughout the day.

    Otherwise, it really doesn't matter.

    My compromise is that I often have something around 10 or 11. Elevensies, if you will.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Cyndiaquino wrote: »
    I haven't read all the replies, but what I have read is that breakfast is a great way to get your metabolism going. Also, when you skip breakfast, "they say" you are more likely to overeat. I have also read that eating a nice sized breakfast will help with how much you consume for the rest of the day. It's also good to eat breakfast within 2 hours of waking up.

    Eating breakfast usually means I will over eat. Eating switches on the hunger monster for me, the later I "break" my "fast" the better.

    As for your metabolism comment, it is always going, you cant bump it into action.
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Cyndiaquino wrote: »
    I haven't read all the replies, but what I have read is that breakfast is a great way to get your metabolism going. Also, when you skip breakfast, "they say" you are more likely to overeat. I have also read that eating a nice sized breakfast will help with how much you consume for the rest of the day. It's also good to eat breakfast within 2 hours of waking up.

    Metabolism is always going. At a lower rate when you're asleep, but it doesn't need the "jumpstart" that some people call breakfast.

    Personally, I do best when I eat within about an hour after getting up. On weekends I can put off having food till lunch time and just have coffee, but during the week I'm up at 6:15 and at work by 7:30 and tend to be fairly active so I need breakfast. Means I end up with a smaller lunch.

    But anyway...meal timing doesn't mean diddly in general. It's a personal thing :)

    ~Lyssa
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    Cyndiaquino wrote: »
    I haven't read all the replies, but what I have read is that breakfast is a great way to get your metabolism going. Also, when you skip breakfast, "they say" you are more likely to overeat. I have also read that eating a nice sized breakfast will help with how much you consume for the rest of the day. It's also good to eat breakfast within 2 hours of waking up.

    No to the metabolism comment, just bro science.

    Also-that doesn't apply to all. If I eat when I get up I graze all day. If I don't eat, I stay in my calorie goal.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    edited March 2016
    I eat a lot less during the day now that I started eating breakfast.
    I drink 1 cup of skim milk with my coffee, and a serving of almonds.
    Protein + Protein = knocks out hunger for hours.
    Some people that skip, graze which can be bad if unplanned.
  • Cyndiaquino
    Cyndiaquino Posts: 72 Member
    Thanks for the replies. I'm definitely still learning all about this, going on 7 1/2 months. I have lost 50 lbs, maybe the eating breakfast works for some and not so much for others. I'm going to read more on how our metabolisms work and fasting. Sometimes I feel I should wait a little longer to eat breakfast, but then I worry if I wait too long.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Cyndiaquino wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies. I'm definitely still learning all about this, going on 7 1/2 months. I have lost 50 lbs, maybe the eating breakfast works for some and not so much for others.

    Absolutely. It's entirely personal preference. Some find it helps them make better choices later in the day, others find it makes it harder to control their intake for the rest of the day. There's certainly nothing wrong with eating breakfast if that's one's personal preference, but there's nothing wrong with skipping it/eating it later either.


    Cyndiaquino wrote: »
    I'm going to read more on how our metabolisms work and fasting. Sometimes I feel I should wait a little longer to eat breakfast, but then I worry if I wait too long.

    No worries about waiting too long. Meal timing is irrelevant except for very few people under very specific circumstances (which 99.9% of us don't fall under - pre-contest bodybuilders, etc.). Contrary to the oft-quoted woo about "jumpstarting your metabolism in the morning", your metabolism is hard at work 24 hours a day and doesn't need "jumpstarting".

    There are people who practice Intermittent Fasting, with various fast/feed windows - 20/4, 18/6, 16/8, etc. Again, entirely a matter of personal preference.
  • freakymistkd
    freakymistkd Posts: 586 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    The "breakfast is the most important meal of the day " was coined by Kellogs :wink:

    Another one of those childhood things that we took for gospel. Just like the advert stating that the heart foundation tick couldn't be bought but then we find out that McDonald's dropped the tick a few years back because they decided it was too expensive.
  • freakymistkd
    freakymistkd Posts: 586 Member
    Thanks everyone for the replies it definitely does seem to be a benefit for some and not so for others. I might have yo look back through my food logging and see if there's a trend on snacking more or snacking less after eating breakfast
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    Depends on who you want to listen to. Giant cereal manufacturing company, strangers on the internet or your own body.

    I love breakfast food (bacon, eggs, biscuits, gravy etc.) but don't normally want to start eating until later in the day. Once I start eating I wake the munchie monster up and keep wanting to snack. I'm not really hungry, I just want to eat. So, unless I can occupy myself with some activity I put off eating.
  • hko718
    hko718 Posts: 85 Member
    Absolutely.
  • one235
    one235 Posts: 70 Member
    I have never eaten breakfast since I started elementary school. I'm so glad to hear I don't "have" to eat it now. I'm just not up to food in the morning.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,984 Member
    Cyndiaquino wrote: »
    I haven't read all the replies, but what I have read is that breakfast is a great way to get your metabolism going. Also, when you skip breakfast, "they say" you are more likely to overeat. I have also read that eating a nice sized breakfast will help with how much you consume for the rest of the day. It's also good to eat breakfast within 2 hours of waking up.
    Metabolism is always going. It "kickstarts" the moment you get out of bed and physically move.
    ALL of the information about breakfast and weight gain/maintenance and loss are correlations. Breakfast isn't the reason for weight loss. A calorie deficit it.

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  • cryssybaby77
    cryssybaby77 Posts: 22 Member
    I personally never skip breakfast, But if I eat a huge breakfast I will skip Lunch, and if I eat a huge lunch I will skip dinner.. But its whatever you feel you can do. If I skip Breakfast I tend to overeat the rest of the day.
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    Skip it if it works for you.
    I personally can't I'll be starving by lunch. If I eat breakfast I'm good until dinner.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Yes you can. It's all personal preference.

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