I hate breakfast

TheHappyLoser
TheHappyLoser Posts: 95 Member
edited December 2 in Health and Weight Loss
I know what you are going to say, "It's the most important meal of the day," but I just don't like it. I do eat breakfast at the weekend, but then it's more like a brunch. A mix between lunch and a late breakfast.

I have never eaten breakfast, not as a child and not as an adult. I drink something, either tea or water and I am ready for the day. I am just not hungry before lunchtime.

I feel like I am wasting calories because I make myself eat breakfast now. It makes me feel tired and bloated. I don't 'care for it.

Am I the only one who doesn't like to eat breakfast?
Do I really have to include breakfast in my meal plan?

I don't care for cereals, I am not crazy for eggs and I eat fruits as snacks during the day.


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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    If you don't want to eat breakfast, don't eat it. Meal timing is irrelevant for weight loss, it's strictly a matter of personal preference (workout performance, satiety, etc.).
  • Maria_Fatima
    Maria_Fatima Posts: 238 Member
    Cutting on your breakfast can actually aid weight loss if youre eating healthy through the day and following your own natural patterns
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    So don't eat it. There is no reason to if you don't want to.
  • shagerty777
    shagerty777 Posts: 185 Member
    If you don't like it don't eat it then. There is evidence that whether you eat 1 meal a day or 6 the net result is going to follow your calorie intake. Too many calories and you gain, too little and you lose weight. The most important thing is to not replace that missed breakfast with snacks of garbage food later in the morning. Having said that it also depends on your exercise routine. I hit it hard in the morning and have to eat breakfast.
  • Hwy2TheDangerZone
    Hwy2TheDangerZone Posts: 21 Member
    To each their own!
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Another, don't eat it :)
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    I'm not sure who is standing in your kitchen forcing you to eat breakfast, do you live with the owner of a cereal company?

    As others have said, it's OK to find your own pattern of eating that makes you feel good and keeps you healthy.
  • emmylootwo
    emmylootwo Posts: 172 Member
    I would literally never say breakfast is the most important meal of the day (okay, I just did, but typing doesn't count). Don't like breakfast? Don't eat it. I found that eating breakfast, especially when eating a deficit, makes me ravenous all day. Seems like a waste of calories too, only to end up eating lunch a few hours later.
  • OneTwentyThree
    OneTwentyThree Posts: 186 Member
    I know what you are going to say, "It's the most important meal of the day," but I just don't like it. I do eat breakfast at the weekend, but then it's more like a brunch. A mix between lunch and a late breakfast.

    I have never eaten breakfast, not as a child and not as an adult. I drink something, either tea or water and I am ready for the day. I am just not hungry before lunchtime.

    I feel like I am wasting calories because I make myself eat breakfast now. It makes me feel tired and bloated. I don't 'care for it.

    Am I the only one who doesn't like to eat breakfast?
    Do I really have to include breakfast in my meal plan?

    I don't care for cereals, I am not crazy for eggs and I eat fruits as snacks during the day.


    Do you exercise? If so do you do it in the morning or evening? Just wondering because lately I've been hating to eat breakfast as well, seems to make me tired but I prefer to exercise in the morning and not sure if it's a good idea to work out on empty stomach.

    What time do you eat lunch usually?

  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I was firmly encouraged to start with breakfast at the same time every day in my diabetic classes. Are you diabetic? No? Then eat as you please then.

    What typically is the first thing you eat in a day?
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I make a smoothie in the AM but don't start drinking it until I'm actually hungry.
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    I know what you are going to say, "It's the most important meal of the day," but I just don't like it. I do eat breakfast at the weekend, but then it's more like a brunch. A mix between lunch and a late breakfast.

    I have never eaten breakfast, not as a child and not as an adult. I drink something, either tea or water and I am ready for the day. I am just not hungry before lunchtime.

    I feel like I am wasting calories because I make myself eat breakfast now. It makes me feel tired and bloated. I don't 'care for it.

    Am I the only one who doesn't like to eat breakfast?
    Do I really have to include breakfast in my meal plan?

    I don't care for cereals, I am not crazy for eggs and I eat fruits as snacks during the day.


    Do you exercise? If so do you do it in the morning or evening? Just wondering because lately I've been hating to eat breakfast as well, seems to make me tired but I prefer to exercise in the morning and not sure if it's a good idea to work out on empty stomach.

    What time do you eat lunch usually?

    Not the OP but I work out in the morning without eating, it's no problem as long as I eat supper the day before. I do eat breakfast, but it's small and not until hours after working out (I work out at 5:30 AM and eat breakfast around 9:30 AM at work)
  • xmichaelyx
    xmichaelyx Posts: 883 Member
    I know what you are going to say, "It's the most important meal of the day,"

    I would never say that, because it's ridiculous - something people told their kids 40 years ago that has no basis in science.

    Eat what and when you want.

  • OneTwentyThree
    OneTwentyThree Posts: 186 Member
    robininfl wrote: »
    I know what you are going to say, "It's the most important meal of the day," but I just don't like it. I do eat breakfast at the weekend, but then it's more like a brunch. A mix between lunch and a late breakfast.

    I have never eaten breakfast, not as a child and not as an adult. I drink something, either tea or water and I am ready for the day. I am just not hungry before lunchtime.

    I feel like I am wasting calories because I make myself eat breakfast now. It makes me feel tired and bloated. I don't 'care for it.

    Am I the only one who doesn't like to eat breakfast?
    Do I really have to include breakfast in my meal plan?

    I don't care for cereals, I am not crazy for eggs and I eat fruits as snacks during the day.


    Do you exercise? If so do you do it in the morning or evening? Just wondering because lately I've been hating to eat breakfast as well, seems to make me tired but I prefer to exercise in the morning and not sure if it's a good idea to work out on empty stomach.

    What time do you eat lunch usually?

    Not the OP but I work out in the morning without eating, it's no problem as long as I eat supper the day before. I do eat breakfast, but it's small and not until hours after working out (I work out at 5:30 AM and eat breakfast around 9:30 AM at work)

    Thanks for sharing! How many calories do you eat for breakfast.. and what are you usually eating?
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    edited June 2016
    It's no crime to skip breakfast. Some of the greatest men and women of history eschewed breakfast. Goethe, for instance. Possibly Joan of Arc too, her visions kept her busy.
  • TheHappyLoser
    TheHappyLoser Posts: 95 Member
    I know what you are going to say, "It's the most important meal of the day," but I just don't like it. I do eat breakfast at the weekend, but then it's more like a brunch. A mix between lunch and a late breakfast.

    I have never eaten breakfast, not as a child and not as an adult. I drink something, either tea or water and I am ready for the day. I am just not hungry before lunchtime.

    I feel like I am wasting calories because I make myself eat breakfast now. It makes me feel tired and bloated. I don't 'care for it.

    Am I the only one who doesn't like to eat breakfast?
    Do I really have to include breakfast in my meal plan?

    I don't care for cereals, I am not crazy for eggs and I eat fruits as snacks during the day.


    Do you exercise? If so do you do it in the morning or evening? Just wondering because lately I've been hating to eat breakfast as well, seems to make me tired but I prefer to exercise in the morning and not sure if it's a good idea to work out on empty stomach.

    What time do you eat lunch usually?

    I am fat and I am old. I can't exercise the way I am going to exercise in the future just yet. I walk up and down our stairs to an imaginary 9th floor. 12 steps up and 12 steps down. I do that first thing in the morning before I take a shower.

    I feel fine without breakfast.

  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    If you don't want to eat it, don't. I don't.
  • TheHappyLoser
    TheHappyLoser Posts: 95 Member
    OK now you all make me feel older than dirt. I heard that I would have to eat at least 3 times a day, better would be 5 times a day (small portions of course). That would curb on the metabolism. Is that yesterday's news as well?

    Is that my generation that came up with, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day?"

  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Yesterday's news
  • TheHappyLoser
    TheHappyLoser Posts: 95 Member
    edited June 2016
    jgnatca wrote: »
    I was firmly encouraged to start with breakfast at the same time every day in my diabetic classes. Are you diabetic? No? Then eat as you please then.

    What typically is the first thing you eat in a day?

    I eat lunch. A salad or a lean cuisine dish. A vegetable sandwich, or fish. Fruits as dessert?

    No, I am not diabetic. I am fairly healthy besides being overweight and slow as a snail.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    @MyReflections I was as sedentary as you and now I run 5K's regularly. I was T2 diabetic but the symptoms are in remission from significant weight loss.

    The trick to regaining mobility is persistence and baby steps. Exercise enough to get you puffing every day and as it gets easier, set new goals.

    I am fairly confident you are fine starting your day with a salad or a Lean Cuisine. (I am assuming your lean cousins are live and inedible).
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Giving up breakfast was the best thing that ever happened to me...enjoy :)
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    You can edit your settings to give meals different names.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    OK now you all make me feel older than dirt. I heard that I would have to eat at least 3 times a day, better would be 5 times a day (small portions of course). That would curb on the metabolism. Is that yesterday's news as well?

    Is that my generation that came up with, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day?"

    I think it was kellogs who coined that phrase :wink:

    BTW I don't eat breakfast either.

  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    The cereal that was literally invented to stop kids from the evils of self-pleasure? Lol
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Indeed, @eveandqsmom

    "In 1894, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the superintendent of The Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan and an Adventist, used these recipes as part of a strict vegetarian regimen for his patients, which also included no alcohol, tobacco, or caffeine. The diet he imposed consisted entirely of bland foods. A follower of Sylvester Graham, the inventor of graham crackers and graham bread, Kellogg believed that spicy or sweet foods would increase passions.[2]

    This idea for corn flakes began by accident when Kellogg and his younger brother, Will Keith Kellogg, left some cooked wheat to sit while they attended to some pressing matters at the sanitarium."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_flakes
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