How many of you eat breakfast?

kristen6350 · July 2016

I'd eat my arm by 9am if I didn't eat breakfast when I got into work at 7am. Then I'd continue to snack all day until lunch. I'm HUNGRY when I wake up.

dave_in_ni · July 2016

Always eat breakfast, usually same breakfast most morning, 40g oats, with 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder all made with water.

KetoneKaren · July 2016

sullus wrote: »

extra_medium wrote: »

Breakfast is the first meal you eat of the day, so technically everyone eats it. Even if it's at 5pm. Not to be a smartass.

You can only skip breakfast once ....

oolou · July 2016

Tashlovesfood wrote: »

So my question is how many of you eat breakfast and how many of you have successfully lost weight without it?

I don't eat breakfast. I'm not hungry in the morning. If I do eat breakfast I find I'll eat more during the day. It wakes up my stomach and then I want more food. So eating breakfast usually leads to going over my calorie goal.

vikinglander · July 2016

ALWAYS...but usually not until I've been up for at least a couple of hours.

tns56364 · July 2016

Tracie5225 wrote: »

I have trouble controlling my appetite, as soon as I start eating, unless I am completely occupied, I feel hunger all day. Therefore I usually miss breakfast, and try to hold off my first meal for as long as possible.

I'm so glad to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem. So I usually will skip breakfast and sometimes lunch then enjoy an nice dinner and a later small snack. I still make sure that I eat my required calories and maintain a good deficit.

mzalice52275 · July 2016

Must eat breakfast every day

LokiGrrl · July 2016

I just don't like eating food in the morning. These days I have my own brand of ketocoffee (1 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp heavy cream in 8 oz coffee, with Splenda which I hate but I just need that sweetness in the creamy coffee) and it keeps my meds from coming back up and holds me for quite a while as far as appetite. My schedule is kind of whack, so I have the coffee about noon, go to work at 1, and get peckish about 6, so I have a light lunch then, and then when I get off work at 9 I make a big dinner, and I'm generally up til 2-3 a.m. The only time I want to eat in the morning is if I get drunk the night before; then it's all about the steak and eggs, heh.

Whitezombiegirl · July 2016

Couple of things spring to mind here:
1. Maybe some people are confusing digestion and metabolism. Eating breakfast will definitely raise your metabolism - for the period that the body is digesting. Anything that is an additional energy demand on the body will do that. ( for the period it needs the energy). Metabolic rate goes up and down all day depending on whats going on with you- sitting, eating, stressing, sleeping, growing, repairing, exercising etc.
2. 3 set meals (and two snacks) is a very recent western cultural pattern. Its not the norm for the majority of the world or gor the majority of mans history on earth- and we do just fine as a species! The evolution of this eating pattern is quite fascinating from a sociological perspective - from middle-ages serfs to industrial revolution to 1960s teens etc. Two tv series i recomend are 'supersizers go...' and 'back in time for dinner ' ( i think!).

brigbrux · July 2016

ALWAYS. No day can start without breakfast. I'd be irritable, in bad mood, unconcentrated, and worst of all: tempted to snack on anything a bit later. And by the way, I have lost 15 kg since Easter Last Year, but by skipping carbs on diner and sport. BMI 20 now.

cbelc2 · July 2016

I honestly don't think it matters as much as what you eat when you do eat. I wake up very hungry and always have. My sister can't look at food before noon.

JC1459 · July 2016

I don't eat breakfast - Intermittent Fasting for past 2 months -- I eat lunch at 11:30am and dinner no later than 6 pm and NO SNACKING between meals -- 30 pounds lost in 2 months -- I wake up with lots of energy and no hunger pains and feeling better than ever!

Angierae75 · July 2016

I eat breakfast, but not right when I get up. I get up around 7 and get to work around 9, and usually eat my breakfast around 9:30.

ObsidianMist · July 2016

I have to eat within a few hours of being up or I'll get hangry real quick

Need2Exerc1se · July 2016

I do not typically eat breakfast*. I gained and lost weight while not eating breakfast.

*that is not to say I never eat breakfast, just that it's pretty rare.

Dannigreen31 · July 2016

I don't eat breakfast either. Just not hungry then..I don't eat till lunchtime.
If I ever do I just grab some fruit. I'm a healthy weight also. I don't know where this whole 'your more likely to be overweight if you skip breakfast' thing came a long

Caitlinbc · July 2016

I always eat breakfast or I won't have energy to last me til lunch. I usually have coffee and a Greek yogurt parfait, avocado toast, or oatmeal with berries, honey, almonds and cinnamon.

TonyB0588 · July 2016

JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »

I eat two breakfast daily, no issue for weight loss or gain. Its not what meals you skip or eat, its the calorie deficit you create that looses weight.

What do you mean by two breakfast?

Double the normally expected portion sizes?
The same meal again at two different times?
Some other meal which you still call breakfast?

TonyB0588 · July 2016

I almost always eat breakfast. Wake up at 5:45am, breakfast around 6:30am, Leave home around 7:15am for a 7:30am start at work. Lunch 1:30pm and a combination of Dinner or Snacks at 5:30pm and 9:00pm depending what time I go back out and return again.

My breakfast is usually cereal, toast, and tea. Main variation is what goes on the toast.

Luckychic_93 · July 2016

The longer you wait to eat for the first time after you wake up the better. Once you take that first bite your body goes into "receiving mode" for food. The more you prolong this happening the less you will eat throughout the day

TonyB0588 · July 2016

scoii wrote: »

I eat breakfast withing 20 minutes of waking up. My gf never eats breakfast. We lose at the same rate.

I eat breakfast and my son does too. My wife and daughter do not. Maybe its a girl thing.

Falcon · July 2016

I eat breakfast on most mornings. Eggs, toast with honey no butter, and an orange or an apple. I drink 2 glasses of water.

TonyB0588 · July 2016

hmltwin wrote: »

It's very much an individual thing. I know some people that, if they eat breakfast, feel hungry all day long. I know others who simply can't eat first thing in the morning. For me, personally, I have to eat breakfast. Sometimes, I'll eat some fruit. Other times, I'll eat yogurt with a little granola. This morning, I had a croissant. That was enough.

I'm usually done eating for the day at 6PM, though. Breakfast is about eleven hours later. I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not. Maybe, if I had a snack at 8PM, I'd be able to skip breakfast or put it off until later in the morning. It's completely a matter of what works for you.

Interesting. I sometimes find I get back hungry quicker, if I eat a bigger breakfast than usual.

TonyB0588 · July 2016

WJS_jeepster wrote: »

Wynterbourne wrote: »

MissCaroline71 wrote: »

Tashlovesfood wrote: »

So far I've been managing to lose weight without breakfast but so many people bang on about how I should and how important it is. So my question is how many of you eat breakfast and how many of you have successfully lost weight without it?

For me personally, the following few items are why "not eating breakfast" is better for me.

- Im not usually hungry until 1pm
- eating breakfast makes me ravenous throughout the day - once I start eating I cant stop....
- I like to eat 2 satisfying meals a day - lunch around 300-400 cals, dinner around 900-1100
- I tend to eat lunch between 1-3, and dinner between 8-10
- Its made my overall calories easier to manage
- Its sustainable, and suits ME..... It was the easiest change Ive made to my diet - with a huge impact to my weight.....its how I naturally eat, so Im extremely happy with the results.
-

This is me almost exactly and 90lbs later I'm doing just fine. No, it won't work for everyone, but it's perfect for me and that's what matters.

Me too. Almost exactly except dinner is more 6-8ish. I also don't really like most breakfast foods.

What exactly is a breakfast food?? My wife taught me that anything you eat at any time is food. Sometimes she'd warm up bits of leftover dinner and use for breakfast.

TonyB0588 · July 2016

tns56364 wrote: »

Tracie5225 wrote: »

I have trouble controlling my appetite, as soon as I start eating, unless I am completely occupied, I feel hunger all day. Therefore I usually miss breakfast, and try to hold off my first meal for as long as possible.

I'm so glad to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem. So I usually will skip breakfast and sometimes lunch then enjoy an nice dinner and a later small snack. I still make sure that I eat my required calories and maintain a good deficit.

That pattern will only work for people with no medical problems. If you were diabetic, for example, you couldn't cram all your eating into that short space of time after starving through breakfast and lunch. To eat all your calories mainly in one meal and a small snack is a big spike in sugar, sodium and everything else that matters.

kgirlhart · July 2016

Luckychic_93 wrote: »

The longer you wait to eat for the first time after you wake up the better. Once you take that first bite your body goes into "receiving mode" for food. The more you prolong this happening the less you will eat throughout the day

That may be true for you, but it isn't true for me.