Not eating if your not hungry
bwhitty67
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A while back read an article about not eating right away when you wake up. Prolonging the "fast" from the night before. I know if I eat to early it seems to make me eat more during the day or even feel hungry sooner. I've been eating only when hungry and not eating right away.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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Timing is mostly irrelevant, at least compared to net calorie balance. Perhaps intermittent fasting would work for you. I do it and I share your experience, so eating only after work is easy to do.3
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In regards to weight loss, meal timing does not matter. But one of the biggest myths out that is that it's necessary to eat breakfast. If you find that you feel better going without and having more for lunch/dinner, go for it, as long as you're staying within calorie goals.5
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I've done the intermittent fasting it worked great but the downside was I was always feeling sick so now I don't eat anything after 6
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I do the intermittent fasting and usually eat between 11-7 or 12-8. I wake up at 5am so I'm up and working for at least 6 hours before my first meal of the day.2
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I do the intermittent fasting and usually eat between 11-7 or 12-8. I wake up at 5am so I'm up and working for at least 6 hours before my first meal of the day.
Yes, that is what I was reading (couldn't remember what they called it). But have noticed that I'm not really hungry in the morning so later maybe 10a or 11a I make a protein shake, low calorie. And I'm really just getting hungry hungry around 1:30p-2p.
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Hunger is not the same as appetite, and appetite can be set off by eating. Find an eating pattern that makes it as easy as possible for you to stick to the right amount of food.8
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I don't have breakfast as soon as I get up, I have a coffee first, then breakfast a couple of hours later.3
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Most days I have coffee in the morning and then eat my first meal between noon and one3
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The important thing is to not skip breakfast whether you want to lose weight or not
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Most days I don't eat until almost lunch time as if I eat too early I don't feel good.3
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I do the intermittent fasting and usually eat between 11-7 or 12-8. I wake up at 5am so I'm up and working for at least 6 hours before my first meal of the day.
Yes, that is what I was reading (couldn't remember what they called it). But have noticed that I'm not really hungry in the morning so later maybe 10a or 11a I make a protein shake, low calorie. And I'm really just getting hungry hungry around 1:30p-2p.
Thanks
I don't eat most days until 1230 or 100.2 -
I also do not eat breakfast for years and feel great. No problem with energy. If I do eat breakfast for some reason, I feel hungry the whole day.5
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For many who gain weight it's a loss or ignoring satiety that causes the problems. Anything that you can do to re-connect with that hunger signal is a good idea.3
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2metraninja wrote: »I also do not eat breakfast for years and feel great. No problem with energy. If I do eat breakfast for some reason, I feel hungry the whole day.
Same here, i put off eating for as long as i can. Eating breakfast tends to work against me when it comes to hunger.
I would much rather save my calories for a bigger dinner and dessert.
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Do whatever works for you. All this bollocks of should eat here, don't eat carbs after 6 is all, bollocks. Your body doesn't know what time it is. I eat breakfast 30 mins of getting up cause I'm starving. Get to work eat 2 snacks before lunch. 1 snack after. Dinner by 7. Depends when I'm doing exercise. You could eat nothing all day n save calories til dinner if u wanted. Stay to your goal.2
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I OMAD these day, I basically cut down from IF. There is no problem with my energy levels, in fact I have more energy than ever. I think getting more in tune with your body's hunger signals is more important for long term weight management than eating at alloted times. I'm guessing none of us want to be having to log and measure our food forever!2
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Interesting post .. and replies. I for Years did not eat Breakfast, found it easier to cope with the day. I eat a big break now, because i skip lunch .. and I laid off carbs and breads . so sausages bacon sweet potato or pumpkin or such for break, snack on some nuts at lunch and a good dinner0
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It's whatever works for you. I need breakfast and coffee before I'm even vaguely human in the morning. Plus I need to eat so I can take naproxen so I can get moving sooner.0
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Great comments folks.... It does just boil down to each individual and what works for them. When I stopped eating breakfast after waking up and just gave my body time to wake up I have noticed I stay in my goal range. Eating breakfast seems to make me wanna eat more. Turned the old engine on too soon
. I still enjoy my morning cup or 2 of coffee ☕️☕️ 3 -
I do the intermittent fasting and usually eat between 11-7 or 12-8. I wake up at 5am so I'm up and working for at least 6 hours before my first meal of the day.
Yes, that is what I was reading (couldn't remember what they called it). But have noticed that I'm not really hungry in the morning so later maybe 10a or 11a I make a protein shake, low calorie. And I'm really just getting hungry hungry around 1:30p-2p.
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I feel hungry in the AM, but I'm actually thirsty. Once I start drinking tea the feeling goes away. I make a protein, fruit, and veggie shake I sip on when I feel hungry again. I keep sticking it back in the frig cuz it takes a long time to finish. Usually I don't have lunch until after 2 PM.0 -
Another breakfast skipper here. I also delay eating until lunch--sometimes I don't eat until 3 or 4 pm. Helps me stick to my calorie goal. I have coffee, water, Diet Coke throughout the morning. Keep doing what works for you! The old adage of eating "three square meals a day" is not helpful or necessary. 1
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happyfeetrebel1 wrote: »
This article mentions some highlights of eating breakfast.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breakfast
Hightlights:
Skipping breakfast
Extensive research in Australia and overseas has found: •Many children who skip breakfast are significantly heavier than those who eat breakfast.
•Skipping breakfast may diminish mental performance. Eating breakfast may aid learning, as you are better able to pay attention and are more interested in learning.
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day and in the long term.
•People who eat breakfast have more nutritious diets than people who skip breakfast. They also have better eating habits as they are less likely to be hungry for snacks during the day.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
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Packerjohn wrote: »happyfeetrebel1 wrote: »
This article mentions some highlights of eating breakfast.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breakfast
Hightlights:
Skipping breakfast
Extensive research in Australia and overseas has found: •Many children who skip breakfast are significantly heavier than those who eat breakfast.
•Skipping breakfast may diminish mental performance. Eating breakfast may aid learning, as you are better able to pay attention and are more interested in learning.
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day and in the long term.
•People who eat breakfast have more nutritious diets than people who skip breakfast. They also have better eating habits as they are less likely to be hungry for snacks during the day.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
This is an observational dataset, not a prospective dataset. The people in the study not eating breakfast are going to include those who cannot afford to eat breakfast. Such a group will have a poorer diet in general, poorer educational opportunities, poor general access to food (hence more desire for snacks), and more fatigue due to malnutrition.
It's data that has value, but not of the cause and effect variety.4 -
Packerjohn wrote: »happyfeetrebel1 wrote: »
This article mentions some highlights of eating breakfast.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breakfast
Hightlights:
Skipping breakfast
Extensive research in Australia and overseas has found: •Many children who skip breakfast are significantly heavier than those who eat breakfast.
•Skipping breakfast may diminish mental performance. Eating breakfast may aid learning, as you are better able to pay attention and are more interested in learning.
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day and in the long term.
•People who eat breakfast have more nutritious diets than people who skip breakfast. They also have better eating habits as they are less likely to be hungry for snacks during the day.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
I definitely agree with giving kids breakfast, I couldn't function and got very nauseous if i didn't have breakfast as a kid/teenager. I remember being taken in the sick room during a morning p.e session once because i was dry heaving, on the one day i didn't have breaky.
But once i started drinking coffee and tea as an adult, this replaced breakfast. I drink copious cups of milky tea all morning, which keeps the hunger at bay and the calories down.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »happyfeetrebel1 wrote: »
This article mentions some highlights of eating breakfast.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breakfast
Hightlights:
Skipping breakfast
Extensive research in Australia and overseas has found: •Many children who skip breakfast are significantly heavier than those who eat breakfast.
•Skipping breakfast may diminish mental performance. Eating breakfast may aid learning, as you are better able to pay attention and are more interested in learning.
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day and in the long term.
•People who eat breakfast have more nutritious diets than people who skip breakfast. They also have better eating habits as they are less likely to be hungry for snacks during the day.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
Worth pointing out that whilst skipping breakfast may cause problems for those who eat ad lib, for those who calorie count (i.e those who of us on here that use the tool as expected) meal timing is irrelevant. In other words, If you skip breakfast and then snack heavily because you are hungry - because you track your calories you don't get to eat a supper that day.
Also, there were not any cited studies backing up those claims on the site you liked but I've seen similar claims before* and in those instances the negatives, although correlated with not eating breakfast, were not established at caused by not eating breakfast.
* I've never seen the claims
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
before.
fir the first, I'm still trying to think about how (iso-calorifically) this could happen, so I'm not really sure what to make of that statement (although the inclusion of the words "breakfast cereals" has my "this looks like industry lobbying" senses twitching) but for the second my initial thought are "so what?" - The instance of not skateboarding becomes more common with advancing age but that doesn't mean that not skateboarding causes any of the complaints (such as short sightedness) associated with old age.
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My son eats breakfast, he eats several small meals a day, because he's a child who is gaining weight. Children generally do require food at several intervals throughout the day. I'm an adult, eating withing my calorie allowance and trying to lose weight. Eating breakfast isn't necessary.2
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Yes, there are various studies into the need for breakfast around, typically sponsored by the companies producing breakfast cereals.
This particular report is a dead giveaway, or else why is a high fibre cereal breakfast recommended, rather than eggs on toast or a bacon sarnie?2 -
So in reading more about IF , I'm considering giving it a go. Do any of you use an App for a timer or reminder?1
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