Breakfast vs Lunch
cliftonav
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Is it true that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? I was recently told that lunch was the most important and that it should have your highest calorie intake of all your daily meals as that when you are most active.
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I cut out breakfast. Have the same amount of energy, albeit a little hungrier for a while. Just make sure to still eat the same amount of calories. No breakfast means you have two big meals instead of three medium/small meals.3
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all meals are born equal and there isn't one more important than another. having breakfast, not having breakfast or having a big breakfast, medium lunch and small dinner won't affect scale and / or gainz - might have an effect on energy and strength but that's another topic.4
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No meal is more important than another. How you split your calories up is personal preference. As an example, dinner is usually my biggest meal.4
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I am not in the mood to eat in the mornings. I save calories for other later meals.3
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If you're wanting to lose weight yes breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Your metabolism needs fuel to work, no breakfast no fuel!1
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I don't eat breakfast or lunch. Meal times aren't important, calorie deficit is.2
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katybowling wrote: »If you're wanting to lose weight yes breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Your metabolism needs fuel to work, no breakfast no fuel!
Our metbolisms work 24 hours a day.
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katybowling wrote: »If you're wanting to lose weight yes breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Your metabolism needs fuel to work, no breakfast no fuel!
No meal is the “most important”. I almost never eat breakfast and I've lost 95lbs just fine. The only time your metabolism stops working is when you're dead.2 -
With respect to weight loss, the most important meal of the day is your next meal since it is the one that you have the most control over and can therefore manipulate to hit your goal for the day.11
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It doesn't matter when you eat, its how much...
some people feel more energised to face their day after having a good breakfast (me!) and others who prefer to hold off eating until later. Its a personal preference and wont make any difference to losing weight.2 -
I think the "breakfast is important" thing came from people skipping breakfast and then making bad food choices later in the day, the idea being if you start with a decent meal you're more likely to make better food choices. But if people are not eating breakfast but are continuing to eat well the rest of the day then it doesn't matter.3
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For years I never ate breakfast because I simply wasn't hungry. Then I hit a plateau and decided to consult an nutritionist. They said that if I wasn't hungry for breakfast, it was probably because I was eating too large of a dinner. From then on, I decided to make myself have breakfast and upped my lunch calories. I noticed I did not feel the need to eat a heavy dinner. I kept my calorie count the same and I have lost 8 more pounds since.
It is best to have the majority of your calories at breakfast and lunch so it alleviates your digestive system while you sleep. With that said, for me breakfast is very important. However everyone is different and you just have to try out different methods, to see which helps you achieve your goal most effectively
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For me breakfast and lunch are most important because I don't work well when I'm hungry. Supper is more social and I often eat light or even not eat for supper. I can sleep without eating just fine.
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For me breakfast and lunch are most important because I don't work well when I'm hungry. Supper is more social and I often eat light or even not eat for supper. I can sleep without eating just fine.
Same here.
Before losing weight though I skipped breakfast a lot - but I was snacking under 11pm or something... Now that I usually stop eating around 6pm, you bet I'm hungry comes 8am!0 -
Is it true that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? I was recently told that lunch was the most important and that it should have your highest calorie intake of all your daily meals as that when you are most active.
There is no most important meal of the day. You can split your calories up however you want or eat them all at one if you function well doing that. You can eat at midnight or noon. What matters is sticking to your calorie deficit and being able to function well.
I don't function well if I don't eat something in the morning but I am also not ready to eat a huge meal. I tend to eat every 3-5 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. I have 200-300 calorie breakfasts, 300-500 calories lunches, 500-600 calorie dinners, and 100-300 calorie snacks. That's what works with my lifestyle and preferences.0 -
Just eat food, when you want, in a manner that allows you to feel comfortable and not overly hungry throughout the day. Stop sweating the small stuff.2
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Some people think meal timing is everything; others think it's irrelevant. I fall somewhere in between.
That said, you should do what works for you. 1-2 large meals...snacks throughout the day...etc.1 -
Personal preference.1
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It doesn't matter. Do what feels right for you. There is no 'most important meal' and our metabolisms are working 24/7 (kickstarting it with meal timing is not a thing). I eat when I get hungry, and when that is varies wildly depending on what I'm doing that day (and often, what my activity levels have been the day before).1
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I think everyone is different really, its all about what works best for you. I find I am feeling my thinnest when I have something small in the morning but to each their own
My go to is an egg and a sliced up tomato.
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Some say that you should not skip breakfast because it kick starts your metabolism..... True?0
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Is there such a thing as foods to speed up your metabolism?0
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Does your metabolism slow right down when you sleep ?0
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No, and no.0
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"Some say that you should not skip breakfast because it kick starts your metabolism..... True?"
No...
"Is there such a thing as foods to speed up your metabolism?"
No...
"Does your metabolism slow right down when you sleep ?"
Not significantly...
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I've actually heard that whole "lunch should be your biggest meal of the day" from a friend on weight watchers. And I've seen her struggle with it. She's hangry all morning at work, sluggish in the afternoon and then after a few days of this, I see her going out for take out for dinner or having a massive junk food binge (fbook friends).
She's made no progress in months. Losing and gaining the same 14lbs (shes very obese).
So, yeah, meal timing means absolutely nothing if it's not something that will work for you. Other than weekends, my meals are pretty much same calorie breakdown (300-500). Weekends I usually have a 700 calorie breakfast with my family, light late lunch and normal dinner.1 -
False. I think this comes from a study that showed people who ate breakfast were less likely to be overweight than those who skipped breakfast. However that study was of people who ate ad lib rather than calorie restricting. Studies that focused on people who ate the same calories showed that meal timing was not a factor for increasing weightloss.Some say that you should not skip breakfast because it kick starts your metabolism..... True?
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