Does anyone eat a big breakfest?

Yes. I'm between 550-650 calories for a breakfast (out of around 1600 daily in total). I usually eat eggs/meat, veggies, fruit and fat (nuts, seeds). If I eat too few calories for breakfast (or too little fat/protein), I'm very likely to overdo snacking prior to lunch or after dinner.

I have 400 cal for brunch soup or fruit mid afternoon and the rest of my 1200 for dinner

I will eat some roasted almonds that have some coconut oil on them, and a few turkey sausage links. If I am working out, I may have a small portion of steel cut oats and some fruit as well. The protein keeps me full and from snacking. The carbs/sugar from the oats and fruit give me the juice for a longer workout.

On days when I'm out on the farm at 5 AM and the temperature's in the single digits, I start with a bulletproof coffee, go out and feed the chickens and horses, then come in and have three or four eggs over easy, 3 or 4 strips of bacon, maybe a couple of sausage links, too...a stack of pancakes slathered with sweet butter and real maple syrup, a side of hash browns with peppers and onions and a drizzle of brown gravy, 3 or 4 slices of good whole grain bread, toasted, with butter and raspberry jam, more coffee, this time with heavy cream...maybe a slice of apple pie with a slab of cheddar melted on top, to finish off...this is usually enough to keep me warm and moving 'til lunch. ;-)

But most days I'm in NYC, I drive 40 miles to work, and eat between 400 and 500 calories of eggs, meat and veggies or fruit for breakfast, then sit at a desk all day. I find that for me, the fat and protein is what keeps me from snacking until lunch. Your results may vary.

I have a huge breakfast at around 4:00 a.m. before the gym. I don't count calories so I can't comment on that but I don't believe it's too high. What I eat is a large serving of roasted vegetable and egg white casserole topped with shredded chicken, salsa and kimchi. The only snack I have throughout the day is when I get to work at 8 which is usually mexican cauliflower rice and chicken (small serving).

Eating breakfast during breakfast hours only sets me up for hunger all day long. I usually don't eat my first meal until sometime between 2-5 pm.

It's good that you are trying different methods to find what works best for you. Are you eating enough calories during the day and are you eating the foods that satiate you?

Yes it's the only way I can keep myself from going over my calories later in the day. Breakfast for me is quite literally the most important meal of my day!

I have followed my eating patterns carefully and if I don't eat a large breakfast I am starving the rest of the day and never am able to catch up so I end up eating way more calories than usual and also I can't stop at my limit.

I'm sure some people are able to eat differently but for my body it just doesn't work to eat equal meals or a large dinner.

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My breakfasts are 500-700 calories. I eat a somewhat smaller lunch (or no lunch at all) and then a bigger dinner and often a small snack before bed.

My normal breakfast:
2-3 eggs
44 g steel cut oats (cooked) with 14 g cheese on top OR 2 slices wheat bread (toasted)
200 grams fruit and/or veggies
8 oz. whole or 2% milk
coffee
7 grams coconut oil (to cook the eggs)
optional: bacon

Lunch would be raw veggies and either yogurt or cottage cheese

Dinner is grilled meat and veggies most nights.

Bedtime snack - 1 slice bread, 24 g peanut butter, 8 oz. milk

cwolfman13 wrote: »

Munching/snacking at night is very often just a habitual behavior and often has nothing to do with actually being hungry.

I have planned meals and snacks and I just work within those parameters. I used to snack a lot in the evenings when I got home and just mindlessly grab stuff out of the fridge or pantry...I curbed that by planning in an evening snack and just sticking to that...I very soon realized that my evening snacking was mostly just habit so I found better things to do.

This. I used to be a big night time snacker but after I began this process I realized it was out of habit and not actual hunger. Now I stop calorie intake by 7pm (except for weekends when I drink alcohol at night).