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Breakfast...most important meal of the day, or not so much?
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I do 16:8 IF and my eating window is from 11am -7pm. This works well with mu schedule and also helps me with calorie adherence.1
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Definitely not.
I skip it regularly to perseve my evening calories- as I am FAR hungrier at night than the morning- so dinner food trumps breakfast food.
I just delay eating till about 10:30- 12 and then have my last meal around 10:30 at night. Seems to work really well for me.2 -
listen to your body if you are not hungry till later eat later2
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If u workout u should eat breakfast Now what u eat also impacts on what u are doing too I shot for more protein medium carbs like 30 to 40 grams protein like 60 to 80 grams of carbs may be a little more-0
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I usually have coffee and a yogurt in the morning (if I'm hungry) because I tend to eat a later lunch. It works for me, but today, I didn't have anything but coffee and was fine at lunchtime. I guess it's all personal preference0
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If u workout u should eat breakfast Now what u eat also impacts on what u are doing too I shot for more protein medium carbs like 30 to 40 grams protein like 60 to 80 grams of carbs may be a little more-
I run anything less than 8 miles fasted in the morning, unless it's a race. No one solution works for everyone.0 -
I have to do all my cardio fasted in the mornings. Even if I give myself 2 hours to digest breakfast (would mean waking up at 4:30 am, ugh) I still get that pain in my side. I always eat something afterwards though, usually around 300 calories otherwise I get lightheaded. I'm sure if I didn't exercise before it I wouldn't need breakfast, but I do enjoy it.1
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heiliskrimsli wrote: »If u workout u should eat breakfast Now what u eat also impacts on what u are doing too I shot for more protein medium carbs like 30 to 40 grams protein like 60 to 80 grams of carbs may be a little more-
I run anything less than 8 miles fasted in the morning, unless it's a race. No one solution works for everyone.
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No one said what I am doing is right I weight lift so I eat - u run - u want to run on nothing n that works for u that's great good luck0
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I think it's very important for children. That's been studied extensively, and has a profound effect on their concentration, attitude, and performance. It's also very important for people who become hypoglycemic.8
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Well I like it myself but to each their own.1
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I think it's very important for children. That's been studied extensively, and has a profound effect on their concentration, attitude, and performance. It's also very important for people who become hypoglycemic.
I'm like a big kid. If I don't get my breakfast my concentration, attitude and performance are pretty terrible. I also don't do well if I don't get recess and naps, too. <-- I'm actually not kidding.3 -
Strangely, I feel like I eat more calories a day when I try to eat breakfast early in the morning- I don't know, it is weird but my body was used to eating the majority of my calories at lunch/dinner and adding breakfast overall seemed to make no difference in my hunger at night. Could be just my bad habits, but I was struggling to reduce my consumption at night to accommodate breakfast. So I decided it is just not worth it for me. My husband, however, is a hangry beast without food within 30 minutes of getting up lol.
I do drink coffee in the morning though- skinny vanilla latte from Starbucks or homemade coffee with creamer (100-150 calories). It is usually enough to last me to lunch time (11:30ish). I workout in the morning 3-4 days a week but it is cardio/bodyweight and usually, it just means on those days I eat at 11:30 rather than noon.1 -
Eating breakfast does not speed up weight loss. Eating less calories than your body is burning is how you do it. That being said, the best time to eat is after your workout. you have a 90 minute window after your workout where your body will be putting the nutrients exactly where they need to be. I'm not a nutritionist but I am a certified trainer and that info is straight my textbook. I personally love eggs so i eat breakfast everyday! Hope this helps!0
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fundamentallyfitfl wrote: »Eating breakfast does not speed up weight loss. Eating less calories than your body is burning is how you do it. That being said, the best time to eat is after your workout. you have a 90 minute window after your workout where your body will be putting the nutrients exactly where they need to be. I'm not a nutritionist but I am a certified trainer and that info is straight my textbook. I personally love eggs so i eat breakfast everyday! Hope this helps!
This also is not true for 99% of the population.
Eat when you're hungry, people, unless you are elite level athletes training for a specific reason.3 -
I used to think that and force myself to "get that metabolism going" by eating something I wasn't in the slightest bit hungry for. The result? I was ravenous the rest of the day. I don't mind skipping breakfast because I seem to be less hungry the rest of the day when I do, and that's going to help me get to my goal a lot more easily than battling the "when can I eat next" demon all day. Breakfast is great it you want it, it also isn't if you don't. It's certainly not the most important meal of the day lol1
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For ME, yes it is. I can't really function or do much until I've had breakfast. I don't really think that's debatable though because everyone is different. I know some people aren't hungry in the morning. If you listen to your body and eat when you're hungry...then it doesn't matter what anyone else says.1
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Occasionally I'll have breakfast but most of the time I'll skip it and sometimes even lunch. I find that if I don't have a big breakfast or just skip it, it's easier for me to lose weight.0
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fundamentallyfitfl wrote: »Eating breakfast does not speed up weight loss. Eating less calories than your body is burning is how you do it. That being said, the best time to eat is after your workout. you have a 90 minute window after your workout where your body will be putting the nutrients exactly where they need to be. I'm not a nutritionist but I am a certified trainer and that info is straight my textbook. I personally love eggs so i eat breakfast everyday! Hope this helps!
It MAY for an elite athlete, but general public, not so much.
And you can eat eggs anytime, not just breakfast.
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I find eating when I'm hungry works well for me.3
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