Anti-Breakfast brigade?
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If I eat breakfast, I feel awful the rest of the day, however, the trainer at the gym stressed eating soon after you get up, (& explained why) so...I eat 2-3 Tablespoons of my non fat plain greek yogurt & it really does make me feel better till brunch, I'm not "starving" & don't over eat0
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I never used to eat breakfast but I have made an absolute routine of having a bowl of oatmeal, usually with a banana and a splash of honey. And coffee, I find my brain and body work a lot better with this approach.
Sometimes I will just feel like having a cheeky quick run or something before breakfast though.
What’s a cheeky run?0 -
I'm up at 6am each morning, train around 8am and don't eat till after 12pm each day. For years.
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I never used to eat breakfast but I have made an absolute routine of having a bowl of oatmeal, usually with a banana and a splash of honey. And coffee, I find my brain and body work a lot better with this approach.
Sometimes I will just feel like having a cheeky quick run or something before breakfast though.
What’s a cheeky run?
When you stick your tongue out as you run along?1 -
Before anyone freaks out, I'm NOT saying that I think breakfast is bad for you. I've just never been a fan of breakfast. I'm the one that ate a pack of pop-tarts every morning in high school because I wouldn't want to eat before I left in the morning, but I needed something to tide me over until lunch. My stomach thinks it needs a couple hours to wake up in the morning before it's willing to accept food.
Since I started tracking, I've noticed that I usually don't break 300 cal for my breakfasts, and most of that is juice, coffee, and creamer.
Is breakfast really the "most important meal of the day" like everyone keeps saying, or are there more people out there that think breakfast is just sort of "meh"? Also, what do those of you who aren't breakfast fans do to make sure your calorie intake stays on point?
I mean, I think breakfast is only necessary if you were drinking and sniffing coke all night the night before.... other than that... blah... plus I don't eat breakfast because early in the morning I go straight to the gym when I wake up so I can burn the fat off of my body instead of what I ate. And follow that up,with a fulfilling protein shake.... so... in retrospect... I agree with you... lol.4 -
Breakfast is typically my largest meal of the day with dinner being the smallest, probably because I'm "winding up" after breakfast & becoming active whereas after dinner I'm "winding down" for the day & don't really need or want to eat as much.0
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are there more people out there that think breakfast is just sort of "meh"?
well, i'm one more person, at least.
as for the calorie intake, i dunno. i'm 52, and i don't think i've ever lacked calories for that reason alone
depending on what i'm diong exercise-wise, do notice my intake patterns will shift quite a bit, but it all comes out pmuch the same in the end. the only new thing in my life compared with ten/twenty years ago is the 'breakfast' smoothie. which i make in the morning but often take a whole day to get through.
i don't track calories. i got sick of it after a year or so, and now i just keep an eye on my weight and general feeling of whether i'm gaining or losing fat. it's more like i tweak the volume of calories than the timing, when i do feel like i need to adjust.0 -
HoneyBadger155 wrote: »I can't eat first thing, my stomach doesn't like food that early. At all.
Since I get up and head straight to the gym, I add some BCAA to my water just to help me get through my workouts (from my research about the only thing it's good for, and it does seem to help me get through the two hours I'm there). I then have my protein shake with some berries and a banana when I get home as my "breakfast."
A real "breakfast" is only eaten on rare occasions where it's more like a brunch than a breakfast.
Same. I've had morning sickness for the last 40 years of my life, lol.
I work out first thing in the morning, fasted, and afterwards I can get a protein shake down. No solid food until I've been up and about for 3 to 4 hours though.0 -
Food, I need it and love it. I don't really get up till about 8.30am on work days and 9.30am on gym days so not as early as some who can't face eating.
5 meals a day, I have IBS so I need a small and regular eating pattern or if I try and get a big meal down I'm no good to anyone.
As a slim build, nervous energy ectomorph I can't miss meals or the blood pressure isn't happy.
Beans on toast in a mo, excited
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Before anyone freaks out, I'm NOT saying that I think breakfast is bad for you. I've just never been a fan of breakfast. I'm the one that ate a pack of pop-tarts every morning in high school because I wouldn't want to eat before I left in the morning, but I needed something to tide me over until lunch. My stomach thinks it needs a couple hours to wake up in the morning before it's willing to accept food.
Since I started tracking, I've noticed that I usually don't break 300 cal for my breakfasts, and most of that is juice, coffee, and creamer.
Is breakfast really the "most important meal of the day" like everyone keeps saying, or are there more people out there that think breakfast is just sort of "meh"? Also, what do those of you who aren't breakfast fans do to make sure your calorie intake stays on point?
I mean, I think breakfast is only necessary if you were drinking and sniffing coke all night the night before.... other than that... blah... plus I don't eat breakfast because early in the morning I go straight to the gym when I wake up so I can burn the fat off of my body instead of what I ate. And follow that up,with a fulfilling protein shake.... so... in retrospect... I agree with you... lol.
Strange bean4 -
Focus on foods that are tasty, high protein (increase the protein over the course of a year), low in starch but high carb. Focus on eating as much as you can in the shortest time frame. As frequent as possible. Hydrate between meals not during. Drink protein shakes for those hydration times between meals. Try week protien packets to make sure they're okay with the IBS.5
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OP, I'm with ya on the "not eating breakfast" thing...I'm in a cutting phase right now (training my body to deal with getting only 2100 cal./day) and the only thing I have for an AM meal is coffee w/ creamer. OK, a LOT of coffee w/ creamer! I'm no longer in a heavy manual labor type job so I don't burn off those extra calories anymore.
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"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" was started by Kelloggs to get people to buy cereal. Some people don't like eating early, some get ill eating early, and some have found that by eating early they will end up eating all day (I'm actually the opposite of this where if I DON'T eat breakfast I'll snack all afternoon). Those people who don't eat early will just eat more calories in the meals they do consume.
When I was a kid, this was always stated as a fact, not an advertising slogan.
Ha! So true.....but most people don't question things....they blindly follow (general comment). Common sense and critical thinking are a lost art nowadays (again, very general comment).
As others have stated, meal timing does not necessarily matter. But what does matter is caloric intake vs. energy expended. And, the goal you are trying to reach. And personal preference plays a roll here. Since everyone is different there is no right or wrong general answer. But, there is a right and then a better answer for *you*!0 -
danblackracing wrote: »Focus on foods that are tasty, high protein (increase the protein over the course of a year), low in starch but high carb. Focus on eating as much as you can in the shortest time frame. As frequent as possible. Hydrate between meals not during. Drink protein shakes for those hydration times between meals. Try week protien packets to make sure they're okay with the IBS.
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Not a bad suggestion for satiety, that's good for many people.danblackracing wrote: »Focus on foods that are tasty, high protein (increase the protein over the course of a year), low in starch but high carb.
Why?Focus on eating as much as you can in the shortest time frame.
What?As frequent as possible.
Why?Hydrate between meals not during.
Why?Drink protein shakes for those hydration times between meals.
WHO??Try week protien packets to make sure they're okay with the IBS.
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Breakfast is for me, or should I say for those around me that I might kill due to lack of nutrition.0
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I usually skip breakfast. I have found that I am just as hungry at 11am if I do eat a bowl of cereal as if I don't, so why not save that 300 calories for lunch?
I've read many things that make me believe meal time is irrelevant.0 -
Before anyone freaks out, I'm NOT saying that I think breakfast is bad for you. I've just never been a fan of breakfast. I'm the one that ate a pack of pop-tarts every morning in high school because I wouldn't want to eat before I left in the morning, but I needed something to tide me over until lunch. My stomach thinks it needs a couple hours to wake up in the morning before it's willing to accept food.
Since I started tracking, I've noticed that I usually don't break 300 cal for my breakfasts, and most of that is juice, coffee, and creamer.
Is breakfast really the "most important meal of the day" like everyone keeps saying, or are there more people out there that think breakfast is just sort of "meh"? Also, what do those of you who aren't breakfast fans do to make sure your calorie intake stays on point?
I mean, I think breakfast is only necessary if you were drinking and sniffing coke all night the night before.... other than that... blah... plus I don't eat breakfast because early in the morning I go straight to the gym when I wake up so I can burn the fat off of my body instead of what I ate. And follow that up,with a fulfilling protein shake.... so... in retrospect... I agree with you... lol.
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So, I think that part of the answer is that everyone is different, that everyone has different needs, that everyone has different goals, that everyone has a different set of circumstances and that everyone *could* benefit from experimenting.
There have been several things that I thought were silly but tried for a certain amount of time (experimented, in other words) and made a legit decision in each case. Sometimes what I thought was correct and sometimes what I thought wasn't not even close!
Take the single mom with three kids in elementary school. She simply might not have the time in the morning (because most moms, even more so with single moms, go without to make sure that their kids are okay). So, it might be a "life style" thing.
I used to not be able to eat after 6PM. It was not because of some "silly idea" that I had in my head....I just could not do it. Kinda funny. That was 25 years ago. You would think that at 51 I would be that way. Nope!
What works for me may or may not work for you - for any number of reasons. Experiment. Find what works well, better and best for you and then decide. See how easy that was? Yes, being a bit of a smart *kitten*! :-)0
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