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FrumMama
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Is it really bad to skip breakfast if you're not hungry for it? Does it "get your metabolism going" or is that a myth? I'm often rushing out the door with my kids and just don't have time, so I've been grabbing a small handful of almonds on the way out just because I feel like I'm supposed to. I'm not very hungry in the morning at all, and eat most of my calories at dinnertime...can I skip breakfast without messing up my weight loss?
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It's a myth. If you aren't hungry, I think it makes more sense to wait and eat only when you are.8
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You can eat whatever schedule works to help keep you satiated and within your calorie target. You can have one meal a day or eat like a hobbit.
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If your metabolism stopped, you'd be dead You can eat anything you want for breakfast, and breakfast is the first meal of your day. You're probably still full after dinner. No problem. If you want to eat a meal before you leave in the morning, plan for it, get up earlier, and eat less at dinner or lunch, or have dinner earlier.1
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No need to waste calories if you're not hungry unless you're you mean to eat for reasons other than hunger. You can safely skip breakfast and save the calories for a later meal.4
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Is it really bad to skip breakfast if you're not hungry for it? Does it "get your metabolism going" or is that a myth? I'm often rushing out the door with my kids and just don't have time, so I've been grabbing a small handful of almonds on the way out just because I feel like I'm supposed to. I'm not very hungry in the morning at all, and eat most of my calories at dinnertime...can I skip breakfast without messing up my weight loss?
I think it’s ok to skip breakfast. I hear a lot of good things about intermittent fasting where your eating only without an 8 hour window, so in order to do that your skipping a meal so this could be breakfast for you? I only have a protein shake for breakfast as I feel really faint if I don’t eat
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Complete myth. Your metabolism is quite fixed and little more than a series of biochemical reactions. Timing has no detectable influence in weight management.3
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I think it's a good idea to eat something. Even if its a breakfast smoothie you can drink in the car on the go. It's my understanding some people who skip breakfast tend to over eat other times of the day. I also think it's completely up to how a persons body burns calories. If you find yourself trying to loose weight with no success, start eating a small breakfast to see if the weight starts coming off.
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I think it's a good idea to eat something. Even if its a breakfast smoothie you can drink in the car on the go. It's my understanding some people who skip breakfast tend to over eat other times of the day. I also think it's completely up to how a persons body burns calories. If you find yourself trying to loose weight with no success, start eating a small breakfast to see if the weight starts coming off.
Everyone is different. If I eat breakfast, it "starts" my hunger for the day and I end up eating more calories overall.9 -
Myth:
1. The only time your metabolism stops is when you die.
2. We are not Gremlins, we do not have magic resets that are time dependant.
3. Our bodies slowly and continually digest food (with the rare illness related exception)24/7, so even if we haven't eaten in 8 hours, our body's digestive and other systems continue to process the food/nutrients we have eaten.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I think it's a good idea to eat something. Even if its a breakfast smoothie you can drink in the car on the go. It's my understanding some people who skip breakfast tend to over eat other times of the day. I also think it's completely up to how a persons body burns calories. If you find yourself trying to loose weight with no success, start eating a small breakfast to see if the weight starts coming off.
Everyone is different. If I eat breakfast, it "starts" my hunger for the day and I end up eating more calories overall.
My "breakfast" is usually extremely light. Coffee. I'm the same way, I blame my stomach for being greedy (give and inch....) and not being happy with whatever I give it in the morning.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I think it's a good idea to eat something. Even if its a breakfast smoothie you can drink in the car on the go. It's my understanding some people who skip breakfast tend to over eat other times of the day. I also think it's completely up to how a persons body burns calories. If you find yourself trying to loose weight with no success, start eating a small breakfast to see if the weight starts coming off.
Everyone is different. If I eat breakfast, it "starts" my hunger for the day and I end up eating more calories overall.
I don't eat breakfast either, for the same reason as above, I can quite easily thrive on coffee only for breakfast, often I will have a piece of fruit mid morning if I fancy it. If I eat breakfast I'm starving by 11am, so eat my lunch, then I'm starving by 3pm, so buy a snack, then starving by dinner time, so over eat. In short, if I eat breakfast, I put weight on.
You are only skipping a meal if you actually want food but choose to deny yourself. Eat when YOU are hungry, not when the clock and society tell you you should.5 -
Is it really bad to skip breakfast if you're not hungry for it? Does it "get your metabolism going" or is that a myth? I'm often rushing out the door with my kids and just don't have time, so I've been grabbing a small handful of almonds on the way out just because I feel like I'm supposed to. I'm not very hungry in the morning at all, and eat most of my calories at dinnertime...can I skip breakfast without messing up my weight loss?
Yes its a myth. Eat when you are hungry.
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I never skip breakfast. It's part of my morning routine. If I do it feels that I am missing something. I rather cut back on snacks.2
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From the CDC: "Eat breakfast every day. Eating breakfast is a common trait among people who have lost weight and kept it off. Eating a healthful breakfast may help you avoid getting "over-hungry" and then overeating later in the day."
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/losing_weight/keepingitoff.html
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Packerjohn wrote: »From the CDC: "Eat breakfast every day. Eating breakfast is a common trait among people who have lost weight and kept it off. Eating a healthful breakfast may help you avoid getting "over-hungry" and then overeating later in the day."
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/losing_weight/keepingitoff.html
I think the National Weight Control Registry is a great thing, but it's still just correlation. Everyone I know in real life who has lost weight and kept it off has just a cup of coffee for breakfast. I think because there has been so much press for so many years about eating breakfast being good for you, it's possible that all that quote means is that people who are paying attention to their health are eating breakfast, whether it actually helps them or not, because TPTB told them to, along with an on-point reason that sounds better than "because it's the prevailing wisdom".
Breakfast helps some people control hunger throughout the day, for others it causes hunger throughout the day.4 -
Since this is the debate section, I'll throw in my hat for the defense of breakfast.
78% of successful losers (that is, they took it off and kept it off) eat breakfast.
http://www.nwcr.ws/Research/default.htm
OOPS. Someone beat me to it.
Besides, breakfast is a great way to start the day. Absolutely necessary for diabetics.6 -
Packerjohn wrote: »From the CDC: "Eat breakfast every day. Eating breakfast is a common trait among people who have lost weight and kept it off. Eating a healthful breakfast may help you avoid getting "over-hungry" and then overeating later in the day."
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/losing_weight/keepingitoff.html
I think the National Weight Control Registry is a great thing, but it's still just correlation. Everyone I know in real life who has lost weight and kept it off has just a cup of coffee for breakfast. I think because there has been so much press for so many years about eating breakfast being good for you, it's possible that all that quote means is that people who are paying attention to their health are eating breakfast, whether it actually helps them or not, because TPTB told them to, along with an on-point reason that sounds better than "because it's the prevailing wisdom".
Breakfast helps some people control hunger throughout the day, for others it causes hunger throughout the day.
Any facts and data other than personal observations regarding your point about just a cup of coffee for breakfast to lose/keep weight off?3 -
Packerjohn wrote: »From the CDC: "Eat breakfast every day. Eating breakfast is a common trait among people who have lost weight and kept it off. Eating a healthful breakfast may help you avoid getting "over-hungry" and then overeating later in the day."
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/losing_weight/keepingitoff.html
I think the National Weight Control Registry is a great thing, but it's still just correlation. Everyone I know in real life who has lost weight and kept it off has just a cup of coffee for breakfast. I think because there has been so much press for so many years about eating breakfast being good for you, it's possible that all that quote means is that people who are paying attention to their health are eating breakfast, whether it actually helps them or not, because TPTB told them to, along with an on-point reason that sounds better than "because it's the prevailing wisdom".
Breakfast helps some people control hunger throughout the day, for others it causes hunger throughout the day.
I guess since NWCR didn't specify a time, it's technically true that everybody eats 'breakfast' - because your first meal, no matter what time it is, is breaking your fast.3 -
Packerjohn wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »From the CDC: "Eat breakfast every day. Eating breakfast is a common trait among people who have lost weight and kept it off. Eating a healthful breakfast may help you avoid getting "over-hungry" and then overeating later in the day."
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/losing_weight/keepingitoff.html
I think the National Weight Control Registry is a great thing, but it's still just correlation. Everyone I know in real life who has lost weight and kept it off has just a cup of coffee for breakfast. I think because there has been so much press for so many years about eating breakfast being good for you, it's possible that all that quote means is that people who are paying attention to their health are eating breakfast, whether it actually helps them or not, because TPTB told them to, along with an on-point reason that sounds better than "because it's the prevailing wisdom".
Breakfast helps some people control hunger throughout the day, for others it causes hunger throughout the day.
Any facts and data other than personal observations regarding your point about just a cup of coffee for breakfast to lose/keep weight off?
I didn't say that was what caused their weight loss. Just presenting a little context for my doubt that eating breakfast universally helps people lose weight.
What data does the CDC provide to show that eating breakfast causes weight loss, other than statistical correlation?1
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