Breakfast
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 -
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 -
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?
If you read the study you will find eating breakfast is one of the factors that successful weight loss maintainers have in common. It did not say eating breakfast causes weight loss.5 -
Packerjohn wrote: »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?
If you read the study you will find eating breakfast is one of the factors that successful weight loss maintainers have in common. It did not say eating breakfast causes weight loss.
The quote literally starts with "Eat breakfast!".5 -
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.
Now, how many people in general eat breakfast? Is that more or less than the successful losers? Because if 99% of everyone eats breakfast but "only" 78% of people who lost weight, it means it`s negatively correlated.6 -
Packerjohn wrote: »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?
If you read the study you will find eating breakfast is one of the factors that successful weight loss maintainers have in common. It did not say eating breakfast causes weight loss.
Yes, that was my point. So if you didn't post it as proof of advice to eat breakfast, what were you trying to say? I guess I misunderstand. It told people to eat breakfast, because most people they are tracking who lose weight eat breakfast. All I was saying is that I think that is misleading, since all they are providing is statistical correlation with a guessed reason for that correlation.
Just because a majority of successful people do something, it doesn't mean that the something contributed to their success. It could be inconsequential, or in fact some people may succeed despite choices that make it more difficult.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »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?
If you read the study you will find eating breakfast is one of the factors that successful weight loss maintainers have in common. It did not say eating breakfast causes weight loss.
Yes, that was my point. So if you didn't post it as proof of advice to eat breakfast, what were you trying to say? I guess I misunderstand. It told people to eat breakfast, because most people they are tracking who lose weight eat breakfast. All I was saying is that I think that is misleading, since all they are providing is statistical correlation with a guessed reason for that correlation.
Just because a majority of successful people do something, it doesn't mean that the something contributed to their success. It could be inconsequential, or in fact some people may succeed despite choices that make it more difficult.
I don't have stats to back it up, but I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of people eat breakfast (in the traditional sense) of some sort, at some time in the morning. If for no other reason than for all the dreck insisting that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day!", and/or that it "kickstarts your metabolism!".
So given that supposition, it would not surprise me one bit to discover that the majority of successful maintainers eat breakfast. I mean, it's kind of like saying the majority of billionaires get out of bed before 10:00 AM, so getting up before 10:00 AM is a trait of being successful. Regardless of the fact that probably 95% of society gets out of bed before 10:00 AM.12 -
Have not had breakfast save for the odd brunch out since I was 16yo; I'm 373
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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.
This is my experience as well. I accredit my not eating until lunch time as what helped me lose (by helping me stick to my calorie goal) and keep it off.3 -
You’ve probably heard that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”
What you may not know is the origin of this ode to breakfast: a 1944 marketing campaign launched by Grape Nuts manufacturer General Foods to sell more cereal.
During the campaign, which marketers named “Eat a Good Breakfast—Do a Better Job”, grocery stores handed out pamphlets that promoted the importance of breakfast while radio advertisements announced that “Nutrition experts say breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”
Ads like these were key to the rise of cereal, a product invented by men like John Harvey Kellogg, a deeply religious doctor who believed that cereal would both improve Americans’ health and keep them from masturbating and desiring sex. (Only half of his message made it into the ads.)
Before cereal, in the mid 1800s, the American breakfast was not all that different from other meals. Middle- and upper-class Americans ate eggs, pastries, and pancakes, but also oysters, boiled chickens, and beef steaks.
The rise of cereal established breakfast as a meal with distinct foods and created the model of processed, ready-to-eat breakfast that still largely reigns. And it all depends on advertising and convincing you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
The Beguiling History of Breakfast
The modern era of breakfast begins with cereal. Before its invention, breakfast was not as standard or routine.
"The Romans believed it was healthier to eat only one meal a day," food historian Caroline Yeldham has said. Many Native Americans, Abigail Carroll writes in The Invention of the American Meal, ate bits of food throughout the day (rather than at set meals) and sometimes fasted for days at a time.
Of medieval Europe, historians alternatingly write that breakfast was only a luxury for the rich, only a necessity for laborers, or mostly skipped. And while many American colonists ate breakfast, they were reputedly harried affairs that took place after hours of morning work.
Historians tend to agree that breakfast became a daily, first thing in the morning institution once workers moved to cities and became employees who worked set schedules. In Europe, this first began in the 1600s, and breakfast achieved near ubiquity during the Industrial Revolution. With people going off to a full day’s work, breakfast became a thing.
Read the full article here: https://priceonomics.com/how-breakfast-became-a-thing/5 -
I generally have just a cup of coffee first thing, and it works for me. I find I'm actually hungrier by lunchtime if I've eaten breakfast than if I wait.2
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