Skipping Breakfast

bc eating breakfast gets your metabolism going (which is a good thing)

When you eat breakfast, it gets your metabolism burning... if you are getting hungry, that is a good sign! If you skip breakfast, you arent getting your metabolism going first thing in the morning and it can be slow all day... when you arent getting hungry when you aren't eating anything, it means that your metabolism isnt revved up! You need your metabolism going to lose weight.

when you eat your meals and the size of your meals does not matter as long as you are under your calorie goals for the day.

the idea that breakfast revs your metabolism is a myth.

intermittant fasting has been proven to be a good way to optimize your metabolism. so if you were to eat dinner at 8p and skip breakfast you'd be effectively fasting for 16 hours if you ate at noon. this can be a very effective way to control your caloric intake and give your digestive system an honest rest.

Very often I eat breakfast, then I eat a second "breakfast" a couple hours later mostly when I exercise in the morning.

Try eating 6 meals a day, but don't skip breakfast. Just have smaller meals more frequently.

Mind if I ask what you typically have for breakfast? Sometimes that will play a role in it. If you eat something too sugary you run the risk of having a spike and then crash later on. Maybe try switching your breakfast to be a bit higher in protein? Like an omelet or something.

This was the first thing I thought of, too. It really could depend on what you're eating for breakfast. High carb/sugar foods will leave you feeling hungry sooner than a breakfast high in protein and healthy fats. Try eggs, turkey, cheese, Greek yogurt, etc. instead of cereal, breads, etc.

Make your diet work for YOU, not the other way around.

Sometimes I skip it, sometimes I don't. I often just grab something like a piece of fruit, a hardboiled egg and a KindPlus Protein bar, usually when I'm leaving the house in the AM and there's a chance I might get hungry sometime soon.

I just took a Biochemistry course last fall and learned something really quite fascinating about why eating breakfast is beneficial to you. It is true that eating something within an hour or so of waking up actually helps jump-start your metabolism. What actually is beneficial about it is that it helps your body get into "breaking down fat" mode. Otherwise, if you do not eat something within that hour time frame, your body will actually start breaking down protein (aka your muscles) instead of fat to provide itself with fuel. Last fall I could have explained in much more detail (on the cellular,metabolic level) about why this happens, but since it has been almost a year since then I have lost the finer details :P However, that one class stuck with me because I thought it was fascinating that our bodies will actually begin using our muscle protein as fuel instead of using fat stores. Kinda makes you think twice about skipping breakfast!