Stop eating breakfast. Here's why.
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You could probably find an article to support any diet or nutrional philosophy. Stick with sources you know are valid and do what works for you.
I agree with this! I used to not eat breakfast...hence why I ended up 200 lbs... now that I eat breakfast I do much better with balanching the rest of my meals.... I think to each their own, but I don't think for a lot of reasons what you are doing is healthy but that's just my opinion!
Trust me, you were'nt overweight because of what you DIDN'T eat. None of us are/were.0 -
I don't agree with anyone skipping breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, the reason why I states this during the night we sleep for 8 or more hrs without eating, so we must feed our body, this is why it's called BREAK-FAST we are breaking our 8 or more hrs fast . Now if you stated you had your larger meal at breakfast and eat lighter for the rest of the day I could agree with you.. No matter how you change your eating habits you should have a meal in the morning to break your fast.
Good luck with your healthy life style.
ARgg...... another person spouting of myths who know nothing about the body or nutrition *facepalm*0 -
To all non breakfast eaters/IFers:
Most people here believe in the typical BS myths of having to eat breakfast, having to eat 6 small meals a day, not eating before bed....etc.
They aren't interested in science or reading leangains.com.
Convincing them there is another possible way to be successful is basically impossible.
IF is an awesome way to eat. Let these people continue to be ignorant.
Completely true.
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Disagree. I refuse to give up breakfast or deprive myself of food I enjoy.0
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Lol this is a funny thread. It would be cool if you had to take a reading comprehension quiz proving that you actually read OP's article before commenting on it. I'm sure there are people who would still disagree and could cite valid reasons, but that would take the conversation much further than "nu uh" and "yea huh."
I've been thinking about trying IF for a few weeks now and am trying to read up on it. Thanks for posting this article. The only reason why I hesistate is because I like my morning routine and I finally found a cereal that is decently healthy and delicious (not the most compelling reason). And if it doesn't work than I guess I'll have no choice but to...start eating breakfast again!
You can still eat your cereal! I eat lots of breakfast foods. Some days all I have are bacon, eggs, sausage, and cheese. You just won't eat it outside of your eating window with IF.
To be honest, if I could go back I wouldn't have written anything in my original post. I would have made the same title, and just put the link to the article.0 -
OK, to meet both sides of the argument half-way, there are two concepts of breakfast I disagree with.
1. It has to be as soon as you get up
2. It has to be "breakfast food"
My thinking is:
1. I find I have much more of an appetite if I wait until I get to work to eat and I don't need to snack mid-morning as that's when I'm having a proper meal.
2. Nearly all cereals, even the healthy ones that have no added sugar, have some form of sugar, such as dried fruit or honey, and very little appetite suppressing protein. Why not eat the leftovers from last night's healthy dinner, like a chicken and veg stir-fry, or make yourself a sandwich that you can eat half now, half later.
Different things work for different people, can't we all get along? :flowerforyou:0 -
Lol this is a funny thread. It would be cool if you had to take a reading comprehension quiz proving that you actually read OP's article before commenting on it. I'm sure there are people who would still disagree and could cite valid reasons, but that would take the conversation much further than "nu uh" and "yea huh."
I've been thinking about trying IF for a few weeks now and am trying to read up on it. Thanks for posting this article. The only reason why I hesistate is because I like my morning routine and I finally found a cereal that is decently healthy and delicious (not the most compelling reason). And if it doesn't work than I guess I'll have no choice but to...start eating breakfast again!
I eat breakfast foods all the time! I just do after my workouts at 4-5 PM
Read everything from here: http://www.leangains.com/
Takes a while but is the most interesting thing I have read on the internet :]0 -
Every good piece of research I've seen has shown we should eat more often each day. 6 small meals or so. All I can say is that over the summer I was taking a bunch of summer courses, and (not by choice) I started doing this. I wouldn't eat until 3 or 4 when I got back home. By that point, I was so hungry I would eat the whole damn house. I gained a ton of weight over about a month of doing this, and realized eating one larger meal a day is a terrible idea.0
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Thanks, Sunshine_88 and TateFTW. I guess I could eat my cereal as desert since I like to eat something sweet before bed but I often don't have the calories for it! I had started reading parts of leangains but I have a lot left to get through.0
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You can find information to prove that this works, not just blogs but actually studies. You can also find information to prove that breakfast is essential, that milk with dinner creates results, that eating only twinkles can allow you to lose weight. Just do what you want and feels good for you and everything will work out. The only rule is stop telling people your way is THE way.
Here here! Do what works for you. As long as it is not detrimental to your health. not some kind of short cut and something you can stick with, do what works!
I agree with these. 100%. I didn't used to eat breakfast - actually the mere thought of food when i woke up disgusted me. Now, I eat every morning and I feel better all day. I've found (FOR ME!) that eating within 30 mins of waking up and eating every few hours keeps my blood sugar stable. When it is stable - I don't binge eat.
If you dont' wanna eat breakfast, don't. If you want to eat breakfast, do it. Neither one is wrong and neither one is right. Do what works for YOU and YOUR BODY. But, as the other poster stated: Don't tell other people what they're doing for THEM is wrong.0 -
To all non breakfast eaters/IFers:
Most people here believe in the typical BS myths of having to eat breakfast, having to eat 6 small meals a day, not eating before bed....etc.
They aren't interested in science or reading leangains.com.
Convincing them there is another possible way to be successful is basically impossible.
IF is an awesome way to eat. Let these people continue to be ignorant.
Completely true.
Sorry, but it isn't ignorance if someone does something and realizes it works or doesn't work for them. Regardless of what science may or may not say.
If eating breakfast and eating every few hours works for me - I AM NOT IGNORANT. Actually, I'm quite intelligent about MY OWN BODY (which really? is all I care about!). I know that not eating regularly makes my blood sugar wonky and makes me more likely to binge eat. When I'm eating regularly, I don't have the desire to down an entire box of donuts. It works for me. Am I ignorant because it may not be what other people do? NO. I'm doing what is best for me and honestly? I couldn't care less what science says I should do. I do what is best for me and my body. End of story. There isn't a right nor a wrong answer to this topic. There really isn't.
I'm going to continue eating my breakfast, making sure I eat every couple hours and I'm going to even eat before bed. And I'm pretty certain it is working for me just fine.
It always amazes me when people decide that THEY know what works for everyone else and are more than happy to be obnoxious about informing people about how they are ignorant and don't know what they're doing and it is wrong.0 -
But, as the other poster stated: Don't tell other people what they're doing for THEM is wrong.
I think this is the issue most of the dissenters in this thread have really had. It wasn't posted as an option. It was a statement, "Stop eating breakfast", and that just doesn't work for everyone.0 -
I disagree also. I don't believe skipping any meal is a good idea. It's not healthy!
Don't you think the 3 meal thing is totally arbitrary? It's just a convenient way to break up the day.0 -
It's not healthy!
Says who? What makes you say that?0 -
Naaah! I disagree also. Of course you lose if you starve yourself whether you feel hungry or not. It's still starving. It will stop working and what about the nutrients your body needs? Just does not sound healthy!0
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I agree - for me. I just started reading about ayurvedic medicine and body types/doshas. The Kapha body type (me) has a strong and solid body but also a slow and sluggish metabolism. It is actually recommended to skip breakfast and have a large lunch, then small dinner. I have never done well eating breakfast and always felt it made me feel more tired and heavy. I have always felt better and more clear headed by skipping breakfast. When I started reading about the doshas everything rang true for me and see that - yes it is true!!! Some people are better off not eating breakfast!!0
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Entirely disagree... if you decide to live a normal life with people, have children etc then you gotta eat at least 3 times a day. This will be temporary and its bad for your digestive and neural health. You need energy to think straight and sustaining a normal level will prevent any metabolism or blood sugar issues. It's not good for your muscles, brain or heart depriving them of regular essential vitamins, minerals, fats and energy.0
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If I skip breakfast, I have this way of starting to want to eat people's brains right around 11:30am...it get's ugly...:(0
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I love IF. Oh yeah and that's me after 4.5 months of IF in the profile picture. I've been doing it since February. I started out at 19% bf (5'7, 140 lbs) and in that picture I was dun dun dun.... yep 140 lbs, 14% bf. Didn't lose any endurance (Long distance runner/cyclist) as well didn't lose any muscle, as I am an avid body builder/weight lifter (natural weight lifting female...who put on strength and increased her compound lifts during fasted training). I love ESE, LG styles of IF the most. Each to their own. I love a post workout/fast protein shake, a big 800 calorie late lunch, a 800 calorie dinnner and a small 200 calorie snack in the afternoon. I lose fat faster when I'm glycogen depleted. Science supports this, so fasted training reigns supreme for me, BCAAs, a coffee and I'm good to go. 0
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Better stated than the original post.
When I was in High School I did the no breakfast thing and ate my butt off at dinner. I was able to maintain at a healthy BMI
Now I do the whole 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. I am still at a healthy BMI just a tad bit better.I agree - for me. I just started reading about ayurvedic medicine and body types/doshas. The Kapha body type (me) has a strong and solid body but also a slow and sluggish metabolism. It is actually recommended to skip breakfast and have a large lunch, then small dinner. I have never done well eating breakfast and always felt it made me feel more tired and heavy. I have always felt better and more clear headed by skipping breakfast. When I started reading about the doshas everything rang true for me and see that - yes it is true!!! Some people are better off not eating breakfast!!0 -
Entirely disagree... if you decide to live a normal life with people, have children etc then you gotta eat at least 3 times a day. This will be temporary and its bad for your digestive and neural health. You need energy to think straight and sustaining a normal level will prevent any metabolism or blood sugar issues. It's not good for your muscles, brain or heart depriving them of regular essential vitamins, minerals, fats and energy.
I disagree with your disagree. I have IBS-C and it's gotten so much better since I started IF'ing, so has my skin, my digestive tract is actually having a break from working ALL the time and it seems to be helping clear me out and feel lighter, less bloated. My skin is also less oily. I have 2 kids, both toddlers, 2 and 3. I have normal blood sugars and no underlying health problems, aside from genetically predisposition to low blood pressure, and it's never affected me negatively. It is so freeing not having to constantly be cooking, prepping packing, bringing, eating food for myself alongside my kids eating schedule as a busy mother.
I'm a seasoned fitness/health veteran and have worked in health and sports nutrition, as with anything else we try, if you feel there is something underlying wrong with your health, be checked first by a doctor before attempting IF. Otherwise, give it a try and see how amazing it is to know what true hunger, will power and a clean digestive tract feels like.
PS I eat at least 1700/2400 calories a day depending on my workout routine and also have cheat days in the upwards to 3-5k worth of calories a few times per month. So I'm not even close to "starving".
I highly suggest people read, and do their own research, because the people who are proponents for IF have, like Martin Berkhan, who uses real PUB MED clinical studies for his writing and where he makes assumptions from. Not just biased studies. 0 -
I think schedules and habits play a large role in when and how often we eat. And there's a mental factor that can't be discounted. For some, eating breakfast everyday is important for them to lose weight. For others it's not. Personally, I've both gained and lost weight by having breaksfast on regular basis or skipping. It really did come down to what I was eating and how much over a whole day.
As for which is better from a metabolic standpoint, there's enough conflicting accounts which would say it's inconclusive. I personally don't see much truth in the claim that eating breakfast is better for your metabolism. Right now, I'm not eating breakfast and don't have my first meal until after I workout (usually late morning/around noon) but that's what works for my schedule (I work from home so I get up first thing get some of my work done and then break to workout). As a result, I do eat larger meals late in the day just so I eat enough and haven't noticed any negative affects in my health or weight loss for that matter. Also, for me, I almost never am hungry when I wake up, so I'm not motivated to feed myself when I wake up. My eating habits though is not due to taking on a certain philosophy but just came about by how my life is at the moment.0 -
Better stated than the original post.
When I was in High School I did the no breakfast thing and ate my butt off at dinner. I was able to maintain at a healthy BMI
Now I do the whole 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. I am still at a healthy BMI just a tad bit better.
In other words for some it work for some it may not.I agree - for me. I just started reading about ayurvedic medicine and body types/doshas. The Kapha body type (me) has a strong and solid body but also a slow and sluggish metabolism. It is actually recommended to skip breakfast and have a large lunch, then small dinner. I have never done well eating breakfast and always felt it made me feel more tired and heavy. I have always felt better and more clear headed by skipping breakfast. When I started reading about the doshas everything rang true for me and see that - yes it is true!!! Some people are better off not eating breakfast!!0 -
I started skipping breakfast and even lunch, not eating until I got off work around 3, and I started losing weight on demand and felt great once I got used to it. There are programs that make use of this idea, such as intermittent fasting, which I've used with success.
Yea that's called starving yourself. Anorexics have been doing it for years.
I don`t eat breakfast either..The reason why, is because if i do, im hungry all day, and then i over eat..0 -
Sorry...never giving up breakfast! It is my favorite meal of the day!!
lol me too! I love breakfast and the fact that lots of other dieticiens and experts says its good for you is just icing on my breakfast!!!!0 -
HEY guys!!! i have a belly button!!
LOL! Awesome way to break up the arguing.0 -
Who decided that breakfast was so important? Just because you haven't eaten for a few hours (during sleep) doesn't mean that you HAVE to eat as soon as you wake up or you are going to keel over. What if you aren't hungry? Should you be forced to eat just because someone said the breakfast is the most important meal of the day?
I lead a low-carb (no grain, legume, sugar, milk), moderate-protein, high-fat lifestyle. I have found if I eat breakfast (usually bacon and eggs and coconut oil or butter) I am not hungry for lunch. If I don't eat breakfast then I have a nice big salad (with protein and fat) for lunch and that will last me well into the evening. I have no need to snack because once I removed the grains the constant hunger issues went away (turned out that "hunger" was just a blood sugar crash from my high-carb lifestyle).
What's so interesting is that people are blaming 'not eating' on screwing with their blood sugar. Eating high-carb every few hours is screwy on blood sugar. it goes up and as soon as it comes down you eat something to send it back up again. And again. And again. And again. That will screw up blood sugar and insulin secretion, not 'not eating' for a few hours.
And even "no sugar added" cereal just turns to sugar (glucose) in the body. Since I went grain-free I no longer get that weak, shaky feeling that I used to call 'hunger' (it was a blood sugar crash from my oatmeal and fruit breakfast). Now I just get hungry and if I decide not to eat at that point I'm fine.0 -
Self control is key in weight loss, which includes not eating when you feel hungry, or eating even if you are not, in order to make wise choices by keeping our metabolisms active and staying in calorie goals. So no, we don't always "listen to our bodies," we intelligently guide them.
I.E.- Eat breakfst even if not hungry.0 -
To all non breakfast eaters/IFers:
Most people here believe in the typical BS myths of having to eat breakfast, having to eat 6 small meals a day, not eating before bed....etc.
They aren't interested in science or reading leangains.com.
Convincing them there is another possible way to be successful is basically impossible.
IF is an awesome way to eat. Let these people continue to be ignorant.
Completely true.
Sorry, but it isn't ignorance if someone does something and realizes it works or doesn't work for them. Regardless of what science may or may not say.
If eating breakfast and eating every few hours works for me - I AM NOT IGNORANT. Actually, I'm quite intelligent about MY OWN BODY (which really? is all I care about!). I know that not eating regularly makes my blood sugar wonky and makes me more likely to binge eat. When I'm eating regularly, I don't have the desire to down an entire box of donuts. It works for me. Am I ignorant because it may not be what other people do? NO. I'm doing what is best for me and honestly? I couldn't care less what science says I should do. I do what is best for me and my body. End of story. There isn't a right nor a wrong answer to this topic. There really isn't.
I'm going to continue eating my breakfast, making sure I eat every couple hours and I'm going to even eat before bed. And I'm pretty certain it is working for me just fine.
It always amazes me when people decide that THEY know what works for everyone else and are more than happy to be obnoxious about informing people about how they are ignorant and don't know what they're doing and it is wrong.
That not what I meant it to come across as chevy!
I agree that if it works for you and your life style then by all means do it! Some people eat 6-7 meals some only one but if it works then thats all that matters! It just some of the bashing of the OPs way of eating that I dont like especially when they have no clue what they are talking about (not you of course)
If you lovve breakfast and dont want to give it up.. then dont! :]0 -
Nope. I like my Kashi cereal too much to let it go.0
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