Do you like it in the morning?

I think you bring up a very good point. I have wondered that myself. I actually wonder how the cave men/women did it. I mean, do we seriously think they got up and "ate" right away - within the hour? I doubt it.

I sometimes wonder if eating first thing in the morning doesn't promote "more eating" the rest of the day. :grumble:

I guess I need to do some online research about the topic.

Cheers,

:drinker:

~Tamie

it was funnier when i saw this last week! WHEN I DID IT!!

Does a cup of low sodium Hot & Spicy V8 count?

Actually, "The whole metabolism thing is myth" is WRONG!!!!!!!! Metabolism is definately not a myth. I have taken biochemistry and know how everything is metabolized in your diet. It is imperitive for your health that you eat on a regualr basis, whether you are hungry or not. If anything eat a piece of toast or something small in the morning because when you sleep you are not taking anything in,but you are still creating heat and burning calories. if it doesn't get any intake when it is awake the body will start breaking down your muscles before fat because muscle is easier to break down and provides more energy. This reaso you are probably not hungry in the morning is that you have tricked your brain to think that way, but your body still works the same no matter what your brain says. (Trust me, I have the same problem in the mornings!!). I will usually make one or two pieces of toast and sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and sugar on it for flavor.

Short term fasting (<48 hours) increases metabolic rate:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2405717

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10837292

This! It's always better when someone can present research and facts rather than opinion. In my opinion it's always better also, to realize that as much as we are all similar, we can be different. There are people who eat less later in the day if they don't eat breakfast and there are people who will eat more. To say," this is what works for me so it must work for you" is just fallacious. I'm too lazy to look it up right now but there is info that is research based on either Lyle McDonald's or Alan Aragon's site that says the conclusions reached regarding timing of nutrition is that timing of the nutrition is insignificant. Total nutrition and composition is critical. If I'm feeling more ambitious later I'll look it up and post the link.

To those that tend to eat more later in the day I'd ask if your breakfast is mostly protein based or carb based or mixed. A carb based breakfast may increase insulin in some and make them more hungry later. Protein with some complex carbs less so.

I do both. During the week I get up at 4:30 and am out of the house at 5:30 so all I have is a cup of coffee. I just cannot stomach more than coffee at that hour! At 8 am another cup of coffee and if hungry a low cal yogurt or slimfast bar or fruit. I drive a school bus and have to grab quick meals on short breaks. I find eating less calories every 2 hours or so all day then a bigger dinner works for me.

on the 4 days i work i eat early about 630 when i am off i may sleep or lay around until 10, 11, 12 even so i do like to eat when i first get up. i find i can hold out longer during the day if i do.

When I'm at work, I usually skip breakfast and don't eat til about 2pm. When I'm at home and have the time to make breakfast, I do that. Breakfast food is the best kind of food

I work second shift so I usually dont eat breakfast and go straight to lunch. I don't even get out of bed most days until 11 am.

Hello!

Well I am not hungry until around 9.30am but force myself to eat on because I work at a school, and my tummy will growl really LOUDLY!! and break time is not until around 10.20am !! My days off I sometimes skip breakfast and just enjoy my lunch and evening meal!!

I love eating breakfast I eat hardboiled eggs and I don't feel hungry again until lunchtime but I don't think you NEED to eat breakfast if you are not hungry but at least drink some water

BBCode fail!

I eat only when I'm hungry.

I have solved my breakfast problem...I blend about 8 oz of coffee, about 4 oz of milk, ice, cinnamon and a scoop of whey isolate for "breakfast." That way I get some energy and some protein to tide me over to lunch without taking alot of time or energy, and I don't feel full or bloated. Some days I throw in a hardboiled egg for good measure...

Oh, and everything that I have read claims that eating breakfast not only cuts down on calorie consumption later, but also helps your body metabolize food at a faster rate earlier in the day. (Although I'm not really sure if my "breakfast" counts--I started it because I was worried I don't get enough protein--which is a whole different thread, I'm sure.)

I have found that I just don't want food when I first wake up. so, I usually have a cup of coffee and then some light breakfast like toast with PB about 2 hours later. I usually have a little bit of hunger by then. It's working for me so far!

I follow the same rule I tell my kids..I eat when I am hungry. The end..if I am hungry in the morning eat if not I wait for lunch. By the way my kids are 13 and 18 so I am not starving little kids..lol..I tell them eat if you are hungry if not then not..the end..

Interesting reading you might find enlightening.

http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v57/n7/abs/1601618a.html
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v27/n10/abs/0802402a.html