Hate breakfast

rachel264
rachel264 Posts: 32 Member
edited December 17 in Food and Nutrition
I can't remember ever waking up and wanting to eat, just the sound of food makes me sick. I know to lose weight you should eat something, How to i get myself to eat every morning i can go to 3 in the afternoon at times without food. are there other people like this? If so let me know what you do. I have been eating ok since starting mfp but it's getting hard like today i choked down a half of a banana. thanks for any ideas.
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  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    I have to wait an hour following my meds I take first thing in the morning. A lot of the time I don't want to eat even then. I always try to get something down by 10 am on days I wake up at 7. Perhaps a meal replacement shake would work better for you first thing. Easier to get down than solid food. I also find getting in a workout in the morning (that hour I have to wait anyway) helps rev up my appetite. Just a couple of ideas!
  • rachel264
    rachel264 Posts: 32 Member
    Thank you, I'm going to the store in a little while to buy a blender.
  • jrodx2
    jrodx2 Posts: 203 Member
    I'm thinking maybe a protein shake, smoothie or some yogurt . Things you don't have to chew for so maybe you can trick you're mind a little, while getting your nutrients in. I am always hungry for breakfast but I also work out in the morning so that could be why.
    Good luck!

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  • everytree
    everytree Posts: 127
    I hate breakfast too and really struggle to eat in the morning. What has helped me is to abandon the idea that I have to have breakfast food for breakfast. I often have some left over dinner or crackers and cheese with somesteamed veggies or a tuna Sammie. I think I'm just trying to fool myself that it's breakfast and trick myself into eating itbut so far it's working!
  • Anelda
    Anelda Posts: 99 Member
    So don't force yourself to eat if you can't. Your body doesn't care when it gets food as long as it eventually does within a 24 hour period. A lot of people go on intermittent fasting diets where they'll fast for 16 hours and won't eat until 2-3 pm. Then, they eat all of their calories in a short amount of time.
  • OLFATUG
    OLFATUG Posts: 393 Member
    I can't eat in the morning, my stomach turns sour just thinking about food. I need an hour before I can eat anything solid. I think some people are just like that.
  • amuhlou
    amuhlou Posts: 693 Member
    It's actually okay to not eat breakfast.

    http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com/is-skipping-breakfast-bad-for-you.aspx


    Some people actually fast in the morning, eating lunch as their first meal, as a means to take advantage of the fact that their body has used up its glycogen and switched to fat burning mode (called 'intermittent fasting').
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    I don't eat until about noon or 2 pm everyday. You don't have to eat breakfast :)
  • Helenatrandom
    Helenatrandom Posts: 1,166 Member
    I used to hate eating breakfast (though I have always LOVED breakfast food...) in the morning. How do you feel about drinking a glass of juice or milk instead? I found that having SOMETHING made me ready to eat about an hour later. (That could just be me, though..) I actually feel better now, but that COULD be the thyroid pill adjustment I got in April of last year.
  • WildFlower7
    WildFlower7 Posts: 714 Member
    I've always been the same way until I made it my routine. As soon as I wake up I chug down warm lemon water, I've been doing this for 2yrs now, it seemed in the begining to help me get hungry, more quickly. Lemon water hydrates your body and gives your system a helpful boost of vitamin C first thing in the morning. It also aids digestion, assists in weight loss and gives you energy! I would reccomend trying the lemon water and then try eating an hr after that. That's what I do and it works! You have to train your body and once it get's use to eating an hr after waking over time it'll start getting hungry an hr after waking.

    Good luck!
  • cbmcphillips
    cbmcphillips Posts: 801 Member
    maybe it's the type of food?
    try steak, tuna, other non-breakfast foods...
    have eggs or cereal for dinner?
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    I don't eat until about noon or 2 pm everyday. You don't have to eat breakfast :)

    ^^^^^the "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" thing is a myth
  • mdsjmom98
    mdsjmom98 Posts: 333 Member
    Me too. I don't like breakfast either. Usually on weekends my guys like a nice breakfast, and I can eat then, but during the week, I just don't want to. I have to force myself to eat something, anything, to help kick start my metabolism. I usually eat a banana or some oatmeal. (I have to choke down the oatmeal, let me tell you) It's apparently helping though, as I've lost almost 22 in 2 months, so as much as I hate it, I'll keep on. Good luck!!
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    force feeding yourself when you're not hungry is the best way to lose weight
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Shockingly, breakfast is not necessary if you don't want to eat it. You don't have to.

    Just skip right on to lunch and keep your intake below your calorie limit but enough to keep you full and healthy, and you'll be fine.
  • JohnnyVegas39
    JohnnyVegas39 Posts: 5
    yikes....
  • skinnywithin
    skinnywithin Posts: 1,392 Member
    my , I would be a bear if I didnt eat breakfast and have my morning cofee !!
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  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    " A lot of people go on intermittent fasting diets where they'll fast for 16 hours and won't eat until 2-3 pm. Then, they eat all of their calories in a short amount of time"

    This is a terrible idea and murder for your metabolism. expect to have very low energy and high fat storage if you do this.

    If you are overweight, and don't eat until after noon, forcing yourself to eat just a little something can be one of the fastest ways to spark your weight loss. we're all ended up here for a reason. Accepting the fact that some things are going to HAVE to change is something you're going to have to do. Luckily, as breakfast is the most likely food to be burned throughout the day... you have much more wiggle room with what you can eat. As someone else pointed out it doesn't have to be 'breakfast food'. But you have to eat something. it will spark your metabolism like crazy and in turn spark your weight loss. Saying food makes you sick in the morning is nothing but a mental block. nobody said this would be easy. there is no debate here. eating within 60 minutes of waking up is one of the most important things to REAL weight loss.

    JV
    started - 260 lbs
    now - 228 lbs
    to go - 28 lbs

    Sigh.... meal frequency has nothing to do with metabolic rate and makes no difference to weight loss.


    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22173575

    See studies linked to those for more.

    SW: 220
    CW: 179

    Lost it all without eating breakfast unless I want to...
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    " A lot of people go on intermittent fasting diets where they'll fast for 16 hours and won't eat until 2-3 pm. Then, they eat all of their calories in a short amount of time"

    This is a terrible idea and murder for your metabolism. expect to have very low energy and high fat storage if you do this.

    no offense but this is totally bogus. do you have even a shred of evidence (other than your own personal experience) that IF is murder for your metabolism?
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    " A lot of people go on intermittent fasting diets where they'll fast for 16 hours and won't eat until 2-3 pm. Then, they eat all of their calories in a short amount of time"

    This is a terrible idea and murder for your metabolism. expect to have very low energy and high fat storage if you do this.

    If you are overweight, and don't eat until after noon, forcing yourself to eat just a little something can be one of the fastest ways to spark your weight loss. we all ended up here for a reason. Accepting the fact that some things are going to HAVE to change is something you're going to have to do. Luckily, as breakfast is the most likely food to be burned throughout the day... you have much more wiggle room with what you can eat. As someone else pointed out it doesn't have to be 'breakfast food'. But you have to eat something. it will spark your metabolism like crazy and in turn spark your weight loss. Saying food makes you sick in the morning is nothing but a mental block. nobody said this would be easy. there is no debate here. eating within 60 minutes of waking up is one of the most important things to REAL weight loss.

    JV
    started - 260 lbs
    now - 228 lbs
    to go - 28 lbs

    You get the broscience award of the day.

    OP: don't listen to this advice^^ I have been Intermittent fasting and my metabolism is crazy. I eat over 2,000 calories ot lose weight, and don't eat breakfast even though I get up at 6 am.
  • lancasrj
    lancasrj Posts: 8 Member
    I wake up absolutely famished every day. That being said I don't think it is right to force your body to eat when it isn't ready. Perhaps your body's fast cycle is just longer and is not ready to eat till later in the day. That being said you could also be suffering from a slow metabolism. If that is the case you should probably try eating a small breakfast and see if your metabolism adjusts.
  • waffleflavoredtea
    waffleflavoredtea Posts: 235 Member
    Breakfast used to make me nauseous and I was never hungry for it - especially when it was something with protein. Try getting up a half hour early, going for a jog, and then chill with tea/coffee for a bit, then use intuitive eating to see what you want. 1-2 eggs done up your favorite way and some fruit is nice for days you aren't really in the mood for anything, or you can try Larabars - 2 ingredients and are nutritionally dense so you won't feel sick after eating it. My favorite breakfast right now is organic oats with a T of natural Jif pb, and a tablespoon of unsweetened organic chocolate chips, nuked with water and agave for 2 minutes. SO good and you don't need much to get your body energized and revved for the whole day,
  • tara7302011
    tara7302011 Posts: 89 Member
    I can't remember ever waking up and wanting to eat, just the sound of food makes me sick. I know to lose weight you should eat something, How to i get myself to eat every morning i can go to 3 in the afternoon at times without food. are there other people like this? If so let me know what you do. I have been eating ok since starting mfp but it's getting hard like today i choked down a half of a banana. thanks for any ideas.

    I am the same way... That has been the hardest part for me, is having something in the morning.. I drink a protein shake with my vitamins..and off i go.. =) Good luck
  • kprangernix07
    kprangernix07 Posts: 122 Member
    REAL JUICE FOR BREAKFAST!

    I bought the Omega Nutrition center.... it's my new love affair! I juice EVERYTHING!!! And I will never buy bottled juice again. But the best part is, you can get into juicing veggies.... sounds worse than it is... I promise. Green apples with kale, celery and cucumbers.... tastes FANTASTIC!!!! I would have it every morning if could! Or orange juice with carrots.... holy crap. I <3 juicing. Check it out... it'll change your life!
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,900 Member
    eat when you are hungry luv and don't force it. Time of day is a myth!! your body doesn't keep track of time luv.
  • futuresize8
    futuresize8 Posts: 476 Member
    I don't like breakfast, either! During the workweek, I eat the same thing every day - Stila Bar (by Quaker Oats) and black coffee. I know I "need" to eat something, but don't care that much about that meal... Stila Bars have just 100 cals, and I'm okay "spending" that small amount on a meal I don't dig...
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    If you don't like eating breakfast then don't.

    Breakfast is a social convention not a physiological necessity. I skip it most days though not all.

    Of course, if skipping breakfast means you subsequently go on to hoover up everything in sight for the rest of the day you may want to reconsider your approach. It's what suits you best as an individual which is the key. You may need to experiment a little to find your sweet spot.
  • amuhlou
    amuhlou Posts: 693 Member


    You get the broscience award of the day.

    OP: don't listen to this advice^^ I have been Intermittent fasting and my metabolism is crazy. I eat over 2,000 calories ot lose weight, and don't eat breakfast even though I get up at 6 am.

    Yep.

    I've been intermittent fasting for a a couple months now and it hasn't killed my metabolism at all. It actually broke me off a plateau.

    There's no evidence of a metabolic benefit to eating breakfast. Or to eating smaller, more frequent meals for that matter.

    The only reason that people who eat breakfast might tend to be less overweight is that if they are conscientious enough to have breakfast, they may be making better food choices throughout the whole day.
  • ladyfingers39
    ladyfingers39 Posts: 335
    I'm the same way, but try and eat something before 10 am. I personally think it helps if I eat less at night, that way I wake up more hungry. If you eat everything later in the day you won't be as hungry in the morning. That is the whole idea behind fueling your body all day long.
    Good luck!
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