Hate breakfast

.. In my health class my teacher explained to get your metabolism revving you should eat something within the first 1/2 hour you are awake, that way you start burning right away and your body does not go on starvation mode. Good luck and I hope this helps!!

bro science award number two. The misinformed health teacher angle.

this information is false.

Yup, and the reason (or at least one of the likely ones) that you're fat is because you don't eat all day and then gorge at night. Eat more throughout the day, even if it's something small when you wake up and spread those calories through the day.

Nonsense. If one averages fewer calories in than out, one loses weight. WHEN you eat doesn't matter. If I burn 2500 calories/day and I eat just 2000, I'll average a pound a week loss, EVEN IF I eat all 2000 calories in a single meal. If you eat one meal a day, it's sometimes easier to keep total calories/day lower.

Actually, I think you are saying 2 different things. What the first poster said is correct, many people gained weight by not eating breakfast and then over eating lunch and dinner because they were starving (even though they might not have realized they were starving). (err not literally starving. just hungry, so ate with abandon). This is why people are often encouraged to eat breakfast, so they don't binge later.

However, what you said is also correct. When you eat doesn't matter. It is only how much you eat that matters. So, if you are able to skip breakfast, lunch, whatever and still stay within a healthy calorie range you will lose weight no matter when you are eating.

" 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.

Care to back that up with a little science?

Yup, and the reason (or at least one of the likely ones) that you're fat is because you don't eat all day and then gorge at night. Eat more throughout the day, even if it's something small when you wake up and spread those calories through the day.

Nonsense. If one averages fewer calories in than out, one loses weight. WHEN you eat doesn't matter. If I burn 2500 calories/day and I eat just 2000, I'll average a pound a week loss, EVEN IF I eat all 2000 calories in a single meal. If you eat one meal a day, it's sometimes easier to keep total calories/day lower.

Actually, I think you are saying 2 different things. What the first poster said is correct, many people gained weight by not eating breakfast and then over eating lunch and dinner because they were starving (even though they might not have realized they were starving). (err not literally starving. just hungry, so ate with abandon). This is why people are often encouraged to eat breakfast, so they don't binge later.

However, what you said is also correct. When you eat doesn't matter. It is only how much you eat that matters. So, if you are able to skip breakfast, lunch, whatever and still stay within a healthy calorie range you will lose weight no matter when you are eating.

I am NOT saying two different things. I am saying that WHEN YOU EAT makes no difference! As long as you have a calorie deficit you will lose weight. If you eat more than you burn, you will gain weight--EVEN IF YOU EAT BREAKFAST! In fact, if you eat breakfast you may actually eat more later. I, personally, practice IF (19/5) ordinarily, but if I'm on vacation, etc, and everyone is eating breakfast and lunch I will as well. If I eat breakfast, I am hungry all day and I eat much more than I eat on an average day. This person suggested that one gets fat from not eating breakfast, but since I've started IF and started NOT forcing myself to eat breakfast I realize a big part of why I became fat was eating when I wasn't hungry.

That's right because you know everything there is to know about health right?

nope. not even close to everything. but I do know that not eating breakfast within 30 minutes will not cause your body to go "on starvation mode".

I didnt mean to be offensive but none of the info you posted is accurate.

I used to be like that, work all day, drink a pot of coffee or 2 liters of water and then eat something after 5 and workout like a horse at night. That's called crash dieting.. Not a good idea.

To get myself motivated into eating something I just started eating one instant oatmeal in the morning while getting ready or I would have one cup of yogurt with granola or cereal mixed in.

You don't need to eat a lot but something is better than nothing.. In my health class my teacher explained to get your metabolism revving you should eat something within the first 1/2 hour you are awake, that way you start burning right away and your body does not go on starvation mode. Good luck and I hope this helps!!

Crash dieting refers to VLCD where you lose a lot of weight fast using unsustainable means. Not eating until 5pm is called "intermittent fasting" and it won't cause "starvation mode." "Starvation mode" takes DAYS to come on, not hours.

And your health teacher was mistaken. Eating will not "get your metabolism revving." Tell her the National Institutes for Health disagrees with her.

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It just ain't so.

Yup, and the reason (or at least one of the likely ones) that you're fat is because you don't eat all day and then gorge at night. Eat more throughout the day, even if it's something small when you wake up and spread those calories through the day.

Harsh much?
I *still* don't eat breakfast & look how well I'm doing.
People can still eat breakfast & gorge later in the day.
I also find that not eating breakfast leaves me more cals for my lunch & dinner & then a snack if I want one.
Not eating breakfast/eating breakfast doesn't make you fat, your portion sizes do.