Breakfast

GrooveVandal
GrooveVandal Posts: 25 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know it's classed as the most important meal of the day but just got one question...

Are you supposed to eat it the minute you get out of bed, or is within the hour of getting up ok? I am seriously struggling to put food in my mouth first thing in the morning. Never have been a breakfast person really but have made the effort recently. I just can't do it straight away.
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  • hanniejong
    hanniejong Posts: 556 Member
    I eat my breakfast about 60-80 minutes after I get because I usually workout first.
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    I eat breakfast when I get to work (between 8.30 - 9 am). If I eat straight after I get up of a morning, it makes me feel sick. At the weekend I normally eat after going for a run or within 30 mins of getting up.
  • Jenjaz1910
    Jenjaz1910 Posts: 433 Member
    I get up at 5/5.15am do my workout and then have breakfast before I have my shower. I can't eat the second I get up either x
  • torreviejo
    torreviejo Posts: 27 Member
    I will try to eat breakfast within one hour of getting up and usually just after I exercise.
  • tami101
    tami101 Posts: 617 Member
    The only time I eat it straight out of bed is when someone has it already made for me. Ha ha ha. Jk, that never happens, so I usually wait about an hour because I can't eat straight out of bed either. =)
  • leanby2013
    leanby2013 Posts: 137
    I suppose its whenever you feel hungry, aslong as you dont leave it too late.

    I usually get up at 6:30 go for a 30min jog then eat when i come back, and days im not jogging i eat pretty much as soon as i wake up.

    If you're not a big fan of eating in the morning, why not try a smoothie or protein shake?
  • d3mon4ngel
    d3mon4ngel Posts: 242 Member
    I get up between 6 - 6:30am on weekdays and usually eat breakfast at around 7:30. On weekends, it's normally around an hour or so after I get up.
  • KittyHeff
    KittyHeff Posts: 56 Member
    During the week, I get up at 7am, take kids to school for 8.30 then home for breakfast. I enjoy it more and digest it better if I'm not eating against the clock and I don't tend to eat as much either!
  • sashatranett
    sashatranett Posts: 44
    within the first hour of waking up is the goal. really the reason that it is so important to eat breakfast is so your body gets out of fasting mode and doesn't go into starvation mode and start holding onto fat (hence the name "break-fast")
  • worgen
    worgen Posts: 14
    I eat my oatmeal after I workout in the morning and then a banana while I drive to work.
  • HonkyTonks
    HonkyTonks Posts: 1,193 Member
    I know it's classed as the most important meal of the day but just got one question...

    Are you supposed to eat it the minute you get out of bed, or is within the hour of getting up ok? I am seriously struggling to put food in my mouth first thing in the morning. Never have been a breakfast person really but have made the effort recently. I just can't do it straight away.

    You don't need to eat breakfast at all. Don't eat it if you don't want to. Eat when you're hungry, listen to your body.

    I NEVER eat breakfast unless there's some special occasion like a family event.
    within the first hour of waking up is the goal. really the reason that it is so important to eat breakfast is so your body gets out of fasting mode and doesn't go into starvation mode and start holding onto fat (hence the name "break-fast")

    Your body will not go into starvation mode after 8 hours of not eating. You will actually burn MORE fat if you don't eat for a couple of hours (say up to 12pm) then if you stuff your face the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep.

    Breakfasts importance is vastly overstated. That is all
  • Martucha123
    Martucha123 Posts: 1,089 Member
    I know it's classed as the most important meal of the day but just got one question...

    Are you supposed to eat it the minute you get out of bed, or is within the hour of getting up ok? I am seriously struggling to put food in my mouth first thing in the morning. Never have been a breakfast person really but have made the effort recently. I just can't do it straight away.

    You don't need to eat breakfast at all. Don't eat it if you don't want to. Eat when you're hungry, listen to your body.

    I NEVER eat breakfast unless there's some special occasion like a family event.

    this exactly
    within the first hour of waking up is the goal. really the reason that it is so important to eat breakfast is so your body gets out of fasting mode and doesn't go into starvation mode and start holding onto fat (hence the name "break-fast")

    Your body will not go into starvation mode after 8 hours of not eating. You will actually burn MORE fat if you don't eat for a couple of hours (say up to 12pm) then if you stuff your face the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep.

    Breakfasts importance is vastly overstated. That is all
  • dreamshadows
    dreamshadows Posts: 734 Member
    My weight loss doc says within an hour. I'm lucky if I do breakfast within 3 hours. Breakfast gets the Metabolism started.
  • HonkyTonks
    HonkyTonks Posts: 1,193 Member
    My weight loss doc says within an hour. I'm lucky if I do breakfast within 3 hours. Breakfast gets the Metabolism started.

    About as much as a glass of water does.
  • madamepsychosis
    madamepsychosis Posts: 472 Member
    Listen to your body. I'm starving less than an hour after I wake up, so I eat, but that's just me. Eat when you're hungry.
  • Jenjaz1910
    Jenjaz1910 Posts: 433 Member
    I know it's classed as the most important meal of the day but just got one question...

    Are you supposed to eat it the minute you get out of bed, or is within the hour of getting up ok? I am seriously struggling to put food in my mouth first thing in the morning. Never have been a breakfast person really but have made the effort recently. I just can't do it straight away.

    You don't need to eat breakfast at all. Don't eat it if you don't want to. Eat when you're hungry, listen to your body.

    I NEVER eat breakfast unless there's some special occasion like a family event.
    within the first hour of waking up is the goal. really the reason that it is so important to eat breakfast is so your body gets out of fasting mode and doesn't go into starvation mode and start holding onto fat (hence the name "break-fast")

    Your body will not go into starvation mode after 8 hours of not eating. You will actually burn MORE fat if you don't eat for a couple of hours (say up to 12pm) then if you stuff your face the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep.

    Breakfasts importance is vastly overstated. That is all

    Just wondering where you got your information from?! All professionals I have heard in the diet/nutrition/fitness field have always said to eat breakfast?!?! As the longer you leave it the more likely you are to eat more food and make bad choices of what to eat once you do it! So would be good to know where you got your facts from? x
  • dreamshadows
    dreamshadows Posts: 734 Member
    If I followed the eat when your hungry advice about breakfast I could (and have) gone days without eating. My experience is that eating breakfast helps activate the hunger trigger for the day. The more regular I am with breakfast, the more regular the rest of my meals come.
  • brandyanne0204
    brandyanne0204 Posts: 45 Member
    I know it's classed as the most important meal of the day but just got one question...

    Are you supposed to eat it the minute you get out of bed, or is within the hour of getting up ok? I am seriously struggling to put food in my mouth first thing in the morning. Never have been a breakfast person really but have made the effort recently. I just can't do it straight away.



    I am not a breakfast type of person and sometimes I will skip breakfast and sometimes I have breakfast food for lunch which I think they call brunch. I do want to start eating something in the morning even if its just a breakfast bar or a bowl of cereal.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    I know it's classed as the most important meal of the day but just got one question...

    Are you supposed to eat it the minute you get out of bed, or is within the hour of getting up ok? I am seriously struggling to put food in my mouth first thing in the morning. Never have been a breakfast person really but have made the effort recently. I just can't do it straight away.

    You don't need to eat breakfast at all. Don't eat it if you don't want to. Eat when you're hungry, listen to your body.

    I NEVER eat breakfast unless there's some special occasion like a family event.
    within the first hour of waking up is the goal. really the reason that it is so important to eat breakfast is so your body gets out of fasting mode and doesn't go into starvation mode and start holding onto fat (hence the name "break-fast")

    Your body will not go into starvation mode after 8 hours of not eating. You will actually burn MORE fat if you don't eat for a couple of hours (say up to 12pm) then if you stuff your face the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep.

    Breakfasts importance is vastly overstated. That is all

    Just wondering where you got your information from?! All professionals I have heard in the diet/nutrition/fitness field have always said to eat breakfast?!?! As the longer you leave it the more likely you are to eat more food and make bad choices of what to eat once you do it! So would be good to know where you got your facts from? x

    http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html

    I swear this exact topic was posted just yesterday. Has anyone seen that button up the top that says "search"?
  • myak623
    myak623 Posts: 615 Member
    Breakfast is a personal choice. Not really necessary if you don't choose to eat that early.

    Metabolism doesn't stop at night. So, the "jump start" is false info.

    The theory on not eating breakfast and making bad choices later has nothing to do with science and everything to do with that person not being smart about what they are choosing to eat.

    Your metabolism will not slow down after not eating for 10-12 hours. 72 hours is usually the time frame when metabolism will start to slow.
  • GrooveVandal
    GrooveVandal Posts: 25 Member
    Some great replies there, thanks guys!

    I agree with what someone said in that if you dont eat breakfast, it can lead to making bad choices. Thats kind of how i got here in the first place. I used to eat when i was hungry but i tend to go from 0 to starving just like that! So i ate fast easy food which turned out to be fattening and everything i should avoid. I somehow managed to pack about 3500 calories into two meals a day and some junk snacks.
    Now im trying to do it right so i have fitted breakfast in! I just cant do that eating thing first thing. I can manage within an hour tho so its good to see so many of you say within an hour is fine.

    And no, i didn't see the button that says search, nor did i see the same topic. Apologies for being new here and still trying to find my way round!
  • Angelabec
    Angelabec Posts: 505 Member
    I eat breakfast when I get into work, 2-3 hours after I get up depending on whether I exercise. Can't say that it's caused me any problems :smile:
  • DonttrythatwithME
    DonttrythatwithME Posts: 214 Member
    I get up, have a piece of fruit pre gym/run (6am) and some water, post gym protein and porridge (8am) to keep of the hunger.

    i'm at my worst if im let myself get hungry, boom i'm in the biscuit tin!!
  • grassette
    grassette Posts: 976 Member
    I like to relax with a 2 cup mug of hot water first, and right now, a nice navel orange. After reading the paper, I prepare a breakfast of old fashioned rolled oats eaten with 100 g of Greek yogurt. When I don't have an orange, I add 1/2 cup of wild blueberries to the porridge.

    I always used to skip breakfast, but my stomach would be growling at 11 am. Now this breakfast keeps the hungries at bay and I am more able to control what I eat for the rest of the day.

    I vary this twice a week because I go swimming at 7 am. On those days, I'll have the orange, and eat the oatmeal when I get home. That way I don't exercise on a full stomach.
  • sculley
    sculley Posts: 2,012 Member
    I read somewhere where it said it was vital to eat within the first half an hour of getting up for metabolism reasons...and that goes with drinking two glasses of water to get your organs going..
  • AvsFreak
    AvsFreak Posts: 152 Member


    http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html

    I swear this exact topic was posted just yesterday. Has anyone seen that button up the top that says "search"?

    Thanks for posting this. I got flamed the other day for telling someone to skip breakfast and save some calories for nighttime because she was hungry at night.

    For the thousandth time people, meal timing and frequency have nothing to do with fat loss. I have lost about 140 pounds and never ate breakfast consistently. Actually, my biggest meal is usually before bed. Love to go to sleep satisfied.

    Eat when you are hungry as long as you are in your calorie/macro goal for the day. /thread
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    I'm up at 6 and very busy, drop the kids at school and workout, then eventually get to eating breakfast around 8:30 or 9. I do have coffee at 6 though.
  • jpuderbaugh
    jpuderbaugh Posts: 318 Member
    I eat breakfast when I get to work, saves me time at home, keeps me from getting up earlier to factor it in. So usually about 2 hours after I get up. That's when I start to feel hungry too. I can't say that skipping breakfast makes me make poor food decisions later in the day, but I have noticed that when I don't eat something healthy (like there for a while I was on a waffle kick) I crave really bad foods all day. They just bombard me horribly. But if I eat something better for me, I might be hungry sooner (for some reason complex carbs which digest slower make me hungry faster than simple carbs) but I don't have crazy cravings all day.
  • marticapitt
    marticapitt Posts: 27 Member
    I have read that you should eat within the first hour and the sooner the better. Mostly because your body has had nothing for 6-12 hours and so it needs fuel. Try having a little something at least until your more awake. I work out first thing because my doctor says I will burn more calories and more efficiently if I work out on an empty stomach - which tosses out the above info lol! But as soon as I shower I eat - usually oatmeal with Torani syrup (brown sugar and cinnamon - 0 calories and oatmeal 150). Days I don't work out it's usually a hard cooked egg (70) and and some low sodium V-8 (25!). Then a snack like berries, natural applesauce or something around 50 cal. about 10am. It works for me...got to experiment to see what works for you.
  • BaileyKat52
    BaileyKat52 Posts: 461 Member
    http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html

    I swear this exact topic was posted just yesterday. Has anyone seen that button up the top that says "search"?
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    Very interesting article...thanks for sharing :smile:

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