I do not eat breakfast and my doc has voiced no concerns with it. It’s done to maintain weight. I might have an Adkins low carb bar, but nothing else. Lunch is soup and salad. The main meal is in the evening. If I go outside of this routine I gain weight non-stop. All of my vitals and lab tests are outstanding.
Eating like this shrinks a persons stomach, so when I want to pig out, I still can’t eat a whole lot.
A mile and half walk each day is also in the mix.
This breakfast thing is only for those that burn a lot of calories, other than that it’s hog wash.
I wouldn’t eat breakfast as a kid and still rarely do. Sometimes I only eat dinner and skip lunch too. I just don’t get hungry in the morning.
If you are involved in a fitness regimen, breakfast protein is ESSENTIAL.
If not, it’s just another meal and the more of those you skip the better.
The American Dietetic Association’s Evidence Analysis Library gives the following a recommendation for adult weight management (meaning practitioners should generally follow it but remain alert to new information and be sensitive to patient preferences):
Total caloric intake should be distributed throughout the day, with the consumption of 4 to 5 meals/snacks per day. Consumption of greater energy intake during the day may be preferable to evening consumption.
But this study doesn’t say you should eat a breakfast over other meals, just in addition to. And the magic of your entire calorie intake versus physical requirements is what determines your weight and conditioning without other over riding sources like disease or physical limitations. Eating a morning meal is a conditioning response, not life threatening. As long as you get your correct calories in and your physicality to balance it during the entire day, you’ll do fine for the weight loss part.
One way is the Harris Benedict Scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%E2%80%93Benedict_equation
And for others that wish to take it further, and have the time to do so, you may want to stat studying body composition. Body composition and growth are key components of health in both individuals and populations.
The ongoing epidemic of obesity in children and adults has highlighted the importance of understanding body fat levels for short-term and long-term health. However, other components of body composition also influence health outcomes, and its measurement is increasingly valuable in clinical practice. Lot of work here, but this is what builds the Lee Haneys, Arnies, Rachael MacLishes, or even the Chynas of the world. But it takes time and work most of us don’t have. And it can be expensive. So most people don’t take it that far. Good luck.
rwood
I seem to recall reading somewhere, some place along time ago, that “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” came out of a study sponsored by Kellogg ?
I always eat breakfast, but not necessarily breakfast food. Sometimes I eat leftovers from a previous dinner, or even a salad. I skip lunch once in a while.
Agreed. Breakfast is for thin people who don’t eat much in the evening, if they have hard physical jobs and need strength early in the day. No one else needs it. Everyone needs water (or tea or coffee or whatever) in the AM because we all awaken dehydrated.
Children do better in school in the mornings WITHOUT A STOMACH FULL OF SUGAR. Unless the kid has eggs or meat for breakfast, with no juice, no cereal, no pancakes, his breakfast is HURTING HIM academically. My kids don’t eat breakfast. And I eat it at noon. Protein.
If you have a hockey scrimmage at 6 am, sure, drink a protein and carb shake at 5. Otherwise, skip breakfast, eat protein and fat at noon, and lightly at night, with some carbs added.
Has anyone mentioned portion control yet?
I eat whatever I want ..whenever I want.
Just keep the portions size under control.
But I am also fairly active.
Doughnuts..bacon ..beer..pasta..
To me, it is just common sense. If you’re hungry first thing in the morning, eat breakfast. If you’re not hungry, don’t eat until you are. Listen to your body. It knows you better than these researchers do. When you need food, the body will provide the signal.
When was breakfast (comes from “break the fast”) a big deal?
When people were settlers, farmers, folks who traveled a long distance to work every day, and folks who like all the aforementioned started their day BEFORE the sun came up.
By the time they came in for breakfast, they had already been up and busy, sometimes for hours.
Their day had already been “kick started” by a high amount of activity.
When I quick skipping breakfast before school as a kid was when I started having early morning paper routes and we usually up and out between four and five every morning, regardless of the weather. After that breakfast had become a sort of habit. I think that - the habit - is what it has become socially.
I think usually your body tells you your energy store is low and you should eat.
I think in general, it’s probably a good idea to eat something sometime before noon. Whatever that is, it’s breakfast. I honestly can’t see eating first thing in the morning, though. My tummy isn’t awake yet. I need to do a couple things, get squared away with the pets, and then I can make a beautiful omelette or peanut butter toast with berries on top.
I love my banana/blueberry yogurt smoothies in the am....very filling till dinner....This am I had for the 1st time the Chic-fil-a, chicken egg cheese bagel...yes 440 calories.... and that’s till dinner but it was delish.....
I would imagine those that have breakfast have a partner or family. It’s a social thing.
What you eat throughout the day has more bearing on your overall health.
How you eat will affect your stress levels.
AND people need to start reading what these tests are. For example, my doc put me on a med that was going to cut my risk of a heart attack by 30%. My risk of a heart attack went from 0.6% per year to 0.4%. Yes, it’s 30%. But 30% of a very small number.
That’s in the small print or appendix of studies.
On weekends, I'll typical go to a diner for a broccoli, mushroom and swiss cheese omelette with a side of berries - or I'll make something similar myself at home.
As a result, I have tons of energy in the morning and can usually skip lunch without even feeling hungry.
Without a breakfast, I'm dragging and then tend to overeat later in the day.
