No Breakfast

Ok so when i eat breakfast always something healthy rather its high in calories or low I seem to be hungry all day I can't get filled up.  Breakfast is like a trigger for body aying i'm up so lets eat and eat and eat.  On days that I say ok I'm not going to eat untill lunch i'm ok i eat a nice lunch have an afternoon snack then dinner then a snack before bed i get all of my calories and i feel better.  BUT is this ok, i mean i know that everyone is different but you always here that breakfast is the most important meal of the day but is that true for everyone.  Just seeing if maybe i'm missing something thats all.  

Thanks Brandy  

Hmm....I've had the same question myself.  Most days I skip, but everyone tells me that that is very unhealthy.  But when I do eat breakfast, then I want to eat more doing the day seems like.  I like not eating breakfast because I'm not hungry most mornings...so I'd like to think that it should be according to what we feel like, but I've heard differently.

I doubt any rule of eating is true for everyone.  ;-)  I personally like breakfast because I'll be starving by mid-morning if I skip it, and then I'll eat whatever I can get my hands on.  If it works better for you to take in your calories later in the day, then do it that way.  

I have never been a breakfast person.  I usually get hungry mid-late morning and that is when I eat.

And yes, if I eat breakfast, I am still hungry mid-late morning.   So eating breakfast, when I am not hungry, only serves to add a few hundred calories to my day that could be avoided if I just wait until I am hungry. 

Being hungry is good!!! It means your metabolism is working. It is so important to eat something soon after you wake up to jump start your metabolism for the day. This is why you get hungry so soon afterwards-- it means your metabolism is working! I recommend breaking your meals up into 5 or 6 smaller meals a day.

I usually have oatmeal and fruit or muesli for breakfast. Then around 10:30 or 11, I munch on veggies, hummus and maybe some fruit. I eat lunch late, like around 1 and have another snack, like a luna bar, in the afternoon around 3 or so. I eat when I get home and then, if I'm hungry later, I may get in one small meal around 8 or so.

This method has worked better for me than any other weight-loss method. I never like to allow myself to get too hungry or too full. It's always important to maintain a happy medium. This keeps your body fueled and running efficiently.

Oh and I've lost over 50 pounds!

Without eating something for breakfast, your body will stay in "starvation" mode from fasting overnight and when you do eat, your body tells itself "Oh no, I might have to fast again - i'm going to store this incase I need it for later so you get a big insulin spike and biochemistry goes to work and we get fat."

themachine-  Thanks I think I will try this and see how it goes.  It does make since.

Thanks to everyone!

Brandy

I agree everyone is different but, for me personally, I totally believe I do much better when I eat a good breakfast.  I do not eat or overeat throughout the rest of the day, particularly at night, as I used to.  I used to be a nighttime overeater for years, all those years when I didn't really eat breakfast.  Before I started making the serious lifestyle modifications that I have with serious intention to lose weight and be healthy for good this time, which was in July, I had lost about 15 pounds over the past year, while NOT trying.  The only thing different that I had done or was doing during that time was started eating a good breakfast every day.  I do believe it does or at least CAN make a big difference.

i think it also matters when you ate last the night before... For example, if you eat a snack at 11 pm and are up at 6 am it isn't as crutial... but if you ate at 6pm and wake up at 9 am, you definitely need to eat.

The sooner your body gets food in the morning, the sooner your metabolism starts going full gear.

It's better for weight loss.  But not the "most" important thing.

Seriously, I can't weight more than an hour after waking before eating because I'm so hungry I feel like I'm going to die.

If I don't eat breakfast, I feel like shit. Food is much needed fuel for me, and if I don't get it I feel incredibly drained and tired. I don't know how ED peoples do it. Besides, you shouldn't not eat to save some calories. Just change what you eat so that you can stay safely within your range. Eat, people!

Well the reason your body is so hungry when you eat breakfast is because you are kick starting your metabolism.. and people who eat breakfast are more likely to lose weight..because it causes them to eat more times a day but not as much food at each time. i lost 27 over the past couple months, and eating brakfast had alot to do with it

This thread is a great example of how different we all are. Some of us really do need to eat right away and others feel like we can't.

I eat breakfast but not when I first get up. Yuck, I think my stomach would start a revolution and LEAVE. In fact, when I was in high school lo these many years ago, my mother would get so upset with me because I just flat out could not eat breakfast.

Now give me a couple of hours, and then I'm ready to eat. And I do mean a couple of hours. I get up at 5:20, and generally eat somewhere between 8 and 9 AM.

Just goes to show how different we all are.

I think another factor that comes into play is what it is you are eating for breakfast. breakfast is very often full of empy calories that cause a huge spike in sugars followed by a starving crash. have you tried eating a breakfast with more fiber in it? something that will stick to your ribs a little bit rather than corn flakes of toast?

 breakfast is super key for me. and i agree with all those who mentioned that it jumpstarts you for the day.

 mmm breakfast.

When I have breakfast I find that I have trouble stopping eating as well...it's not even that I'm hungry I just want to keep eating. If I have a coffee, and then wait until later in the day before I start eating then I feel much better and more satisfied with my meals.

I've experienced that sugar crash if I only have cold cereal with milk & fruit for breakfast.  It doesn't happen if I have hot oatmeal or eggs. 

I believe that every meal is important, however I don't usually have breakfast until I'm actually hungry. On most days that usually happens around 9am.  Yeah, I know about the metabolism thing, but I've learned to listen to my body.  I used to want to eat all day too, after breakfast. I would eat breakfast because I was told I had to. Well, like someone else said, we're all different....and if a late breakfast works for you, then go for it. 

Just do what works for you but keep your calories in check. This weight loss thing can get overly complicated if you say "eat breakfast" or "Don't eat breakfast" or "eat 5 or 6 small meals a day" or "exercise in the morning" or "exercise several times a day" or or or. The list goes on and on. Eat less and/or move more and you will lose weight. I've lost over 100 pound since May of last year by keeping my calories under a certain amount and exercising every day for at least 30 minutes.

Whoa I'm impressed my thread about breakfast would be titled:

How can you go withOUT breakfast!

I am absolutely starving in the morning and wouldn't want to go w/o breakfast.  I eat a fruit before hitting the gym for 1.5 - 2 hours and then have breakfast after.

By the time I'm done working out I'm starving! I guess eating a fruit and working out with weights twice a week kicks my metabolism in the butt double time.

WOW!!! And I thought it was just me!!
For months and months now I've been complaining to my "must-eat-breakfast" boyfriend that whenever I *do* actually sit and hunker down before 11ish, then it's like I've primed my body for the rest of the day to want to eat more and more and MORE!
I really thought that maybe I was crazy -- now seeing how a lot of you guys feel I know that it can't just be me. 
I don't wake up hungry, most of the time. Of course, there are exceptions to that rule, but most days I just want some tea or a sugar-free mocha cafe au lait. Then around 11 or 12 I actually feel hungry, and I eat a healthy meal. And you know what?? I get full WAY faster than I do if I've eaten a formal breakfast.
I don't know what it is... Maybe by getting my metabolism going earlier, it just wants more to keep it going. But without fail, I am always ALWAYS hungrier for the rest of my day if I stated it out with bfast. And I'm an anti-sugar, fiber-nut, so I know I'm largely eating the right stuff... I just want more and more of it! ;-)
So for me, 'no bfast,' makes a huge difference in not just my caloric intake (breakfast = taking in more calories, cause I'll inevitably eat the same sized lunch and dinner plus snacks), but also in how much more I eat later on. 
Breakfastless,Krissy