Comments on: Eating Breakfast To Lose Weight – Is It Overrated?

By: mary

mary — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:30:11 +0000

I am so happy to read about others that find it best to not eat breakfast in the morning! I feel so much healthier, alert and on the top of my game when I skip breakfast. When I eat breakfast, even a very small one, I feel tired and hungry by 10:30 am! I too have experimented with eating breakfast as it effects my weight loss. If I wait until 12 or 1pm to eat (which is when I am hungry) then I loose about 2 pounds per week. No breakfast for me! I will eat when I am hungry!

By: laura

laura — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:11:49 +0000

I hear what your saying…Because you have skipped breakfast for so long, you body assumes it is no longer in “starvation mode” and it assumes that you will feed it more often. So even though you may be hungry mid morning, at the end of the day, your evening snack will probably be a third of what you used to eat when you didn’t eat breakfast.
The body is like a thermostat. It’s smart. It knows when to rev your metabolism up when you’ve eaten too much and when to slow it down when you haven’t eaten enough. You’ll always go back to you “set point”. The reason why people gain weight is because they try messing around with their set point. They’ll try extreme diets which trick your body into thinking it’s in starvation mode thus causing you to hold on to every single calorie possible. As long as you “eat a balanced diet and excersise” you’ll be fine!
Also a lot of people struggle with emotional issues and this type of weight gain can simply be solved with therapy and medication. Your body doesn’t over eat because it’s hungry, your body overeats because it’s emotionally starved. And lets face it, if everyone over ate on carrots and broccoli I’m sure we wouldn’t have that problem. Instead people over eat on high fat high sugar foods to trigger your serotonin levels and cause you to produce more and give you the sense of comfort, pleasure and happiness. However, foods containing tryptophan will give you the same feeling (bananas, lobster, cottage cheese, pineapple..), not only that but doing any form of exercise will release endorphins and make you feel good, being around friends works too and last of all…sex!

By: James

James — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:55:37 +0000

Minor point:

It’s “whet my appetite” not “wet my appetite”.

Why this post: it’s those little errors that propagate because they are not picked up by a spell checker. “Wetting an appetite” is, in principle, perfectly sound.
The same goes for apostrophes with the ” apostrophe’s ” form becoming increasingly common and eroding the posessive nature of the construct.

Concerning the topic, it’s natural that giving your digestive system a kick in the morning will have consequences when the digestion is complete.

By: Stan@Portland locksmith

Stan@Portland locksmith — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:18:45 +0000

I have my breakfast like a king coz if don’t I feel hungry in an hour. I try my best not to include much fats/carb in it, but I am not a believer of healthy breakfast foods. Cannot stand them!

By: Plastic Pond

Plastic Pond — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:59:28 +0000

breakfast foods should always be high in protein and also in carbohydrates, we need food energy during the early morning ,’`

By: ATX Power Supply :

ATX Power Supply : — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:54:51 +0000

breakfast foods should always be high in carbohydrates to provide the energy you need in the mornign `

By: Michaela

Michaela — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:44:16 +0000

Hi Petra,

You’re absolutely right. I’m apple shaped. I’ve tried all the diets – and the ones where you have to eat breakfast and 5 or 6 times a day just made me fat and bloated, and HUNGRY. I think that happens if you’re addicted to grains and sweet foods actually – anything fruity or porridgy is the worst. I just don’t want to stop eating… Now I have a nice plate of raw veggie salad and some fish or an omelette for lunch and whatever I like for dinner and the weight is falling off! I suspect that there are different body types. Breakfast is good for some and not for others…

By: serena@builders merchants

serena@builders merchants — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:27:37 +0000

I don’t think people should get into the idea of eating breakfast ‘to lose weight’. It can be hard to know whether or not to eat breakfast, especially if you don’t feel hungry but you should remember that first of all, you should remember that you should break a fast of about 14 hours (which is how long most people go without food overnight) and if your body is used to not eating you may have to change your habits.

By: amazincurves

amazincurves — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:10:49 +0000

yeah I really do breakfast is overrated also, sure Healthy eating is always going to be the main factor in having a healthy body most things you eat for breakfast has nothing but sugar anyway I skipped breakfast for the last few years and very healthy

By: Micky H Corbett

Micky H Corbett — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:25:24 +0000

Linda,

I’m with you on the depriving yourself of food slowing down your metabolism. I have friends how don’t eat a lot and they have put weight on. Why? Because they eat at 8 am then don’t have lunch until 3 pm. Your body just goes on hibernation watch.

As the general thread, for not eating breakfast, try doing some exercise before you eat breakfast…but I don’t recommend skipping it. If you feel peckish add an extra meal at 4 in the day. This will soon change your hunger pangs mid morning

A bit controversial this post but good anyway
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