Wellness

[Athome2]

I’m just the opposite of this. I wake early (3:00-4:00) and have a light breakfast filled with healthy fats At around7:00. A big lunch is around noon then nothing for the rest of the day. Since I eat high fat and very low carb, I’m fueled by fat so I don’t feel the IF very much and wake full of energy and optimism. This works very well for me although I can definitely see people doing it other ways since we’re different and have different schedules and preferences.

[proudlyfromNJ]

I eat what I want when I want it. Usually it is breakfast lunch and dinner. Whatever I choose to eat, but usually three meals a day.

Was brought up eating breakfast before school, lunch brought from home at school and then dinner.

[tansy]

The history of Kellogg's cereal is interesting.   Look up John Harvey Kellogg.  Years ago, when I started the day with cereal, I'd be ravenous two hours later.  

[SilleeMee]

If you don't have much fat on your body then starting your day without food can make the body use energy by getting that from muscle protein. If you do this routinely then that can lead to muscle loss and weakness. 

So it all depends on your type of energy reserves from where your body will get its energy to function properly. No OSFA in this case.

For me personally, I need to eat nutrient and caloric dense foods at the start of each day. My body fat is low, only about 20%. But that is higher than it ever has been. When I was younger it was less than 10%. I had amenorrhea (EAA, exercise-associated amenorrhea) for many years because of that.

[cherry]

I do intermittent fasting ,so breakfast matters a great deal to me. I want the biggest amount of food early in the day, and taper it down for other meals and eat nothing for many hrs ,until the next morning

[Lipstickdiva]

As others have said, I think intermittent fasting is the reason so many are now skipping breakfast.  I am not a big breakfast eater unless I'm on vacation.  I wake up early for work and am not hungry.  I go to work and sometime in the morning I drink coffee and have a protein bar.  I have never been a big breakfast eater.  When I was in school, my mom would make my sister a huge breakfast and I'd grab graham crackers and eat them on the way to school.  

I also do not believe that when you eat matters at all.  I know a lot of people say not to eat after 6:00 at night.  When you work until at least 5:00, that is impossible.  I think what you eat is more important than when you eat as far as health.  However, I cannot eat large meals late at night and go to bed because it upsets my stomach.      

[jubilant]

I eat when I get hungry.  Sometimes it is 8:00 am and sometimes I may not eat till 11:30 am.  If I eat at the later time, I skip lunch and have an early dinner.  I am a person who eats all the "food groups" although I lean more towards the mediterranean diet than any other when watching out for calories.  

It's true, for years and years doctors, dieticians, and medical people did stress the importance of breakfast.  I remember that.  They  especially  stressed it for school children....at least in my neck of the woods they did.

[wagirl]

I eat breakfast everyday---all kinds of food in the a.m.---and I eat breakfast for dinner too and for lunch----just shake my head and wonder how much this supposed research cost and who pays for it and by next week--it will be a forgettable memory---

[Moonlady]

I've never been a fan of big breakfasts. Maybe an apple and a glass of milk. Toast and tomato juice, oatmeal and OJ...eggs (omelet, scrambled eggs). Tea. Never much for me.

Now, when DH and I go out to eat, that's a different story lol. Then it'll be a short stack of pancakes and a side of home fries. (I never eat eggs out.)

I do like avocado toast with sliced egg, as others have mentioned. Wegmans sells a delicious 7-grain bread from a local bakery, which freezes beautifully and is perfect for this. When I can get DH to eat it, it works out well because half an avocado is enough for each of us. Wrapped tightly in plastic, the other half can be used within a couple of days. When it's soft enough to spread and scrape out, an avocado is delectable! Unless you want it firmer, and slice it, you don't even need to peel it.

[alicedee]

I ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast most of my life.  Last summer I started going to the gym several mornings a week, and found it best not to eat before...just a cup of coffee and occasionally a yogurt.   Then when I get home I drink a big glass of water, so usually I am not hungry until noon, so I skip breakfast.

Days I don't go to the gym, I usually have that bowl of cereal at some point in the morning.