3 ms·

If breakfast means sugar loaded crap shown on the pictures there, then do yourself a favor and skip it. If your lunch looks similar, skip it too.

beatgammit 7y ago
Eat if you're hungry or your doctor tells you too. And when you eat, eat good food. I don't understand why people overcomplicate it. The only difference is if you're trying to lose or gain weight, in which case it makes sense to watch how much and what you eat, when is less important. Follow your body's cues, and plan ahead so you have good options when you're hungry. Personally, my body isn't ready for breakfast for an hour or two after I wake up, but my kids like to eat as soon as they get up, so I get up earlier so my mealtime matches my kids. I get up between 5-6, and my kids get up around 7:30, so breakfast at 8 works for both of us. Before I had kids, I'd wake up later, skip breakfast entirely, and have an early lunch (11 or so). Afaict, the "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" came from breakfast makers (dairy, cereal, etc), not medical research. Breakfast can be important, if you're hungry in the morning.
- nradov 7y ago
  Following your body's cues really doesn't work for everyone. Some people are just hungry all the time and have to learn to ignore those urges.
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  > Eat if you're hungry or your doctor tells you too. And when you eat, eat good food. > I don't understand why people overcomplicate it. Because it is, in fact, more complicated in practice. For one thing, it can take significant effort to isolate and distinguish hunger that signals need to eat for calories, the sensations produced by habitual expectation of food, cravings due to specific needs but not general caloric needs, and even thirst. > The only difference is if you're trying to lose or gain weight, in which case it makes sense to watch how much and what you eat, when is less important. When can actually be quite important if you are trying to do anything with law with your day besides losing weight when trying to lose, since managing to maintain a calorie deficit while mitigating the impact of the adverse effects of such a deficit and the associated stress on other activities is nontrivial. > Follow your body's cues Your body’s cues are setup to promote overeating when that is possible, because humans aren't actually evolved for constant, reliable food surplus but alternation between surplus and insufficiency.

beatgammit 7y ago

Eat if you're hungry or your doctor tells you too. And when you eat, eat good food. I don't understand why people overcomplicate it. The only difference is if you're trying to lose or gain weight, in which case it makes sense to watch how much and what you eat, when is less important. Follow your body's cues, and plan ahead so you have good options when you're hungry. Personally, my body isn't ready for breakfast for an hour or two after I wake up, but my kids like to eat as soon as they get up, so I get up earlier so my mealtime matches my kids. I get up between 5-6, and my kids get up around 7:30, so breakfast at 8 works for both of us. Before I had kids, I'd wake up later, skip breakfast entirely, and have an early lunch (11 or so). Afaict, the "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" came from breakfast makers (dairy, cereal, etc), not medical research. Breakfast can be important, if you're hungry in the morning.

nradov 7y ago
Following your body's cues really doesn't work for everyone. Some people are just hungry all the time and have to learn to ignore those urges.
dragonwriter 7y ago
> Eat if you're hungry or your doctor tells you too. And when you eat, eat good food. > I don't understand why people overcomplicate it. Because it is, in fact, more complicated in practice. For one thing, it can take significant effort to isolate and distinguish hunger that signals need to eat for calories, the sensations produced by habitual expectation of food, cravings due to specific needs but not general caloric needs, and even thirst. > The only difference is if you're trying to lose or gain weight, in which case it makes sense to watch how much and what you eat, when is less important. When can actually be quite important if you are trying to do anything with law with your day besides losing weight when trying to lose, since managing to maintain a calorie deficit while mitigating the impact of the adverse effects of such a deficit and the associated stress on other activities is nontrivial. > Follow your body's cues Your body’s cues are setup to promote overeating when that is possible, because humans aren't actually evolved for constant, reliable food surplus but alternation between surplus and insufficiency.