How important is breakfast anyway?

[Anonymous]

For a long time I've been skipping breakfast and just not eating anything hardly at all in the morning. If anything it might be just a nutrition bar and that's all. I'm simply never hungry when I wake up. But I recently heard that it is in fact the most important meal of the day because it supplies you with mental energy throughout the day.

It sometimes takes me a while to get my mind in gear in the morning. And I focus better at night, after I've had lunch and dinner. I must have been missing an important meal, am I not?

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+1 y

Damn, looks like I've inhibited myself from being a much more productive person all these years.

:(


It's just that I'm rarely rarely ever hungry in the morning. And since it generally isn't a good thing to eat when you're not hungry, I just assumed not eat at all. Eventually it became habitual.

[Anonymous]

fruit with oat meal or some yogurt or even cottage cheese is simple yet provides you with enough energy suppliments to get you through the day, that is until your next meal or snack. you don't need anything huge! even something as simple as 2 egg whites and some blue berries will do you good. it's simple, easy, and healthy for you. you def do not want to miss it because what you have heard is true. to become hungry in the mornings try not to eat too late. and when you have dinner make it early. like about 6. if you find you are hungry later in the night drink some water or milk because you will then just urinate in the morning.

[cun7n1nja]

That's correct, lol. Eating early in the day gives you more energy and helps jumpstart your metabolism. =] It WILL help you focus more, and you'll generally feel better. I can relate though where you say you aren't hungry in the morning. I'm kind of the same, eating too early after waking up sometimes makes me feel sick. So I try to just eat something small like a fruit, and then something bigger an hour or so later.

[elements]

Yes, breakfast is the most important meal. It gives you that boost of energy you need to get you started. If you skip it and get hungry before you can have lunch/dinner, the hunger will only make you feel worse and result in headaches and probably stomach acids, too.

[ambershere]

i am really bad ...very rarely do I have breakfast..and if I do its yogart...and I haven't died yet..so I guess skipping breakfast isn't all that bad..

[oOsweet~o~nessOo]

It's probably just good to supply you with some of the nutrients lost during sleeping I'm guessing.

I'm the opposite of you ha ha - I love breakfast but will skip lunch or dinner or both.

[madmisskelly]

It really helps to eat breakfast. It just kick starts your brain into getting in gear. You'll think a lot clearer and feel more with it, that, and you won't be so hungry when you go to eat lunch.

[madmisskelly]

I did the same thing for years, but now, I'm in the habit. Try having something kinda small, but still nutritious, like eggs.

[xnikkixstarrx]

Yep so true the meal to skip is dinner eating breakfast will also help you loose and maintain your weight

[Anonymous]

I only eat a piece of toast for breakfast and I feel fine.

[Asker]

I don't even eat THAT much most mornings. I go to class/work without eating a thing. I'll bet even if I ate as much as you I'll be doing just a bit better in the mornings.

[WoIIie]

Breakfast is important because it can be so tasty!