Eating vs. Skipping Breakfast

"Crafting Mom" wrote in message
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NeoSmokey wrote:
According to my dietician, and verified by my own experience, breakfast
is
vital simply because after fasting all night, you need that bit of fuel
to
restart your metabolism.

True. However, WHEN that fast is best broken varies from person to
person. Some people can stomach the idea of food first thing in the
morning, others cannot.

I know, because I'm one of them. That's why I go with the drink. Even if
you're not hungry at all, one little cup of chocolatey milk doesn't trigger
the "Oh yuck! Food!" reflex yet does so much good for your body.


I've never believed there is anything
particularly magical about the traditional breakfast *hours*.

Hours, no. What matters is the proximity to your waking. Hey, your car works
much better if you get the engine runnung _before_ you pull out of the
garage, doesn't it? It works the same way for your body. If you don't give
it what what it need when it needs it, then the only way you're going to
keep going is down hill.


Technically, everyone eats "breakfast", because they are breaking the
fast. The metabolism can still get kick started whether the switch gets
turned on at 7 am or at 11 am.


Sure, a few hours doesn't really make _that_ much of a difference, but as I
recollect, the OP said that (s)he didn't have the first meal until the
afternoon.


If I do eat during what is traditionally known as the breakfast hour, it
must indeed be something low in starches and sugars, otherwise I wind up
hungrier than if I'd simply not eaten at all. Sounds bass-ackwards but
this is just my own experience.


That's where the low sugar breakfast drink comes into play. And not having
an appetite is not really a good thing. It means that your metabolism isn't
processing, and asking for more to process when it's finished. Without that,
you're only burning off a fraction of the calories that you would if the ol'
furnace was in full flame.

I find that if I simply eat whenever my body feels actual hunger, then
the "metabolism" kicks in. Sometimes it's with what people define as
"breakfast" and sometimes it waits until later.


That "whenever" you mentioned _is_ your metabolism finally waking up. It's
saying "Why didn't you get me up earlier? Now my schedule's going to be off
all day. You won't get away with this, I'll keep you hungry until well after
you go back to bed. Mwa ha ha!"

Keep in mind that your body's just a machine. You can make it look real
pretty, but if you don't maintain it properly, it's going to end up in the
spare parts pile long before it's time, and I'd really hate to see that
happen to a fellow ASDer.

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 at 18:26:54, Crafting Mom
wrote:

Some might. I know of some people who purposely skip breakfast, in
spite of being hungry, thinking it will make them "eat less", but they
binge later on.

I find that if I eat breakfast before skating, I'm just as hungry
afterwards as if I don't, so what's the point? I even forgot to eat my
banana this morning - discovered it in my bag on the way home!

For me, eating when I am hungry, and not eating when not hungry, even if
it means I don't eat AT breakfast "time", doesn't result in late night
eating.

I wish I could do this, but as I don't live alone, it's not possible.
Not unless I want to cook more than once a day, which I don't.
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 18 July 2004

On 7/27/2004 9:30 PM, Chris Braun wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:14:54 -0400, jmk wrote:


I'm just opposed to the idea of eating two
meals a day at work. I'll have to get over it some day.


I sort of try to get away from the concept of meals altogether and
just bring an insulated bag of various foods to work with me. Then I
eat something whenever I feel hungry.

hehe! If I did that I would be done with my food by 10 am and I'd have
nothing in the "good food" category available which would lead to the
desire to (1) go to the 7-11 type place across the street or (2) visit
one of the fine dining estabilishments located nearby. I need to use
the "meal" concept as a way to ration my food.

This seems to be another case of YMMV ;-) OTOH, I do basically have
three meals and two to three planned snacks per day.


--
jmk in NC