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re: You don't need breakfast, America
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:19 am to ClientNumber9
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:19 am to ClientNumber9
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I start my day with weights and a 7 mile run- I need some carbs and sugars first.
Nope
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Posted on 1/13/26 at 11:20 am to liz18lsu
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I make my husband one egg and an English muffin every morning.
I hope you realize what a prize you are. Let me know if you ever want to get remarried.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 11:24 am to ClientNumber9
Dear sir, you can eat anytime you want, and as often as you want. What you need to control is the volume and quality of fuel. Please correct your instructional shite post accordingly. Sincerely, a concerned citizen.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 11:31 am to ClientNumber9
I usually eat just a big lunch and that's my only meal of the day. Pretty much try to stick to water, black coffee, and unsweetened iced tea. Of course, I may partake in the occasional beer after work. 12 beers or so may last two weeks in my fridge. Even with that, I still basically am only able to maintain my weight. Nearly 40 for reference.
It's no wonder people are obese.
It's no wonder people are obese.
This post was edited on 1/13/26 at 11:32 am
Posted on 1/13/26 at 11:43 am to ClientNumber9
When I eat breakfast, I have more energy and don’t overeat at lunch. Balanced breakfast, light lunch, snack, gym, dinner, bed.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 1:01 pm to ClientNumber9
Im Gonna die fat and happy. Go frick yourself.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 1:58 pm to BestBanker
quote:The idea that breakfast “starts the metabolic burn” is mostly leftover diet folklore. Your metabolism doesn’t go dormant overnight and need food to switch on. It’s regulated by total energy balance, hormones, and activity, not by whether you eat at 6 am.
Breakfast offers value to starting the metabolic burn of fuel. My body operates better with breakfast, light lunch, and little to no dinner. I gain weight or hold weight if I skip breakfast.
Skipping breakfast and staying fasted until lunch keeps glucose and insulin lower for several additional hours, improving fat oxidation and makes appetite regulation easier later in the day. You’ll still find plenty of doctors repeating the breakfast mantra, but most of them have very shallow nutrition training and are just echoing outdated guidance.
If you personally feel better eating breakfast, great. But that’s individual response, not a general metabolic rule. There’s no credible evidence that eating early confers some special metabolic advantage that outweighs the benefits of delaying intake and keeping glucose low longer.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 2:17 pm to northshorebamaman
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The idea that
quote:Agree. In my post, I referenced what works for me and didn't apply to the masses. My body reacts different than others, as it should.
But that’s individual response
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glucose
Glucose and insulin resistance (that you referenced) had to be introduced into our fat society's vocabulary. Growing upon the 70s and 80s, there was no talk of being overweight. Thankfully, I'm not overweight and haven't had to focus attention there.
The tests I conducted indicated that my energy levels are reduced when I don't consume breakfast, and that my system goes into a slower metabolic rhythm to conserve fuel. I tend to burn off what I consume when breakfast is my initial meal. And as you said and I agree, everybody's different. I particularly am grateful that I haven't had an issue with glucose.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 3:23 pm to mule74
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Eating healthy calories is going to fuel your body and keep you satiated longer. That prevents you from eating more calories.
Willpower is what determines how many calories you shove down your gullet, you just have to realize that you don’t have to eat every time you are “hungry”.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 4:54 pm to real turf fan
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It may not be as simple as "It’s calories in vs. calories out." because all calories are not the same.
A carb calorie takes , let's say, one heat calorie to burn
A protein calorie takes ten
A fat calorie might take 50.
Calories are a unit of energy, not a material that behaves differently by source. Macronutrients do differ in digestion cost and hormonal signaling, which affects how much of that energy is ultimately usable or stored. It changes the efficiency of energy handling but it doesn't rewrite thermodynamics.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 5:07 pm to ClientNumber9
Fake food and sedentary lifestyle are the real problem. People need to realize the fitness bar is not that high. Cutting out 2-300 calories a day and 10k steps walking will drastically change lives and it is not hard to do. If you want a bonus pick up heavy shite and put it back down a few times a week.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 5:21 pm to ClientNumber9
My stomach tells me. If I don't eat in the morning, it's making all kinds of noises.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 5:22 pm to BestBanker
quote:I agree you framed your experience as personal. My original reply wasn’t aimed at that part. It was aimed at the general claim that breakfast "offers value" to kickstarting metabolism, which you presented as broadly true rather than “this works for me.” Once you phrased it as a general mechanism, it ceased being an anecdote and became nutrition advice, and the physiology doesn’t support your claim.
Agree. In my post, I referenced what works for me and didn't apply to the masses. My body reacts different than others, as it should.
quote:Insulin sensitivity isn’t something that suddenly becomes relevant once someone crosses an “overweight” line. It exists on a spectrum in everyone, lean or not, athletic or sedentary. The reason those terms entered common vocabulary later isn’t because they only matter to “fat people,” it’s because prevalence changed and measurement got better. Plenty of lean people have impaired glucose handling, and plenty of overweight people don’t.
Glucose and insulin resistance (that you referenced) had to be introduced into our fat society's vocabulary. Growing upon the 70s and 80s, there was no talk of being overweight. Thankfully, I'm not overweight and haven't had to focus attention there.
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For what it’s worth, I’m not overweight or diabetic either, and being aware of glucose regulation and insulin dynamics makes it much easier to stay that way. It isn’t just about treating disease. It's better to prevent them in the first place.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:02 pm to southpawcock
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I usually eat just a big lunch and that's my only meal of the day. Pretty much try to stick to water, black coffee, and unsweetened iced tea. Of course, I may partake in the occasional beer after work. 12 beers or so may last two weeks in my fridge. Even with that, I still basically am only able to maintain my weight. Nearly 40 for reference.
It's no wonder people are obese.
What's your typical lunch?
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:11 pm to Cosmo
You should probably eat a big lunch as opposed to a big supper. Eat like a European they eat very light at night. Soup or mostly vegetables at night....maybe some pasta but nothing heavy
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:27 pm to real turf fan
quote:Let me try to restate what you’re claiming to make sure I have it right. You’re arguing that because calorie count is determined by literal burning, they only meaningfully apply when the body breaks chemical bonds in a burn-like way. Simple sugars fit that model because they’re easily oxidized, while protein is mostly converted into other molecules rather than “burned,” so its calories aren’t equivalent in practice.
A calorie is a thermal unit. A food calorie was measured burning (a flame, not, repeat not) a body function) to take down that food item. To burn a simple sugar or fructose doesn't have a lot of bonds to break and faster consumption.as well. To burn a complex protein is a whole different take down, and it's not a burn it's a conversion to other usable things on a cellular level..
Is that your argument?
If so, a calorie is just a unit of energy, like an inch is a unit of length. It’s defined by physics, not digestion. Yes, calories are measured by burning food in a lab and your body releases energy through chemical reactions instead, but the math still works out the same.
Sugar, fat, and protein are processed differently and affect hormones differently but fat still has about 9 calories per gram, carbs and protein about 4. Protein being used to build or repair tissue doesn’t erase its calories, it just means some of that energy is lost as heat along the way. Energy in vs energy out still applies.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:49 pm to Mushroom1968
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This kind of stuff is always confusing to me even though it shouldn’t be. I also don’t understand macro and micro with food
Unless you’re in the premier upper echelon of fitness, it really isn’t going to matter that much. Yes your body will spend more energy digesting some things over others, but it’s such a minute difference that it isn’t really going to impact your attempted weight loss.
You can “maximize” your diet and it might be the optimal weight loss per time period for you, but if you stay in the same calorie deficit, you’ll get to the same result eventually.
I saw a saying that I think is pretty good to help people. Calories in vs calories out determines your weight. Macro nutrients controls your body composition. Micro nutrients control how you feel. It’s obviously a little more complicated than that but that is a good rule of thumb to go by. If all you care about is losing weight, calories in vs calories out. If you want to get shredded or bulk or whatever it may be, calories in vs calories out and optimize your macros. Focus on the micro nutrients to make sure your energy levels, mood, immune, etc are all how you want them.
This post was edited on 1/13/26 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:22 pm to ClientNumber9
Breakfast is key for getting your metabolism going for the day.
It doesn’t have to be big. A piece of toast and an apple will do wonders for the giant obesity issue in America.
It doesn’t have to be big. A piece of toast and an apple will do wonders for the giant obesity issue in America.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:35 pm to Rhino5
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Breakfast is key for getting your metabolism going for the day.
Not really. It’s an old belief but it’s a marginal at best difference. Overall calorie intake and just general eating patterns are what matter. Some have even shown that not eating breakfast impacted weight loss more and eating a larger breakfast contributed to weight gain.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:49 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
Awesome advice I appreciate it
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