Do you eat breakfast?

[Anonymous]

If yes, what do you eat for breakfast? Are you a healthy weight?

If no, what are your reasons? Are you a healthy weight?

I go back and forth between only drinking coffee in the morning or coffee with a high protein breakfast usually a Perfect Bar https://perfectsnacks.com/products/peanut-butter or homemade protein bar. I'm a healthy weight at 5'7 140 pounds.

The reason I ask is because I hear about all the benefits of intermittent fasting which is why I try to fast until lunch. Then on the other hand, I hear that fasting can raise cortisol levels in women and skipping breakfast can lower your metabolism. I do fine either way, I may be a little more likely to overeat if I fast until lunch, but it hasn't really affected my weight. I find if I fast until lunch my mind is a little sharper, but I don't have as much energy for a good workout if I don't eat breakfast.

[Anonymous]

I used to but I don’t anymore - there is more conflicting evidence now. Instead, I’m working with a nutritionist and eating to improve my health. I was able to get my blood sugar and cholesterol in normal range by eating breakfast (I didn’t used to). Like you said, breakfast gives me energy to work out in the morning and that was one incentive. I also follow the “glucose goddess” tips (I was prediabetic previously). I have a high protein, savory breakfast and a sugar free protein shake (monk fruit sweetened) and dump some coffee in it. I do a Mediterranean diet type snack for the afternoon- a mix of some raw veggies and fruits, nuts, seeds, sometimes a small piece of salmon. Then I have a normal dinner - always with veggies and usually to start the meal. I would say I usually fast 12-15 hours a day but I’m not intentionally doing it- it just depends what time I finish dinner and what time I start breakfast.

Personally, I do better with this type of plan and it’s the only time I’ve been able to bring down my A1C and cholesterol. Intermittent fasting on its own didn’t help with that for me on its own - so it’s more about *what* you’re eating than the windows of time you’re eating in when it comes to health. I am a normal BMI.

[Anonymous]

No really. I wake up by 6am, and my mornings look like this:

Wake up, drink black coffee. Exercise (exercising with food in my stomach feels awful to me). I might eat something light afterwords (a couple pieces of refreshing watermelon) but that's about it until 11am or so.

A couple days of the week, I take a late morning gym class. I might have a couple of nuts or a couple chunks of watermelon. But then I won't get home until like 12:30, and then I'll eat.

fwiw, I generally don't eat after 7pm. I'm a healthy, active, athletic weight. I eat plenty, but exercise is important to me and I cannot eat before workouts and am generally not very hungry in the morning. I'm not consciously doing "intermittent fasting" but it's how my body feels best. Ultimately I don't think what you do is a big deal - eat how you'd like if it makes you feel good, and you're at a healthy/fit weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to but I don’t anymore - there is more conflicting evidence now. Instead, I’m working with a nutritionist and eating to improve my health. I was able to get my blood sugar and cholesterol in normal range by eating breakfast (I didn’t used to). Like you said, breakfast gives me energy to work out in the morning and that was one incentive. I also follow the “glucose goddess” tips (I was prediabetic previously). I have a high protein, savory breakfast and a sugar free protein shake (monk fruit sweetened) and dump some coffee in it. I do a Mediterranean diet type snack for the afternoon- a mix of some raw veggies and fruits, nuts, seeds, sometimes a small piece of salmon. Then I have a normal dinner - always with veggies and usually to start the meal. I would say I usually fast 12-15 hours a day but I’m not intentionally doing it- it just depends what time I finish dinner and what time I start breakfast.

Personally, I do better with this type of plan and it’s the only time I’ve been able to bring down my A1C and cholesterol. Intermittent fasting on its own didn’t help with that for me on its own - so it’s more about *what* you’re eating than the windows of time you’re eating in when it comes to health. I am a normal BMI.

I am confused because you start out saying you don’t eat breakfast any more but your plan seems to include breakfast and you say breakfast helped fix things.

[Anonymous]

I dont. I never have before intermittent fasting was a thing. I just dont feel that hungry in the morning. I eat by about 11.30 am - so a sort of brunch instead.

I have black coffee and workout in the morning.

[Anonymous]

I’m focused on food to prepare and recover from workouts. I follow the advice of Dr Stacy Simms (I am female) as well as a sports nutritionist. I pre-fuel with a banana smoothie with an almond milk latte and recover with a protein smoothie and egg breakfast.

I don’t eat after dinner - it’s about a 12 hour fast

[Anonymous]

I’m healthy at 21 bmi. I drink a latte in the morning and have a light lunch around 1130

[Anonymous]

I do not since entering my 40s. It has helped me reach a healthy weight - I work out mid day and eat my first meal after.

[Anonymous]

Yes! I love breakfast. My usuals:

1) an Ezekiel toasted English muffin with generous amount of almond butter and a big bowl of fresh berries

2) steel cut oatmeal with sliced bananas and walnuts, little bit of milk

Always a few squares of dark chocolate after breakfast with my coffee

I’m 125 lbs, 5’5”

[Anonymous]

Definitely cut night food before you cut breakfast.

And cut carboload meals unless you are running a marathon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely cut night food before you cut breakfast.

And cut carboload meals unless you are running a marathon

Agree. I much prefer to eat a substantial breakfast and lunch, small sized dinner, nothing after dinner.

[Anonymous]

I am not a healthy weight but actively losing since the start of the year. I work out first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Then I drink a SlimFast mocha cappuccino with added coffee. If I am really hungry, I will also have something like a slice of peanut butter toast. I tried IF, but this works better for me.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the day. If I’m hungry yes. If I had a huge dinner the night before and am not hungry no.

Always oatmeal with vanilla, cinnamon and Truvia.

I’m 5’2” and around 120. Don’t know exactly because I don’t weigh myself.

[Anonymous]

I do. I either have plain whole milk yogurt with muesli, ground flax, chia seeds, and a banana, or a smoothie with the same plus peanut butter, lettuce mix, and frozen fruit.

I need to get the protein in as I lift weights three times a week and am trying to build some muscle as I get older.

I am 5’1” and 102 lbs. I was 130 three years ago. Spent a lot of time in calorie deficit and cardio to get to where I feel best. I carry fat mostly in my belly, and at this weight my waist is still 29 inches. So, this feels best to me, and is a distribution so that I can sit and not feel uncomfortable with my stomach squished up.

[Anonymous]

There is a book called “fasting like a girl” and the idea is to fast according to the different phases of your cycle and hormone fluctuations. So I’m mostly following that now instead of the same fast everyday. So some days I do eat breakfast.