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tandy11

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I was looking into healthy routines for weight loss and diabetes prevention and came across this article. However, I am unsure if the things stated are true. can someone advise on whether breakfast is needed, or am I fine skipping breakfast?
 
tandy11 said:
I was looking into healthy routines for weight loss and diabetes prevention and came across this article. However, I am unsure if the things stated are true. can someone advise on whether breakfast is needed, or am I fine skipping breakfast?
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I do not know what article you are referring to, but I have always eaten breakfast as you cannot work hard on a empty stomach.

I got my bgl down, I did not have to loose any weight.
 
Horses for courses. For T2's fasting can be a powerful tool in keeping insulin levels low and therefore enhancing weight loss and blood glucose control. It is perfectly natural to fast and plenty of people, including me, try to keep to one meal a day but if it's going to be really hectic then I will make sure I have breakfast.
I have been training on my push bike before breakfast recently and did a 40 mile ride last week without feeling hungry or running out of fuel.
 
Tipetoo said:
I do not know what article you are referring to, but I have always eaten breakfast as you cannot work hard on a empty stomach.

I got my bgl down, I did not have to loose any weight.
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You cannot work hard on an empty stomach if you run on carbs.
 
Breakfast is the one meal I mainly tend to skip. For much of my 76 years I 've done this on and off and haven't come to grief yet.

Eat if you're hungry, or try a drink of coffee with full fat cream. and don't eat if you're not, and this applies to any meals. Just let your tum decide when it actually needs some food rather than eat from habit.

If you eat a low carb higher (i.e. normal/full) fat diet, you'll find that you won't get as hungry as you do eating a high carb one, and this will help you lose weight and keep it off.

Robbity
 
tandy11 said:
I was looking into healthy routines for weight loss and diabetes prevention and came across this article. However, I am unsure if the things stated are true. can someone advise on whether breakfast is needed, or am I fine skipping breakfast?
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I think it depends on who is eating it, how old they are, their health and what they are likely to be doing after breakfast.
 
Breakfast is important. This can be at any time of the day you want. I am unshackled from the dogma the so called breakfast companies mandate i.e. before work or school. When I am on OMAD, I can burn past 2000 cals with nothing in my stomach, both cardio and heavy weights and servicing demanding IT clients.
 
Haven't eaten before noon for the past 3 1/2 years. Completely unnecessary to have "breakfast".
 
tandy11 said:
I was looking into healthy routines for weight loss and diabetes prevention and came across this article. However, I am unsure if the things stated are true. can someone advise on whether breakfast is needed, or am I fine skipping breakfast?
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Hi @tandy11 ,

Welcome to the forum.
What type type are you & or meds prescribed?

As a type one. I "break the fast" when I'm good & ready to... (That could be an early lunch.? Just can't wake & "tuck in," unless a lye in at weekends..) But that's me!
Do you have any links to this "article?"

What are your own feelings & thoughts on when you personally should in comparison to what you may have read?
 
Breakfast (as in the traditional start of day meaning of) was killing me. I'd overeat and choose high carb or sweet bread products of some sort - usually eaten in the car to add a further level of danger.

As of this year I am not breaking fast at the beginning of the day any more - even on holidays and weekends I have brunch instead. It's a lot easier for me to manage my sugar addiction now.
 
I just eat when hungry and try not to overthink timing and labels. The notion that everyone must start the day with breakfast is little more than marketing, designed to sell cheap grains in bright coloured boxes. I believe it has no more basis in reality than the fictional five-a-day catchphrase. Breaking the fast is of course important, or you’ll die, but in my view it should be done when you’re hungry and not before. Admittedly most people who are carbohydrate dependent are always hungry...
 
I remember the “go to work on an egg” adverts.
 
Some people eat breakfast, some don't, I do because I'm hungry.... which is great, because some of the medications I take tend to be a little yuck on the gut without food.
 
So if you happen to be a manual worker, doing physical work throughout the day, what then? Should he or she skip breakfast?
 
Coincidentally, all parents had a message from school last year to ask that we all send our kids to school with a good breakfast inside them. I wonder what was behind that?
 
Tophat1900 said:
Some people eat breakfast, some don't, I do because I'm hungry.... which is great, because some of the medications I take tend to be a little yuck on the gut without food.
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Similar to my situation. I take non Diabetes related drugs that are food dependant but as I am never hungry in the morning I wait until I'm hungry keeping a wary eye on dosage times. I eat twice per day but would comfortably change to OMAD and have done this occasionally when circumstances permit or demand.
 

Yes, non diabetic stuff.... can sometimes be more problematic at times than diabetic stuff. Timing issues are always a consideration, interactions.... good times and lots of fun in the game of life.
 
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