I’ve been following 9 out of 10 recommendations to lower my cholesterol for three months. This morning I get my blood drawn to check the numbers but to prepare for that test I needed to fast for 12 hours.
Oh my gosh am I hungry. My system is very used to getting fed and fed well in the morning. It makes me wonder how people skip breakfast. Don’t do it people; eat a good breakfast and be fueled for the day.
Breakfast is an essential meal for your health. Studies have confirmed my own experience that by eating a good breakfast I eat less through the day and feel engaged in the day. Without breakfast your system is convinced that a famine has arrived and works desperately to store more fat away; not our goal.
Sure there are times, like when you get your cholesterol checked, that you need to fast. But other than those odd occasions, eat your breakfast.
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Troy is the founder of Cube.Dweller.Fitness. He's an innovation catalyst in several areas of life including business, marketing, and process improvement. Outside fo work he's actively involved in fitness, health, and living vibrantly in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
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I’ve read the research and have found the oppostie to be true (in my personal experience). On the rare occasion that I have something for breakfast, I feel sluggish throughout the morning and by lunch-time, I’m so damn hungry, I can’t stand it. If, on the other hand, I don’t eat breakfast (as I very commonly don’t) I have no problem concentrating on tasks at hand and if our office runs busy through the noon-hour and I don’t get to have lunch until 2 or 3 in the afternoon, I find that I’m not really that hungry. So, I do realize that a majority of folks eat breakfast. I realize that a majority of people eat far more calories throughout the day than they expend–which is why about 50% of the population is obese. I realize that the science states that this is “the most important meal of the day”. I also know that I’m 6’2″ tall, have a 30 inch waist, as I have since High School, and am the only 53 year-old guy I know of who can drop and do 100 push-ups and is commonly mistaken for being in his 30′s. Breakfast? I have no interest in it.
Dr. David,
First, thanks for commenting. I do think we need to realize what works. You are so correct the problem is really that, as you said, “a majority of people ear far more calories throughout the day than they expend”.
The science that states breakfast is important doesn’t really isolate it enough (in my opinion). There is plenty of the room in the experiments that I’ve read to allow multiple responses confuse any data on the importance of breakfast. For example does skipping breakfast increase un-counted snacking?
My experience with intermittent fasting sure matches your description of your work days. It just works.
My draw to breakfast, is the foods. Breakfast foods are some of my favorite foods. So now I just end up eating them for my first meal in the middle of the day. Problem solved.
Now …. “drop and do 100 push-ups”! Nicely done! I do have to ask. Can you do that many in a single set? I can do 100, but I have to break them up into 3-4 sets.
-Troy