Here's how that logic fails the test

“You're never that hungry in the morning, so you figure you'll just save those calories so you can have a big dinner. Here's why that logic fails the test:”

Two things kick your metabolism into gear: exercise and eating. By morning your body has metabolized yesterday's fare and has no reason to do anything. So it sits on the couch and waits for something to happen. Flips on the tv and does nothing. Just waits. All day. The longer it goes with nothing to do, the lazier it gets, so when it does get something to work on, it does it halfway, making as little effort as possible. Like a lazy teenager, it needs to be prompted into action on a regular basis. Throw some food at it 3-5 times a day and it stays off the couch. It's got work to do.

So basically, eating something is better than eating nothing? Well as long as what you are eating is not junk?

What do you think?  Is that a good choice?

I'm very bad with eating through out the day...i get so caught up in doing things i put off food until dinner... but now after my surgery i have been diligent with protein and fruit/juice ...i drink a special k shake, have special k cereal, greek yogurt etc lol i just want to heal..but it sounds good..makes sense

Do you have the research to back this? I have been told that the latest studies show that this is a myth. In fact,  some go further and say that intermittent fasting actually encourages the body to use resources. 

I lost all my excess weight without eating breakfast, with the blessing of my dietician who was the first, 8 years ago, to tell me that the "breakfast is essential" view was not supported by research but was based on what passed for common sense, never a very scientific basis. 

Here's an actual article citing recent research: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/myths-surround-brea kfast-and-weight/

"Only a handful of rigorous, carefully controlled trials have tested the claim, the new report, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found. And generally they conclude that missing breakfast has either little or no effect on weight gain, or that people who eat breakfast end up consuming more daily calories than those who skip it."

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Dr. Allison and his colleagues scoured the medical literature and found that the only long-term, carefully controlled trial that randomly assigned people to routinely eat or go without breakfast and then measured the effect on their body weight was published in 1992.

That seminal study, carried out over 12 weeks at Vanderbilt University, had mixed results. Moderately obese adults who were habitual breakfast skippers lost an average of roughly 17 pounds when they were put on a program that included eating breakfast every day. And regular breakfast eaters who were instructed to avoid eating breakfast daily lost an average of nearly 20 pounds.

Both programs included an identical amount of calories, and each caused people to lose more weight than a program in which a person’s typical breakfast habits did not change."

Dr. Allison said that the findings “showed no effect over all of eating versus skipping breakfast, that people do equally well on either one.”

“You would think at this point that you would either abandon the idea or do some more randomized controlled trials,” he added. “But instead the association studies started.”

"The Cornell researchers have argued that for some adults, skipping breakfast may actually be a good way to reduce weight – not gain it."

Thanks, Jubjub. I dislike seeing myths stated as fact. 

Three cheers for peer review!!

This is interesting...as there's hardly any evidence establishing breakfast as an essential meal of the day, I guess breakfast is just optional. I think it's the idea that the stomach has been emptied after a night of fasting and some people feel weak in the morning, which makes protein a sunrise treat to get you started or something. But for anyone who want to be up to date with healthy eating habits, including me, it's important to know the Science behind it and if it works to improve daily living. Anyways, warm-up exercises and cold bath often do the trick! LOL! Thanks for the article!