I have for years told people of the importance centered on the notion that breakfast is the most important meal. I went further on to publish over three books which advocated better nutrition and the importance of breakfast. Most people accepted this as the right thing to do.

Turns out that I was wrong and there is a no correlation between eating early and weight loss. Two studies have backed this notion heavily. The studies made a direct comparison of people who ate an early meal and those who did not eat early. The result concluded that there was no direct link between an early breakfast and weight loss.

A PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ABOUT EATING EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WEIGHT LOSS

The study was focused on more than 300 people who were split into two groups. The results showed that there was no direct link between weight loss and eating an early breakfast. Those people who ate early significantly showed no link. The bottom line is, both groups lost weight and the participants were not limited on what to eat or what not eat.

But neither breakfast, lunch or dinner can be the trick towards weight loss. For people seeking weight loss this should not be a let down but rather an eye opener about weight loss. Taking one meal as the foundation for weight loss success can significantly affect your healthy living goals.

All About Meal Timing

Eating an early breakfast hypothesis basically takes people in the wrong direction. It does not matter at all the time of the day you eat your meals. Only certain factors such as energizing your body and more focus can dictate the timing for meals. For athletes and trainers its important to eat an early meal.

If you feel uncomfortable and sluggish about eating early in the morning, then there is no need to force yourself to eat early. Recent research has stated that it does not matter how many meals you take a day. In fact, there is a meal frequency that is best for weight loss. Do not stress yourself anymore!

Research and studies can deceive as they are made by people just like you. Our body’s nature, on the other hand, cannot deceive. Realistically weight loss depends on the food we eat and the macronutrients we put into our daily diet. Coupled with exercises, this will determine how we look and feel.

Scientifically the total number of calories we consume and the macronutrients will be burned equally in the digestion process. As such, there is no link about frequently eating and improving your overall body metabolism.

There are a lot of factors that play a critical role in the weight loss process. Stress and hormones affect our plans for weight loss. The most important thing is to have an established eating habit that is ideal for a healthy life. Adhering to this will ensure that we experience a significant change in your body.

Flaws About Breakfast is The Best Model

This hypothesis has one major flaw. The moment you center your weight loss plans towards eating early you create a mental block that affects your plans. The moment you skip your breakfast you will tend to eat heavy the next meal. This will rip off your energy levels negatively impacting your weight loss plans.

NB: Diets create a mental block that does not provide a flexible solution to our lifestyle.

Changing our body shape is a psychological and physical affair. You need to believe in yourself and the plans you have set towards weight loss. Believe the approach you have undertaken can be achieved.

For years we have always believed breakfast to be the most important meal. Medical experts have always rushed out at patients who tend to avoid breakfast. For people who are planning to lose weight, this has happened in their lives mostly.

There is some indeed truth in the form that eating a more dense breakfast translates to more weight loss results. This research was conducted by by scientists in Massachusetts. The study argued that high-calorie intake in the morning led people to low-calorie intake later in the day. Some studies backed this by also arguing that skipping breakfast in the morning and high body weight gain are related.

What you eat for breakfast is very important and impacts what you consume later on

Point: Consuming an average of five eggs is not comparable to eating three slices of bread. The calories may be matched but it’s not the same. The food you choose for breakfast will dictate the nutrition benefits you get.

Mark Haub’s Twinkie Diet argued that we can lose weight by eating garbage. This shows there are different factors that dictate our overall weight loss plans. People who advocate for an early breakfast argue that in the morning we tend to have high insulin sensitivity. As such a highly rich carbohydrate meal is the greatest chance for you to take large amounts of weight.

The theory is quite convincing but it has one major flaw. Insulin sensitivity is high after we starve our bodies for a minimum of eating hours. It happens coincidentally that we fast when we sleep and so the info is misleading. Evidently, our insulin levels tend to be high when our glycogen levels are depleted. Moreso after sleep fasting.

A vast number of people experience benefit by extending their first meal. Breakfast is the first meal we consume after breaking our sleep. Fasting as such pressures your body and makes it a fat burning and also a muscle building machine. Skipping your breakfast coupled by fasting beyond 10 hours will increase your insulin levels.

Evidently, science does not back this theory. There is direct comparison about the benefits of eating breakfast and skipping it. It’s a matter of food timing and nothing else. Don’t be deceived, friend!

This can be linked to the multiple meal hypothesis. French research came to the conclusion that there is a direct link between improved weight loss and eating more frequently. They proved this by showing the ideal plan is to have a proper formula of the number of calories you burn a day.

If your nutritionist advises you to eat a certain number of calories it does not matter how you split them between your meals. (Composition of those meals matter though.)

Canadian researchers compared the plan around three meals a day and six meals a day. The six meal plan was split into three heavy meals and three snacks sessions. The result showed no significant difference in weight loss. But people who ate three meals were more satisfied and the felt less hungry.

Psychological dependence creates a sense of belief that breakfast is important. This makes them feel better hence the advocacy for breakfast. But there is nothing important about eating breakfast early and weight loss. In fact, putting a schedule of the number of times you eat a day is a problem just like saying you need breakfast.

Our Body Metabolism

First, there is nothing wrong about taking breakfast. You can eat breakfast and stay well while also using it as part of your weight loss plan. You should though know that if you are forcing yourself in breakfast for weight loss reasons, you have the option to choose if you want it early in the morning.

Researchers from the University of Bath conducted research on participants who ate early and others who skipped for a duration of 6 weeks. There was no change in cardiovascular health or fat loss. The research typically showed there was no evidence that linked weight loss and eating early in the morning.

There is though nothing worse with eating breakfast. Eating breakfast early has a disadvantage. It creates a huge eating window. This is the duration of time you are actually eating.

Scientists from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found out that a big eating window resulted in more fat storage and health problems such as diabetes. The research was conducted on mice but its the facts are too huge to overlook the study.

The mice were divided into two groups. One ate continuously while the other group was restricted to eight hours a day. The mice that ate at any time developed high blood glucose, gained a bulk of fat and had liver problems.

The group that was restricted to eight hours were 28% less heavy and showed no signs of bad health. Importantly the two groups ate the same amount of fatty acids.

Findings

Cutting down the duration you eat helps the body to metabolize better fat and glucose. Eating for a smaller window helps to burn more fat and this is the reason. You are basically delaying your breakfast and extending your night fast. Your body at this time becomes a fat burning machine.

Additionally, skipping your breakfast helps your body to feel less hungry. The reason is the moment you start eating your body creates a craving for more calories. This leaves you with a craving for food and hence you grab snacks. This means eating more calories than you should.

Breakfast or Not

Breakfast is great for some people but not all of them. To force or subject someone to eat breakfast could harden his chances of having a good weight loss campaign. Not everyone is a morning eater and there is no reason to change him or her. If you like your breakfast take it. No one should dictate one meal is the solution to weight loss.

If you take the right approach this process can be easy and enjoyable. The choice to eat or not to eat breakfast is yours. Making this choice plus determining what works best for you will bring long-lasting results you crave to have.

Conclusion

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