Is skipping Breakfast common?

[Healer Flame]

Uh, first thing in the morning or in my day? No thanks! Sounds as though it would be tasty later on in the day, though, but I can already guarantee that my digestive system would not be happy with it as the first thing I consume!

Somewhat off-topic, but, HEALER FLAME, just what is your purpose in being on a site specifically focused on Apple products? It doesn't seem to me as though you actually own or use any -- so why are you even here? Most of the threads you have started have nothing to do with using any sort of tech/electronic products at all.....? What's your real deal?

Nope wrong! I have ipad air 2 and its my favourite tablet of all. Best tablet ever.

Where does it say i have to have apple products to join the site?
[doublepost=1557615683][/doublepost]Lol strange question
[doublepost=1557615898][/doublepost]I also have iphone4 which doesn't want to die. My first ipad still working but its too slow and sluggish so its somewhere in my store room

 

[Clix Pix]

Oh, right, an iPad Air 2..... and that's IT? Well, enjoy..... Wonderful tablet, I quite agree -- loved mine when I had it before I moved on to newer iPads, etc.

So, let's try this again, what prompted you to come to MR in the first place, and what has prompted you to ask the kinds of questions you have been asking in the threads you've started?

 

[Healer Flame]

If that's the case then 100% of the animal kingdom including humans would be dead. Every single animal in the wild, including humans, have evolved to eat once every few days. In fact, sleeping 8 hours everyday and having "breakfast" every single day cannot be more anti-natural. It may good to your body, we may all like to eat at least twice a day, but it's the entire opposite of being natural.

We can't compare humans v animals. A fully grown Lion for example can consume a buffalo in one day then not eat for weeks. Humans would starve to death.
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Oh, right, an iPad Air 2..... and that's IT? Well, enjoy..... Wonderful tablet, I quite agree -- loved mine when I had it before I moved on to newer iPads, etc.

So, let's try this again, what prompted you to come to MR in the first place, and what has prompted you to ask the kinds of questions you have been asking in the threads you've started?

MR is the very very very best forum site i came across. Also to be honest i am enjoying my interaction with Americans and others on this site

 

[mollyc]

We can't compare humans v animals. A fully grown Lion for example can consume a buffalo in one day then not eat for weeks. Humans would starve to death.

Humans can (and do) survive for weeks without food.

 

[Healer Flame]

Humans can (and do) survive for weeks without food.

But not water?

 

[mollyc]

But not water?

No. But this thread hasn't been about skipping water.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

You didn't mention your favorite meal and what time you have it

Was this question included in the thread title?

And why do you wish - or need - to know this?
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No. But this thread hasn't been about skipping water.

Although some individuals have attempted to argue that it should be about skipping coffee.

 

[Healer Flame]

Was this question included in the thread title?

And why do you wish - or need - to know this?
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Although some individuals have attempted to argue that it should be about skipping coffee.

Why dont you read second paragraph of my first post? Aren't we talking about breakfast, main meals, what time we have them, how many....etc etc...

I am comparing people's cultural , personal and general habits around the world to mine which is very diffrent.

For example where i came from we enjoy two breakfast, two lunch but dinner is very neglected. So because breakfast is very important to me i was curious to see and find out why people skip it.

Is it crime to ask and be knowledgeable about other community and cultures?
[doublepost=1557619442][/doublepost]I was curious for years why many people skip breakfast so that's one of the many reason i created this thread.

Also i genuinely thank all those who contributed to the thread and feed me with their knowledge.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Why dont you read second paragraph of my first post? Aren't we talking about breakfast, main meals, what time we have them, how many....etc etc...

I am comparing people's cultural , personal and general habits around the world to mine which is very diffrent.

For example where i came from we enjoy two breakfast, two lunch but dinner is very neglected. So because breakfast is very important to me i was curious to see and find out why people skip it.

Is it crime to ask and be knowledgeable about other community and cultures?
[doublepost=1557619442][/doublepost]I was curious for years why many people skip breakfast so that's one of the many reason i created this thread.

Also i genuinely thank all those who contributed to the thread and feed me with their knowledge.

Your thread title takes priority over a "second paragraph" in your OP.

And yes, while it is not "a crime" to ask such animation, there is such a thing as decorum, recognition of boundaries - which differ across cultures, - and accepting and respecting what people choose to share with you and decide to tell you in a post without seeking to know more which may be considered intrusive.

You may be entitled to "ask"; you are not entitled to answers beyond what people may wish to share with you.

 

[Healer Flame]

Your thread title takes priority over a "second paragraph" in your OP.

And yes, while it is not "a crime" to ask such animation, there is such a thing as decorum, recognition of boundaries - which differ across cultures, - and accepting and respecting what people choose to share with you and decide to tell you in a post without seeking to know more which may be considered intrusive.

You may be entitled to "ask"; you are not entitled to answers beyond what people may wish to share with you.

Well....the GOLDEN RULE of most forum is if you don't like the title just stay away don't participate, no one is forcing you to contribute. Nothing personal is asked on my thread so i am not sure where you heading at. Although , i appreciate your contribution, even your critics.

 

[Infinite Vortex]

I don't typically have breakfast per se (a glass and a half of juice is not exactly breakfast - more for rehydrating than anything) because I simply don't need it. One's need to refuel is not only dependent on when they typically eat but also on what they typically eat. My diet is very high in protein and extremely low in sugar which means my system needs to do a whole pile of work to metabolise what it gets.

Many people have dinner as their largest meal through a convenience of time where the end of the day is when they have the most of it. While I do the same thing its for different reasons. So while my intake starts with next to nothing and ends in a large meal just the same, its that large meal that forms the sugars which I'm starting my next day on. Putting in protein in the morning isn't going to worth anything to that same morning. By fueling more in the prior evening I can avoid a low point the next morning. The only real remedy for any morning low point is readily burnable sugar. Its my opinion that most people have problems because of these sugars. I've had the same 1.5kg bag of sugar for the past 4 years.

I don't think either an evening routine or morning routine is inherently wrong so long as one understands why it is they're doing it.

 

[AngerDanger]

I'm gone for like one week, and people are already running circles around my inane threads.

 

[Healer Flame]

I don't typically have breakfast per se (a glass and a half of juice is not exactly breakfast - more for rehydrating than anything) because I simply don't need it. One's need to refuel is not only dependent on when they typically eat but also on what they typically eat. My diet is very high in protein and extremely low in sugar which means my system needs to do a whole pile of work to metabolise what it gets.

Many people have dinner as their largest meal through a convenience of time where the end of the day is when they have the most of it. While I do the same thing its for different reasons. So while my intake starts with next to nothing and ends in a large meal just the same, its that large meal that forms the sugars which I'm starting my next day on. Putting in protein in the morning isn't going to worth anything to that same morning. By fueling more in the prior evening I can avoid a low point the next morning. The only real remedy for any morning low point is readily burnable sugar. Its my opinion that most people have problems because of these sugars. I've had the same 1.5kg bag of sugar for the past 4 years.

I don't think either an evening routine or morning routine is inherently wrong so long as one understands why it is they're doing it.

Well said, another great post

 

[yaxomoxay]

If I lift in the morning I have a protein loaded breakfast, otherwise I skip both breakfast and lunch.

 

[Healer Flame]

If I lift in the morning I have a protein loaded breakfast, otherwise I skip both breakfast and lunch.

I'll be buried next day if i skipped breaky and lunch

 

[kingtj]

Habitual breakfast skipper here! In fact, only time I ever really eat breakfast is when I'm on vacation or a work trip. Then, it's just a nice change of pace, I guess, to actually eat breakfast food -- plus I'm more likely to be getting up extra early and have a time window in the morning to eat it then.

That "most important meal of the day" thing isn't really proven science either. I remember reading a recent article debunking it.

For me, I find that what works best is to eat lunch as my big meal of the day, and then to eat something, but much less, at dinner time. If I eat too big a meal at dinner, it gives me heartburn in the middle of the night, almost guaranteed, these days.

In the morning, I'll often grab a coffee and maybe a small pastry item to eat with it, if I'm trying to wake up and get going during the work week. But on weekends, I'd rather sleep in later and skip even that.

 

[Clix Pix]

Well....the GOLDEN RULE of most forum is if you don't like the title just stay away don't participate, no one is forcing you to contribute. Nothing personal is asked on my thread so i am not sure where you heading at. Although , i appreciate your contribution, even your critics.

What, you don't consider asking people what they consume for breakfast or if they even consume anything first thing in their day a personal question? Seems to me that what someone chooses to eat or not eat (or drink) for their first "meal" of the day is pretty darned personal......

Why do you care about this, what difference does this make to you what someone else eats or doesn't eat or drink when they first begin their day? What is your real interest?

 

[Healer Flame]

What, you don't consider asking people what they consume for breakfast or if they even consume anything first thing in their day a personal question? Seems to me that what someone chooses to eat or not eat (or drink) for their first "meal" of the day is pretty darned personal......

Why do you care about this, what difference does this make to you what someone else eats or doesn't eat or drink when they first begin their day? What is your real interest?

That will make this thread invalid then.....

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/what-is-was-for-dinner.2133151/

Mmmmm..interesting very interesting.
[doublepost=1557634812][/doublepost]Regrettably some falks are trying to hijack and kill the thread i am not sure why.

If people happily replied to the thread then it becomes none of your business, with respect to......
[doublepost=1557634957][/doublepost]You happily replied to my thread on page 2 then started to criticize me why i posted? It doesn't make sense at all.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Well....the GOLDEN RULE of most forum is if you don't like the title just stay away don't participate, no one is forcing you to contribute. Nothing personal is asked on my thread so i am not sure where you heading at. Although , i appreciate your contribution, even your critics.

Words capitalised equate to shouting, methinks.

No-one is forcing me to contribute, agreed.

Moreover, I am rather taken with the food and drink threads on these fora and frequent them regularly.

I suppose that what bothers me a little both nature of your responses to some of the post (not least requesting or demanding more information than people may wish to volunteer) and I am also struck by the somewhat defensive tone taken in your responses.

Re the actual thread, skipping breakfast depends on personal circumstances (such as whether you are a morning person or not), professional circumstances (commutes, having to give talks, or forms of a professional life where early morning activities are less demanding), actual culture (some cultures eat breakfast together, while others don't), and changing natures of societies - some eat breakfast en route to work, or when they arrive.

And - even now - many in western societies take long, leisurely breakfasts - which sometimes become brunch - at week-ends with family. Good restaurants have made reputations on being able to offer such things.

What, you don't consider asking people what they consume for breakfast or if they even consume anything first thing in their day a personal question? Seems to me that what someone chooses to eat or not eat (or drink) for their first "meal" of the day is pretty darned personal......

Why do you care about this, what difference does this make to you what someone else eats or doesn't eat or drink when they first begin their day? What is your real interest?

That will make this thread invalid then.....

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/what-is-was-for-dinner.2133151/

Mmmmm..interesting very interesting.
[doublepost=1557634812][/doublepost]Regrettably some falks are trying to hijack and kill the thread i am not sure why.

If people happily replied to the thread then it becomes none of your business, with respect to......
[doublepost=1557634957][/doublepost]You happily replied to my thread on page 2 then started to criticize me why i posted? It doesn't make sense at all.

Nobody is trying to kill the thread; that is a complete over-reaction.

However, they are pointing out that some of your responses to an interesting could be considered in a less benign light, as in excessively intrusive and seeking more (personal) information than people may be willing to divulge.

In other words, your thread focusses on the personal, not the wider issue (the transformed nature of breakfast) - which is a matter of interest

Permit me to ask a question of you:

Do you believe that how western society treats or views breakfast has changed over the past 50 years, and, if so, why?

 

[JBGoode]

What is considered breakfast? I've been up for a couple of hours and still haven't eaten yet but probably will eat something within the next hour. Is that breakfast?

I don't eat regular meals at all. I eat a little something throughout the day when I get hungry up to 5-6 times a day or maybe more.

 

[Healer Flame]

Words capitalised equate to shouting, methinks.

No-one is forcing me to contribute, agreed.

Moreover, I am rather taken with the food and drink threads on these fora and frequent them regularly.

I suppose that what bothers me a little both nature of your responses to some of the post (not least requesting or demanding more information than people may wish to volunteer) and I am also struck by the somewhat defensive tone taken in your responses.

Re the actual thread, skipping breakfast depends on personal circumstances (such as whether you are a morning person or not), professional circumstances (commutes, having to give talks, or forms of a professional life where early morning activities are less demanding), actual culture (some cultures eat breakfast together, while others don't), and changing natures of societies - some eat breakfast en route to work, or when they arrive.

And - even now - many in western societies take long, leisurely breakfasts - which sometimes become brunch - at week-ends with family. Good restaurants have made reputations on being able to offer such things.






Nobody is trying to kill the thread; that is a complete over-reaction.

However, they are pointing out that some of your responses to an interesting could be considered in a less benign light, as in excessively intrusive and seeking more (personal) information than people may be willing to divulge.

In other words, your thread focusses on the personal, not the wider issue (the transformed nature of breakfast) - which is a matter of interest

Permit me to ask a question of you:

Do you believe that how western society treats or views breakfast has changed over the past 50 years, and, if so, why?

First of all writing in capital letters doesn't necessarily mean shouting. I was highlighting special words

Secondly, please quote me where did i ask for any personal questions? This is a public forum, asking people what they prefer as their main meal is absolutely nothing personal.

Few weeks ago there was a thread here asking people what their first name is. I think this is much more personal than anything else.

Its funny how Clix Pix aggressively kept throwing unnecessary and off topic questions at me but you failed to note them in your post. Mr Clix Pix kept firing totally unrelated questions but i happily answered all his questions.

So i wasn't being defensive i was just answering his very intrusive questions.
He blantly asked me why i joined the site, what am i doing here, what apple products i have ??? Now thats very intrusive and bit discriminative against my side. Please read his posts to me.

 

[Gutwrench]

Yes, I think skipping breakfast is common.

If that's the case then 100% of the animal kingdom including humans would be dead. Every single animal in the wild, including humans, have evolved to eat once every few days. In fact, sleeping 8 hours everyday and having "breakfast" every single day cannot be more anti-natural. It may good to your body, we may all like to eat at least twice a day, but it's the entire opposite of being natural.

Are you sure? While animals are largely opportunistic eaters, all sorts of them eat daily...humans, birds, herbivores, many insects, etc.. I suspect many carnivores would too if the resources were available. Assuming humans today have the same feeding needs as they did 200k years ago seems a tad parochial.

 

[Huntn]

When I arise, which since I am retired may not be all that early in the morning, my first intake is Orange Juice. Once I've finished that, one cup of freshly brewed coffee, perhaps as time goes on followed by a second.... Some days if I am in a hurry to get somewhere or am about to take a lengthy road trip, coffee is not consumed at all. Some days when at home, an hour or so later if I feel hungry I will also have a cup of yogurt or a "Smoothie" of some sort. Otherwise I rarely bother with lunch. Dinner is a meal which is always on the agenda one way or another, though!

When I am traveling, especially on a road trip, I will have breakfast at the hotel before starting out and that pretty much takes care of me all through the day until I am at home again or at my next destination. If available, I will have either an omelet or scrambled eggs plus perhaps a couple of pancakes. If just an omelet, no pancakes, I will nibble on some toast and jam (which are usually served) but this doesn't happen very often. I like just the hint of sweetness at breakfast, but the main focus is going to be whatever it is that is providing my protein: omelet with vegs and cheese or scrambled eggs. I really think it is very unfortunate that in too many American homes there has been an emphasis on serving up sugar-laden sweet cereals to children, usually with no protein along with this. A recipe for disaster. And we wonder why there apparently are so many hyperactive kids these days?

This post drifts off topic somewhat, but is related to the above post. We know a couple who has used sugar to entice their kids to eat, but I mostly blame the grandmother in the same family who provided frequent daycare after school, who served, continues to serve up sweet junk to the kids as treats and enticements to eat. Imo, she had an undue influence on their eating habits. There are four kids. The youngest (4 years old) will not drink milk unless it is doused in strawberry syrup.

Here is the issue, among the variety of them, two of the kids are lucky to have fast metabolisms and have stayed thin, one actually prefers vegetables, but the one who needed diet discipline the most, takes after the father’s side, is shaped like a blimp and has absolutely terrible eating habits. He is always full, unless you place a cup of Mac and Cheese or Chicken nuggets in front of him. This strikes me as nurture, due to genetics. For the for the young one who drinks pink milk, it is undecided if she will be narrow or round in her youth. Maybe she will be lucky.

 

[BigMcGuire]

Like some of the posters hear mentioned, I find breakfast food to be horrible. I can't stand cereal, oatmeal, bacon/eggs, etc... People always comment how I eat strange foods for breakfast. I like salads (heavy chef salads from Winco), cold pizza, hard boiled eggs, bagels, something actually edible. My desk drawers are stocked with Cliff bars but I find those don't hold me over till 11am lunch. Bagels with cream cheese are becoming a staple for me.

Back in 2011 I did an extreme diet... I had a peanut butter sandwich (no jelly) and some fruit/veggies once a day (not 100% consistently). I ran 1-2 miles every night and made sure to take a vitamin at least every other day. I lost 40+ pounds in 3-4 months.

Your body adapts to how you eat. When I did the extreme diet, anything bigger than a sandwich made me feel full and bloated. I felt great and had noticeably fewer restroom visits. Probably wasn't very healthy but I can see how we could live on eating every few days, but I don't think we'd be able to keep up an office job or anything that requires brain power.

I get a massive bag of Cara Cara oranges from Costco. I'll have 1-2 of these when I wake up with a handful of unsalted cashews then a cup of black coffee. A cliff bar or salad or a bagel after that usually holds me over to lunch. I usually don't eat dinner if I can help it. I bring 2-3 oranges to work to snack on if I'm getting too hungry in-between meals.

I'm trying to get my diet back under control. Even though I can run 2+ miles without stopping (11-12 min miles), my weight has ballooned over the last 5 years so time to start dieting again.

 

[kazmac]

Definitely listening to my body, and these days I need breakfast to function properly, unless I am fasting for the day, which I haven’t done in awhile, and will only do at home now.

I eat whatever I feel like (generally a salad, a protein and maybe a blueberry muffin from Au Bon Pan).