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I'm gone for like one week, and people are already running circles around my inane threads. :(
When I was five or six or so, I decided at some point that I wasn't interested in eating. This kept up for 2 to 3 days and totally freaked my mother out because she couldn't make me eat.

Eventually I decided that maybe I'd try it again and ate some grapes.

Hunger is just another irritant, like itch. It comes and goes but can pretty much be ignored.
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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.
If American's served dinner for breakfast, I'd be on board. But everyone seems to be interested in stuff I have no interest in.

You mentioned oatmeal. My wife is an oatmeal fiend. I'm not. My dad's breakfast when I was little was always Malt 'O Meal with brown sugar and that's what I was fed some times. I learned to hate oatmeal and Malt 'O Meal is only slightly better.

I've just never understood why fries and a hamburger, a steak, maybe chicken nuggets or a pizza can't start your day. Unfortunately, American society does not agree and the only restaurants open at the time I'm looking for this sort of thing are serving breakfast.

It's gotten easier in the last ten years or so since restaurants have started to serve BOTH breakfast and dinner all day but in the 80s and 90s? McDonald's doesn't serve lunch until 10:30am. You get to know when the restaurant lunch times begin. And so you don't eat until then because nothing is being offered that you want until then.

Whatever, I've never been in sync with stupid American society anyway. American workdays are from 8am to 5pm and I function on an 8pm to 5am schedule so nothing new. here. I've never been a morning or breakfast person and none of what American society does encourages me to be otherwise.
 
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One probably should should not just try to wing it when your stomach is really demanding food as you can get stomach upset from all the unopposed acid. I drink tea or make soupy drink with dry soup mix to calm stomach.
 
The fact is I'm just not very hungry in the morning. I become hungry after a few hours, but when I need to head off to class or work in the morning, I must force myself to eat something because I won't be hungry until around lunch time. I generally go with something light like cold cereal, toast, and/or fruit. I've never been a fan of the typical greasy bacon-and-eggs English/American breakfast.
 
Even though breakfast is the most important meal of the day many people prefer to skip it.
For me breakfast is a must, i really get up very hungry after many hours on bed all night so no matter what i must have at least a hot tea and toast otherwise i won't function well.

Where i come from breakfast and lunch are considered the main meals where as dinner is not, unlike Australia and many countries dinner is the main meal of the day.

Those who skip breakfast please tell us why?
If you enjoy breakfast please share favorite meals.
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Fried eggs with onion,tomatoes and green chilis and Almond croissants.


It is for me... I rarely eat any meals.
 
One probably should should not just try to wing it when your stomach is really demanding food as you can get stomach upset from all the unopposed acid. I drink tea or make soupy drink with dry soup mix to calm stomach.
Omeprazole. I'm on it for life. 20mg, twice daily. But I'm not on it because I ignore hunger.

I usually don't take my meds with food. That whole take with food because of stomach upset stuff has never been a thing with me.

BTW, coffee is a big thing with me.
 
Some of the reasons why i never skip breakfast...

1) Because i really get hungry when i wake up
2) It keeps me warm and energetic in winter
3) i enjoy it and enjoy the test
4) Breakfast refreshes your breath in the morning
5) Its excellent for body and the brain.

If i skip a hot tea in the morning then migraine and headache is guaranteed.
 
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