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Big breakfast 'aids weight loss': fatties eating a hueg breakfast => less fat Anonymous
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7460729.stm

>Over several months, obese women who ate half their daily calories first thing fared better than those eating a much smaller amount.

>US researcher Dr Daniela Jakubowicz told a San Francisco conference having a small breakfast could actually boost food cravings.

>A UK expert said a big breakfast diet might simply be less boring.

>She tested it against a low carbohydrate diet in a study of 96 obese and physically inactive women.

>Four months on, the low-carb dieters appeared to be doing better, losing an average of 28 pounds to the 23 shed on the "big breakfast" diet.

>However, after eight months, the situation had reversed, with the low-carb dieters putting an average of 18 of those pounds back on, while the big breakfasters continued to lose weight, on average 16.5 pounds each.

Now forget for a moment how few calories they were taking in. What is /fit/'s opinion on this?
>> Anonymous
FUCK YEAH BREAKFAST. There's a reason it's deemed the most important meal of the day.
>> Anonymous
Bump because this study interests me.
>> Anonymous
This study is bullshit.
>> Anonymous
I read something about this about a month before this study out, basically saying to eat a big breakfast, a smaller lunch, and an even smaller dinner. The idea being you want to wake up hungry, eat, and then go out into the day and crap.

It's not a bad idea.

Also, low-carb describes a lot of things. They could be eating less carbs but eating entirely white rice, baked potatoes, and white bread. Low-carb doesn't do much unless you move into the whole grain stuff.
>> Anonymous
>tested against low carb diet and physically inactive

No shit.
>> Anonymous
>>182694
Hundreds of years ago they did just that since you would need all the energy to do the hard manual labour. If you eat your largest meal in the evening and sleep, whats your body going to do with all this food?
>> Anonymous
>>182694

Ttruth, the diets used in studies that get called low carb are usually not.
>> Anonymous­­­­
it makes sense that you would want to get all of you calories in the morning IF you planned to exercise since you dont want them to just sit on you while you sleep at night. also you would still need to maintain the recommended amount otherwise you're just over eating.
>> Anonymous
I had a hueg 800+ cal breakfast, then ate approximately four 400 cal meals later on in the day.

I wasn't hungry at all.
>> Anonymous
>>182988
but won't eating like that slow your metabolism?
>> Anonymous
>>183023
No, it actually increases your metabolism..
>> Anonymous
>>183024
ah sorry I read it wrong, i thought you said one 400+ meal after that then you weren't hungry.
>> Anonymous
good news

i eat like a pig in the morning
>> Anonymous
Eat like a king in the morning,

eat like an ordinary joe for lunch,

then eat like a slave at dinner
>> Anonymous
>>183035
fuck that i eat like a king 6x a day
>> Anonymous
Oh Jesus, yes! That means MOAR OATMAEL for me.
>> Anonymous
Fuck it, I'm going to try this for the next few weeks starting tomorrow morning.

Fuck yeah I love breakfasts.
>> Anonymous
i can't eat much at breakfast or i get nauseous so it's not great news for me :\
>> Anonymous
Fail study is fail.

I am not a woman, nor am I obese. None of this shit even applies to me. The reasons aren't even physiological but perhaps psychological. Large breakfasts are easier on the mental anguish of fat women forced to slim down. Big deal.

93.97% of all studies are geared toward fat women and the elderly in design, then applied broadly to all ages and fitness levels.
>> Anonymous
The thing with these studies is that people might glance it over and suddenly the idea of "Big breakfast = increased metabolism and fat loss!" becomes mainstream. This isn't giving you the full picture.

The fatties who ate big breakfasts lost more weight but because they didn't overeat their calories later on in the day. You can't just eat a massive breakfast and then continue to eat the same sized meals you would for the rest of the day and expect to lose fat.

My point is that it doesn't boil down to what meal is largest or how much you eat at one time of the day, just how many calories you've ingested per 24 hours. If you ate NOTHING all day and then ate 2,000 calories right before your head hit the pillow you'd still be achieving a state of homeostasis for that 24 hour period.