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@northoftheborder Exactly, it’s a wash IF you are eating breakfast…If not, that glycogen stored the night before will be depleted if you exercise - or even if you don’t. So at least you are doing something to put a dent in the storage mechanism before you eat lunch and then dinner.
I have friends who absolutely HAVE to eat breakfast, so you do what works best for you, right?
Don’t get me wrong, I can eat at any hour of the day - and happily!😋 - whether I’m hungry or not. So this is a discipline I’ve forced on myself to keep trim and like any habit, it just becomes part of your routine. Best,
Phil
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@heavyphil I don't think we're disagreeing. I'm just suggesting there's nothing magical about skipping breakfast (for a while, skipping lunch worked for me): in either case, if you eat less you burn more glycogen stores and/or add less to them.
The risk is that reducing consumption by skipping meals (instead of reducing portion size) can lead to more blood sugar peaks and troughs, which eventually lead to strong cravings that induce more snacking or bigger portion sizes. That's why restriction diets eventually fail for most people, even if they show exciting results for a few weeks/months at the start.
With my mobility restrictions from the spinal injury, long-term ADT, and family history of type 2 diabetes, I'm at high risk despite being fairly active for a man my age. Losing 20 lb would help.
But I'm coming at it the other way around this time: first stabilise my blood sugar to minimize peaks and troughs and the resulting cravings, then worry about reducing my weight, very gradually. It's not primarily about the number on the scale.