Can skipping breakfast and lunch harm your body?!
Question: Can skipping breakfast and lunch harm your body.?
Okay so I'm in highschool and have no time to eat in the mornings so I don't. Plus I'm picky and don't really like breakfest foods. also then at lunch I don't eat because I'm picky and don't really like anything. So then I would eat alot when I get home and then alot at dinner but then I figured that was bad and can make you fat so I stopped. Now I only eat dinner but alot of it. What can happen because my mom finds it bad.Health Question & Answer
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Yes it has a terrible effect, especially when you get older. When you don't eat your body goes into starvation mode- so when you actually do eat, it stores it all as fat. Picky is no excuse not to eat, your parents should never let you out the door without breakfast.
I suggest you find something, even if it's just a poptart or a piece of bread to eat for breakfast and lunch. If you don't fix your metabolism while you're young, you'll end up being quite the chubby-chub when you get older. Metabolism slows with age, but you are forcing yours to slow down while you're still very young since your body can never tell when it's going to eat again. Not good at all. Health Question & Answer
I suggest you find something, even if it's just a poptart or a piece of bread to eat for breakfast and lunch. If you don't fix your metabolism while you're young, you'll end up being quite the chubby-chub when you get older. Metabolism slows with age, but you are forcing yours to slow down while you're still very young since your body can never tell when it's going to eat again. Not good at all. Health Question & Answer
It can play havoc with your metabolism and your energy levels so its best to try and eat something throughout the day.
Even a handful of nuts or a piece of fruit here and there would be better than having nothing, rather than bingeing at dinner time.
Smoothies would be a good way to start the day, you can add fruit and even a scoop of ice cream if you really need to to make it more appealing.
The trick is to space out your meals into manageable lots to keep your body fuelled through the day. Try having small snack sized meals through the day rather than big ones as they are easier to manage.
The types of foods you eat make a difference too, plenty of fruit and veges help keep your body fuelled with vitamins and drinking water through the day will help your digestion and keep you hydrated.
The better your diet is the more energy you'll have and the better condition your body will be in to cope with a busy lifestyle. If you start developing good habits now it will make it much easier for you in later life.
Write up a list of foods you like and make up a meal plan for yourself, you can work on it with your mum and it will be a good way to figure out the best daily/weekly plan for you.
Best wishes and good luck
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Even a handful of nuts or a piece of fruit here and there would be better than having nothing, rather than bingeing at dinner time.
Smoothies would be a good way to start the day, you can add fruit and even a scoop of ice cream if you really need to to make it more appealing.
The trick is to space out your meals into manageable lots to keep your body fuelled through the day. Try having small snack sized meals through the day rather than big ones as they are easier to manage.
The types of foods you eat make a difference too, plenty of fruit and veges help keep your body fuelled with vitamins and drinking water through the day will help your digestion and keep you hydrated.
The better your diet is the more energy you'll have and the better condition your body will be in to cope with a busy lifestyle. If you start developing good habits now it will make it much easier for you in later life.
Write up a list of foods you like and make up a meal plan for yourself, you can work on it with your mum and it will be a good way to figure out the best daily/weekly plan for you.
Best wishes and good luck
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Breakfast is really important. I have a high school aged daughter, so I know it's not always easy to eat before school, but maybe something you can grab on the way, or one of those instant breakfast bars or powders you mix with milk.?
How about just a toaster pastry or waffle with some peanut butter and jelly on it.
Anything is better than nothing. :)Health Question & Answer
How about just a toaster pastry or waffle with some peanut butter and jelly on it.
Anything is better than nothing. :)Health Question & Answer
I can not eat breakfast or lunch and never did. I think it is bad for you somehow, but when I get a check-up every year he always asks me how I am so healthy blood/blood-pressure/weight/ etc. I think you should try to eat an apple or something in the morning. Too late for me though!Health Question & Answer
yeah its bad in the long run because like you said you eat alot more when its dinner time or when you get home and will make you gain weight. Eat like an apple/orange/banana on the way to school or while your getting dressed, at lunch bring somthing that will fill you. GOOD LUCK Health Question & Answer
Definitely. This happened to me recently I kept missing breakfast and lunch 3 times a week sometimes more. You can become reactive hypoglycemic, and have low blood sugar. I started getting really bad migranes, nauseau, and feeling confused. Health Question & Answer
You need to at least eat something for breakfast. It doesn't have to be a full huge breakfast, but just something to get your body going.
If you don't eat breakfast, your metabolism slows down and doesn't burn as many calories.Health Question & Answer
If you don't eat breakfast, your metabolism slows down and doesn't burn as many calories.Health Question & Answer
didnt read the whole thing but if u trying to lose weight u shud at least put a lil som on yo stomach in da morning bekuz its proven that skipping breakfast kan make u gain weight. If u eat som den your body burns calories breaking it down and your stomach keeps working even after its digestedHealth Question & Answer
Your metabolism will get messed up which means your body won't burn calories as easily. Slimmer people eat little and often.
Plus its proven that skipping breakfast leads to an increase in the risk of you getting colon cancer.Health Question & Answer
Plus its proven that skipping breakfast leads to an increase in the risk of you getting colon cancer.Health Question & Answer
my mom thinks the same way as your mom. i do the same thing, and she hates it. i dont know if its that bad though.Health Question & Answer
basically sense you probably eat around 6pm
then dont eat until the next day at 6 pm
thats 24 hours without food
breakfast is to get you to feel awake, and helps start your motabolism Health Question & Answer
then dont eat until the next day at 6 pm
thats 24 hours without food
breakfast is to get you to feel awake, and helps start your motabolism Health Question & Answer
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