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Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by usaphp »

steadicat wrote: post #63
usaphp wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting thought thanks, however I mostly eat cottage cheese or greek yogurt with granola in the morning, I almost never eat sweats in the morning.

For what it's worth, granola is heavily sweetened (with honey or maple syrup, which are effectively sugar).

yup, but I honestly only add like a tablespoon of it to add texture to yogurt. It's more like a stress sort of headache that comes from not having food, I feel muscle stiffness in the neck which causes a headache, really weird

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by alatkins »

manigandham wrote: post #74
hueving wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Saying that willpower is a factor implies that it is unpleasant, which is actually agreeing with the implication of "pure torture" that the parent comment implied.

Not really, it has nothing to do with it being pleasant or not. It means that you need to commit to actually doing it (like anything in life). I'm absolutely fine with it and prefer it, like many other people. It's definitely not "torture". Maybe it isn't for some but mostly it's about overcoming the change in routine and there's no shortcut to changing or building habits, it's just willpower.

What effects do you experience in lifting performance vs. eating beforehand?

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by hashmp »

emag wrote: post #71
Aelinsaar wrote: post #11

Dropping breakfast from my diet as a regular thing, something as simple as just getting started later in the day on eating, has been incredibly helpful in losing (and maintaining lower) weight. It's not the only thing of course; generally eating smaller portions, and moving my butt more are the other two keys. Obsessing over exactly what I'm eating and how much has never helped, but just eating less... it sounds simp…

Even as a kid, I had to drop breakfast. For literally decades, the several hours after I woke up, I'd be nauseated. I cut out certain categories of foods, and now I can eat whatever I want from the remaining categories, but I've also picked up intermittent fasting in the meantime. So now I typically don't eat until sometime after 4pm, with the majority of my intake at dinner. It's working well for me, but my wife jus…

Yes I used to feel exactly the same as a kid, and into my teenage years. Only really cared about having something to eat in the morning once I got into my mid 20s.

I work with a guy who says he still feels the same now, well into their 30s.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by [deleted] »

danharaj wrote: post #35
aznpwnzor wrote: post #18

I was just bringing this up as a possible thing the other day at work. It was always weird to me how marketed breakfast was. The irrational vitriol I received only further convinced me how much breakfast (specifically grains heavy) is due to marketing.

There's this idea that markets just discover and serve peoples' wants and preferences. It has to be tempered with the fact that our perceptions and even our identities are shaped by the information we are served with from birth. In this era, culture serves capital as much as capital serves culture.

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Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by reitanqild »

manigandham wrote: post #74
hueving wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Saying that willpower is a factor implies that it is unpleasant, which is actually agreeing with the implication of "pure torture" that the parent comment implied.

Not really, it has nothing to do with it being pleasant or not. It means that you need to commit to actually doing it (like anything in life). I'm absolutely fine with it and prefer it, like many other people. It's definitely not "torture". Maybe it isn't for some but mostly it's about overcoming the change in routine and there's no shortcut to changing or building habits, it's just willpower.

Generally we throw a lot of words around sometimes:

Like calling something torture - that you voluntarily do to yourself because of an expected net positive outcome.

For the respect of people who suffers or have suffered from torture I think we should avoid that kind of hyperbole.

Same goes for calling sexism on any joke about gender differences. It's kind of disrespectful to everyone who has suffered from the real thing.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by Symbiote »

redcap wrote: post #97
Guildpact wrote: post #58

I eat cereal and milk as a dessert at night in place of something like ice cream, because that is what it is. People who eat cereal for breakfast are no better than people eating donuts or other sweets, it is just an awful way to start your day because of the blood sugar spike and then drop which creates hunger pangs. You can combat it by having a proper breakfast focusing on protein and low glycemic index carbs, egg…

I eat muesli at 7:15 and don't feel hungry until 12. Maybe people don't think of muesli when they hear the word cereal.

Depending on the composition, muesli is either close to oats, or packed with sugar ("45% fruit!").

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by reitanqild »

spydum wrote: post #77
manopeace wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I say we ban caffine and tobacco. The war on drugs would be over in a week.

Who would win? In all seriousness I think you'd undo the last couple decades worth of productivity gains in just a couple days..

I think gp means if caffeine and tobacco was included in the list of drugs the "war on drugs" would end because nobody would enforce it, thereby legalizing everything.

Of course this won't happen and I think that is to a certain degree a good thing.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by anonyfox »

bbarn wrote: post #65

I started to read this with some interest, as someone who's spent many hours thinking about and trying different metabolic strategies, diets, etc.. Then about 30 seconds in my reading got disrupted by a fucking light-box asking me to sign up or log in or god knows what.. my instinct to close tab won out over my curiosity. Please stop this pattern. If you really think your content is worth having to (whatever)wall fro…

Before Reading any article, just hit the "reading mode" Button of safari/firefox.

This eliminates every Source of frustration very effectively and removes distractions alltogether.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by pacomerh »

edanm wrote: post #76
bbarn wrote: post #65

I started to read this with some interest, as someone who's spent many hours thinking about and trying different metabolic strategies, diets, etc.. Then about 30 seconds in my reading got disrupted by a fucking light-box asking me to sign up or log in or god knows what.. my instinct to close tab won out over my curiosity. Please stop this pattern. If you really think your content is worth having to (whatever)wall fro…

This company produces great, great content. You agree that it's interesting, from what you've read. And yet apparently the most popular comment on their effort is that you don't want to spare the all-of-2 seconds it takes to click your mouse to close a pop-up? On a site that isn't plastered with ads, btw, and is generally very accessible? I don't mean to take out my frustration on you, and I get where you're coming f…

It really destroys the flow of reading though. These light-boxes should be more passive. I agree with the first commenter. It's super annoying and something nice becomes ugly.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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Post by dingaling »

biswaroop wrote: post #37

This may be an argument against breakfast for the sedentary, but athletes on extended training programs usually need to eat in the morning. You're much more likely to hit the wall on an empty stomach, a few hours into your training.

Not just athletes but also people who exercise better in the morning.

I have to head out running before 06:00 ( ex-farm border collie dog still has early-rising demands ) so need to eat about 05:30. On a couple of occasions I overslept and skipped breakfast. It was terrifying, I barely had enough energy to make it back home and was shaking. All my body wanted when I returned was sugar, now.

So in my case at least a bowl of museli / milk / yoghurt and a banana is the minimum possible breakfast.

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