Are you dying to lose weight quick? Or are you wondering why your lose weight plan doesn't work as you have expected? Here's why. One of the most probable reasons is that you are trying to lose weight by skipping meals. It is very true in fact that many people think by skipping meals you are actually restricting calories intake and hence, you will automatically start losing weight. But the opposite is actually true. You are going no where by skipping meals especially if you skip the first meal of the day - Breakfast.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast provides the energy for us to keep moving throughout the day. Without breakfast, our body think that we are in an energy crisis and hence, the body tries to conserve energy by slowing down our body's metabolism rate.

As we live in an ever increasingly hectic life, it is often just too easy to skip breakfast. Whether you are in a rush, you wake up late, or because it is just too hectic to get the kids off, you simply cannot afford to time to have breakfast. Skipping breakfast is actually a risk factor for being overweight. Studies conducted by researchers at the University Of California have found that people who skip breakfast entirely has a higher body mass index compared with people who eat cereals, breads, waffles or pastry for breakfast. Body mass index or BMI is a statistical way of measuring by comparing one's weight to height. The formula of calculating BMI is

BMI = [ Weight / Height * Height ]

where weight is in kilogram and the height is in meter. THe higher the index point, the more overweight the person is while the lower the index point, the more underweight the person becomes. The normal weight range from an index point of 18.5 to 25.

Yes, you got that right, people who eat breakfast has actually got a lower BMI. But what type of breakfast do these people really eat? Well fortunately the research has included people's breakfast diet in their studies and they have found that people who eat meat, eggs and cheese regularly for breakfast have higher average BMI compared to those who eat cereals, breads, waffles or pastry for breakfast. But those who do not eat breakfast at all have the highest BMI.

Therefore, if you are intending to lose weight quick, skipping breakfast is a no-no. The findings suggest eating low-fat, high-fiber breakfast everyday. It is the ultimate way to lose weight effectively. So try and see it for yourself.