synapse xt However, when it comes to losing weight, eating breakfast is not an accelerator of weight loss. The calories going in still need to go somewhere. Yes, you definitely get more obese in the long term if you skip breakfast, then eat normal amounts of food for lunch and dinner afterward. A person who skips breakfast puts their body in starvation mode so that any excess food that you eat later in the day instantly becomes fat as the body scrambles to keep any sugar available in the body after being told its starving when breakfast is skipped. However, if you skip breakfast, and then take in small amounts of food for lunch and dinner, lower amounts of calories than is needed for a full day.