Low Carb Breakfast - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

munchie11 · 03-01-2007, 07:56 AM

Hi everyone

I'm trying to come up with ideas for low carb breakfast, besides only eggs. Breakfast just seems to be filled with carbs like cereals. Any ideas would be great.

Thanks

KittyLove · 03-01-2007, 10:11 AM

Munchie11,

Although I usually eat eggs for breakfast (about 50 different ways), I no longer think in terms of "breakfast foods" for breakfast. I now eat just about ANYTHING that I usually eat throughout the day like: chicken, turkey/cheese rollups, chicken salad, turkey burgers, turkey meatballs, etc.

At work, I used to get A LOT of strange looks, nose crinkling, or remarks like "HOW can you eat THAT for breakfast!!???" Then I'd look at what they're eating ( bagels, bowls of cereal, LOTS of toast, doughnuts and pastries ) and think the exact same thing about them!!!

I'm definitely the "oddest eater" at work, but I'm also the thinnest, which must have caught peoples' attention because now they say "That's why she's so thin, she doesn't eat a lot of carbs" and although they still sometimes gawk at me with horror and disbelief when I eat a taco salad for breakfast, they certainly no longer say "Low carb doesn't work!" now they say "Hey, maybe I should try that!" and ask me a lot of questions.

viccles · 03-01-2007, 12:53 PM

I know I'd run out of steam fast if I had to go to gym on a low carb breakfast? Why make an enemy of carbs. Providing you eat the right ones they are good for you

KittyLove · 03-01-2007, 01:15 PM

Viccles,

I now have more energy and motivation than I ever had in my life! I can't remember the last time I took a nap. If you're an athlete who burns more calories then you eat, then eating a lot of good carbs would be healthy, BUT if you only get moderate or no exercise, those excess carbs will be stored as fat.

When I used to start the day with a "healthy" bowl of cereal, I'd have a blood sugar low about 2 hours later, feel weak, feel lightheaded, and have to eat something immediately!...even if I was on the treadmill, I'd HAVE to jump off and eat.

Lenin · 03-02-2007, 06:13 AM

munchie,
I did Atkins for 18 months and for each and every day of those 18 months my choices looked like:

Eggs over light and Spam...and coffee
Scrambled eggs and Sausage...and coffee,
Poached eggs on Spam...and coffee,
Eggs Benedict without the muffin...and coffee,
Hard Boiled Eggs with mayo/mustard on the cut halves...and coffee,
Bacon and Eggs...and coffee,
Cheese Omelette...and COFFEE.

It was eggs, no toast or jam, EVERY DAY for 18 months...it finally got to be nauseating. A couple of my Atkins' boards friends would eat 6 or more eggs a DAY! <sends shivers up my spine to think about it now.>
There are really NO practical alternatives to the eggs.

As the diet progressed most of us managed to sneak in the occasional piece of lowISH carb bread...some are like 7 grams carbs per slice...and slather it with butter or jam made with Splenda.