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So....what does everyone have for breakfast? I never used to have breakfast at all, then after overhauling my diet to try and sort out blood sugar 'spikes' i have lost weight even though i didn't need too! I am looking to maintain/add weight so am thinking about starting to eat breakfast.....what do we all eat that is carb free/low carb?
 
A lot are good with porridge.
Not carb free, but test after and see if it works?
porridge with water? i know milk has a little carb in it....

i tried all bran, on the weekends with a bit more time i have had scrambled eggs - no toast - or a brunch omelette
 
Such a complex question, as it all depends on so much else. What can an individual tolerate, what carb target, what are your calorie demands.....

Porridge works for me. I am a 100-130 carbs per day so a half portion of porridge at 15g with water is just fine. Give me scope for a mid morning biscuit of 5-10g to make me feel like a normal human being, the on to lunch where I can usually stick to <20g and on we go....

Tiresome isn't it?
 
So....what does everyone have for breakfast? I never used to have breakfast at all, then after overhauling my diet to try and sort out blood sugar 'spikes' i have lost weight even though i didn't need too! I am looking to maintain/add weight so am thinking about starting to eat breakfast.....what do we all eat that is carb free/low carb?
I have a sachet of porridge (approx 16 carbs) with hot water and so far it hasn't caused any problem. But the best thing to do if you like porridge is to try it out and then test after 2 hours. I must add my GP wasn't too keen on my porridge brekkie but the nurse at the surgery was fine with it.
 
I have porridge with raspberries (half a portion with milk is 30g carbs), or one piece of toast (15-20g carbs) with mushrooms or egg.
 
As mentioned some may tolerate porridge which they will have determined by testing, others may not.
eggs are always good with bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, scrambled with smoked salmon.
Full fat Greek yoghurt with berries, seed, or nuts.
 
Such a complex question, as it all depends on so much else. What can an individual tolerate, what carb target, what are your calorie demands.....

Porridge works for me. I am a 100-130 carbs per day so a half portion of porridge at 15g with water is just fine. Give me scope for a mid morning biscuit of 5-10g to make me feel like a normal human being, the on to lunch where I can usually stick to <20g and on we go....

Tiresome isn't it?
I can't disagree with it being tiresome!!!
 
I have a sachet of porridge (approx 16 carbs) with hot water and so far it hasn't caused any problem. But the best thing to do if you like porridge is to try it out and then test after 2 hours. I must add my GP wasn't too keen on my porridge brekkie but the nurse at the surgery was fine with it.
The sachets are more processed and spike bg quicker. The jumbo oats not in sachets are generally better as not so finely processed and digest more slowly
 
If you are needing to gain weight or stop the loss (stabilize it), then use cream instead of milk unless there are other reasons why you need to follow a low fat diet. Fat has the least impact on BG levels of all 3 macro nutrients (carbs, protein and fat) which is why some people find a low carb higher fat way of eating works well for them. Fat can also slow down the release of glucose from the carbs you eat, so making porridge with cream might enable your body to cope with the porridge oats better.
Personally I find the glucose from porridge oats (even best quality jumbo oats) can start arriving at my finger tip within 20 mins of it going in my mouth, which I find absolutely amazing but sadly not slow release at all for me and not worth persevering with. I have creamy full fat Greek style natural yoghurt with berries and mixed seeds and cinnamon most mornings for breakfast along with a coffee made with real double cream. When I occasionally need a "grab and go" breakfast, I have a Nature Valley Protein bar which is just 10g carbs or an Aldi or Morrisons Nut bar which have about the same carbs, Aldi used to be just 5.7g carbs but they seem to have increased the size of the bar now.

Eggs are a great low carb option. I particularly like a large 2-3 egg omelette with whatever filling I fancy (usually including mushrooms and onion and cheese) but any meat or veggies that need using up from the fridge and I usually serve it with a large side salad and a big dollop of cheese coleslaw. That will generally see me through to my evening meal without the need for lunch or may even last me all day. What I like about omelettes is that there is no temptation to have some bread to soak up a runny yolk. It eats easily without feeling like you need bread as a carrier for it.
 
I got tired of having porridge go cold when I took time to eat it (because my Libre was telling my blood sugar was rising more quickly than I wanted), so I changed to oat/fruit/yoghurt breakfast pots that I make the evening before and leave in the fridge overnight. These are tasty and work a treat for me. I can eat them slowly while I do my crosswords and morning wordle/quordle puzzles. See attached for an example...
 

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I got tired of having porridge go cold when I took time to eat it (because my Libre was telling my blood sugar was rising more quickly than I wanted), so I changed to oat/fruit/yoghurt breakfast pots that I make the evening before and leave in the fridge overnight. These are tasty and work a treat for me. I can eat them slowly while I do my crosswords and morning wordle/quordle puzzles. See attached for an example...
IMPORTANT QUESTION.......Quordle??
 
IMPORTANT QUESTION.......Quordle??
Quordle is 4 wordle puzzles in one, sort of. NOT bought up by the NYT thankfully, so still ad-free. Challenging and fun, though I did a lot of practice puzzles at the start to get my head around how bedt to tackle it. See https://www.quordle.com/#/
 
IMPORTANT QUESTION.......Quordle??
Wordle, Quordle and Octordle are online 5 letter word games which take just a few minutes of head scratching to complete and are addictive. You will find them I am sure via whichever web search engine you use. Wordle was bought by the New York Times. Personally, I don't find adverts an issue.
 
So....what does everyone have for breakfast? I never used to have breakfast at all, then after overhauling my diet to try and sort out blood sugar 'spikes' i have lost weight even though i didn't need too! I am looking to maintain/add weight so am thinking about starting to eat breakfast.....what do we all eat that is carb free/low carb?
Hi.
For me its usually yoghurt and berries or nimble wholemeal bread toasted with peanut butter 🙂
 
I mostly have eggs - if I've prepared in advance then mini frittatas with whatever veg needed using up, if not then scrambled eggs at work (we have a microwave) or fried/omelette at home. Minimal carbs even with 40ml milk in my coffee so no real effect on BG.

I have done some experimenting with porridge, so far using sachets as I have a big box needing using up (kid that used to eat them doesn't any more):

- made with water, with peanut butter stirred in and strawberries - 36g total with little milk in my coffee - ok for BG but I didn't really like

- made with semi-skimmed milk, with blueberries & dry roasted peanuts - total 48g carb with my coffee - bit much BG rise at 3.5 mmol

I've also done some experimenting with cinnamon & raisin bagels (again needed using up, were in freezer & kids don't eat):

- full one with butter, a small Marmite cheddar and coffee - 45g total carbs - too much BG rise at 4.0 mmol

- half one with butter, with bacon & egg cup (1 slice bacon, 1 egg, cooked in oven) & coffee - 29g total carbs - BG ok.

I will continue the experimenting, probably on non-work days!
 
I mostly have eggs - if I've prepared in advance then mini frittatas with whatever veg needed using up, if not then scrambled eggs at work (we have a microwave) or fried/omelette at home. Minimal carbs even with 40ml milk in my coffee so no real effect on BG.

I have done some experimenting with porridge, so far using sachets as I have a big box needing using up (kid that used to eat them doesn't any more):

- made with water, with peanut butter stirred in and strawberries - 36g total with little milk in my coffee - ok for BG but I didn't really like

- made with semi-skimmed milk, with blueberries & dry roasted peanuts - total 48g carb with my coffee - bit much BG rise at 3.5 mmol

I've also done some experimenting with cinnamon & raisin bagels (again needed using up, were in freezer & kids don't eat):

- full one with butter, a small Marmite cheddar and coffee - 45g total carbs - too much BG rise at 4.0 mmol

- half one with butter, with bacon & egg cup (1 slice bacon, 1 egg, cooked in oven) & coffee - 29g total carbs - BG ok.

I will continue the experimenting, probably on non-work days!
This demonstrates perfectly the sort of approach to finding out what works for your body and how to adjust things to see if you can get a better result whilst retaining a small portion of what you like or ditching something that doesn't give enough pleasure to be worth the effort.... once you have used up the store cupboard leftovers of course. No reason to waste good food 🙄
 
pork chop and stirfry or steak with mushrooms, in warmer weather salad with fish. Some weeks I fancy eggs so have 3 every morning in various ways.
 
Soya yogurt, blueberries, mixed seeds, walnuts, a few banana slices, almond butter, black coffee. Yum!
 
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