Breakfast

[Karen Tatton]

Hi everyone, I’m a type2 and I am really struggling with breakfast. I’m up and out by 6.30 and would normally have toast or cereal on the run as I’m getting ready for work. I used to have strawberries and blueberries with Alpro plain yoghurt but I was starving by 9.00am. At the moment I’m having plain porridge oats (the microwave for 2 mins packets) with a spoonful of honey, but I’m not sure if that’s ok. I work in operating theatre and sometimes go until 2.00pm before I have my lunch, so I need something filling and also something I can have as a quick snack about 10.00-11.00am to keep me going. Any ideas?

 

[Docb]

I make my own granola - I have a batch in the oven at the moment. I mix a bag of cut oats with a bag of nuts, drizzle over some oil and let the whole thing toast for an hour or two in the oven whilst I am cooking something else. When done I mix in some seeds and bung it into a container. Some might find it an aquired taste because there is no sweetening, something we have been trained by kellogs and the like to expect in their otherwise tasteless products. A "my size" portion of about 30g with a slice of bergen toast (est 20g carb in total) gives me a rise of 2-3 mmol/mol. Add fruit and it is much bigger.

For a mid morning snack I would put a slice of bergen with whatever I had in the fridge....cold meat, tomato, lump of cucumber, cheese. 10 g carb from the bergen.

 

[Type2darren]

Fat..for energy
Peanut butter or almond butter (organic)
Put in your porridge or on toast or in a bun or celery dip
Coconut oil (organic)
Put it in your porridge cook with it
I put a heaped tea spoon in black coffee every morning.. it tastes ok trust me..it’s good fat that gives you energy
Avocado good natural fat
On toast in a bun mix with good olive oil and lemon juice or chilli..you try different methods
Friend of mine is a bodybuilder and told me to get these items into my diet if I am cutting down on carbs and high fat.. it works.. I keep them at work
Also.. preparing is important.. make time to prep your grub! You are more important than work!
D

 

[Kaylz]

Hi Karen and welcome to the forum 🙂

Are you testing at all?

Unfortunately diabetes is such an individual thing that nobody can say what will work for you as yes it may work for them but it wont work for the next person along, many find they cant tolerate porridge at all for instance

The only way to establish the correct things for you is to test before eating and then again 2 hours after eating, ideally for a food to be "safe" you'd be looking for no more than a 2-3mmol rise from your post meal level
xx

 

[Lizzzie]

Hello! I'm a T1 but watching my weight at the moment. I've been having shredded wheat, which also works as a mid morning snack.
Is there anything you can replace the honey with?

 

[Drummer]

Tomorrow I will be going to do some work at the local university - I have boiled eggs, cheese and a host of salad stuff to eat for breakfast, ready in the fridge.
I will then be able to work all day and will eat at around 7 o'clock so I can get to the longsword practice in the evening.
I have a cup of coffee with cream with my meals, but do not need snacks.

 

[Karen Tatton]

Thank you everyone for your comments, lots to think about now. I think the trick is to try and get as much prepared in advance as possible. I shall start a food diary and take readings prior to eating and 2 hrs afterwards. I need a good breakfast as it’s very hit and miss as to when I will be able to eat again in my job, so I think making the granola in advance is a good idea. Plus taking some boiled eggs, cheese and some cooked meats to work that I can quickly snack on.

 

[SueEK]

Also coconut is high in fibre, though not too much as carbs, but great as a snack, also nuts, few strawberries, just stick them all in separate pots in the fridge the night before and after breakfast off you go.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

I have half a tin of Tesco mixed beans (basically baked beans but with 5 different kinds of bean) with some chilli, Worcester sauce, olive oil, herbs, and whatever else seems suitable. When I remember to get some, Feta cheese (to try and balance the chilli). 30g, roughly, so not low-carb, but I'm T1 so I'm not that bothered.

 

[Karen Tatton]

I found this morning that the porridge with honey has a 2.6 rise in my blood sugars 2 hrs later, so I will carry on with that on work days and have a cooked breakfast on days off, no bread. I’m taking strawberries, nuts and a Philadelphia cheese with a couple crackers to work to snack on and a chicken salad for lunch. Everything that passes my lips goes in the diary now along with blood readings. I’m definitely not drinking enough, so need to improve on that.

 

[Cisco Ventura]

Hi everyone, I’m a type2 and I am really struggling with breakfast. I’m up and out by 6.30 and would normally have toast or cereal on the run as I’m getting ready for work. I used to have strawberries and blueberries with Alpro plain yoghurt but I was starving by 9.00am. At the moment I’m having plain porridge oats (the microwave for 2 mins packets) with a spoonful of honey, but I’m not sure if that’s ok. I work in operating theatre and sometimes go until 2.00pm before I have my lunch, so I need something filling and also something I can have as a quick snack about 10.00-11.00am to keep me going. Any ideas?

Hi Karen, I find eggs really filling, how about a couple scrambled in the microwave with a piece of toast? Just as quick as porridge.

 

[dpoet]

I have half a cup of jumbo oats, one cup of whole milk.
It took me a while to get used to, but I don't add anything. I pour the milk on my oats and let stand for an hour, then microwave for 2 minutes 20 seconds on high. The waiting an hour before cooking makes it nice and creamy.

 

[Drummer]

I have half a cup of jumbo oats, one cup of whole milk.
It took me a while to get used to, but I don't add anything. I pour the milk on my oats and let stand for an hour, then microwave for 2 minutes 20 seconds on high. The waiting an hour before cooking makes it nice and creamy.

Unfortunately that is my maximum daily intake of carbs in one bowl.
I have under 1/4 of that as my first meal, having a salad, with eggs or fish or cheese to keep me going all day.

 

[dpoet]

Yeah I think I'm lucky porridge doesn't spike my sugars.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes Send it to nearly 8mmol.

 

[Drummer]

Yeah I think I'm lucky porridge doesn't spike my sugars.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes Send it to nearly 8mmol.

Everything carbohydrate seems to spike me - and sent me far higher than 8 when I was testing foods. These days I just accept that I should not eat the high carb foods, so you are really lucky to be able to tolerate them. Even your reaction to potatoes is not all that high.

 

[dpoet]

Yeah I think I was lucky to be diagnosed when I was, caught early because of regular blood tests due to having peripheral vascular disease, and had high cholesterol. I feel really sorry for people who have to make really drastic changes to their diet, with the shock when diagnosed it must be really stressful.

 

[rebrascora]

Yeah I think I'm lucky porridge doesn't spike my sugars.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes Send it to nearly 8mmol.

You might find that the porridge spikes your BG much later in the day if you just test 2 hours after eating it, it might not show, but I am delighted for you if you are able to get away with it.

 

[dpoet]

When I was testing I was testing 7 times a day didn't get any spikes. When I was testing breakfast porridge was the only carbs I ate. I now eat 100gm carbs a day and I seem to be ok with that.
I really fancy fish and chips some days but I don't weaken.