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Ideas for carb free / Low carb breakfast please!

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Hope everyone had a nice Christmas.

I'm 25 weeks pregnant and I'm starting to have a serious case of insulin resistance in the mornings (joy!), so I'm looking for ideas for very low carb or carb free breakfasts.
I currently have 1.5 CPs at breakfast and I'm on a 3:1 ratio, but my system still doesn't like that so I need to decrease my carbs, I'm thinking scrambled eggs with some tomatoes and maybe some natural yogurt with berries ??? Does anyone have any other thoughts ??
Thoughts greatly appreciated and many thanks in advance !
 
Not sure if this will appeal to you, given changes in taste with pregnancy, but when I want a low carb breakfast and have time to cook, I like mushroom omelette - was easier when I had ducks and their eggs in garden, but works OK with hen eggs, too.

Otherwise, plain yogurt with a handful of berries, whether fresh from garden or from freezer (either self frozen or bought frozen, but check there's no added sugar), or very few grains of muesli works well.
 
My weekend breakfasts are a combination of any of these: scrambled egg, bacon, meat-only sausages from my butcher, tomatoes, mushrooms. If you grill a couple of the huge saucer-sized mushrooms, you can make a fried egg and bacon 'sandwich' - but if you pick it up to eat it, make sure you wear a bib!

Working days are much quicker to prepare: yogurt with berries, or sometimes with 10-15g of wholemeal cereal.
 
Yogurt with berries is a good one. But don't fall into the trap of assuming breakfast has to be 'breakfast' foods. Last night's leftovers heated up could be fine as a breakfast. Or there's always clear soups. Or go a bit further leftfield - biltong or pork rinds (not jerky though), or slices of ham wrapped in Edam slices. Fried halloumi's another good one too.
 
I found breakfast a nightmare when pregnant. Cottage cheese was my saviour! And tinned tuna with chopped spring onion, diced raw carrot, diced cucumber/peppers bound together with a bit of salad cream.
 
Many thanks Alison - it's nice to know its not just me 🙂
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Scrambled egg with smoked salmon. 😎😎 Good look with diet
 
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