[Closed] Talk to me about low carb breakfast ideas...

eggs.

omelette ok? vary the fillings.

eggs.

Oh yeah, no eggs..... 🙂

Water.

protein shake with some ispaghula husk in it, made with water?

no carbs? no eggs? no meat? I pity you.

I either miss breakfast or have 2 eggs (fried, poached or scrambled), a grilled tomato and some fried mushrooms - all topped with Tabasco.

Some sort of Lentil and/or chickpea concoction?

Why no eggs?

For breakfast, just have left over dinner form last night. There's no 'special' breakfast food you have to have.

Breakfast? Weetabix.

Does Weetabix have carbs? I though that was bread and pasta.

cos they're chikkin periods

no carbs? no eggs? no meat? I pity you.

+1 - somehow I don't think my usual sausage and egg roll would work for you 😀

Surely you're looking for non-insulinogenic foods rather than low-carb ones (since you are already having gram flour) in which case lentils/beans are OK (a nice lentil salad maybe)? It might help to stop thinking about brekkie as a "special" meal and just eat whatever you'd normally have for lunch or dinner (make it up the night before and keep it in the fridge if you're short on time) or just have leftovers from the previous day.

Alternatively, consider moving to 2 meals a day rather than 3 and skip breakfast (still eating the same number of calories though so bigger lunch & dinner). This is much easier if you move to a higher fat, slightly lower carb diet overall because IME you feel fuller for longer. Makes things v simple in the morning as well!

Eggs at breakfast is probably the single best thing you can have if you're trying to lose/maintain weight.

why?

No Eggs, no meat and no carbs for breakfast. Might as well just chew on a floorboard, or lick a dry stone?

Water.

I usually steam water or some times fry it as a treat.

Kippers?

Why no eggs?

cos they're chikkin periods

Yeah, I suppose essentially thats why. I don't eat them for similar reasons I don't eat meat.
I'm not Vegan though and so am happy to be awash with hypocrisy and contradictions 8)

Surely you're looking for non-insulinogenic foods rather than low-carb ones (since you are already having gram flour)

Yes, sorry, thats it essentially....the insulin thing...

No Eggs, no meat and no carbs for breakfast. Might as well just chew on a floorboard, or lick a dry stone?

Actually I eat really fantastic food most of the time, its just breakfast where you want something low hassle and quick to get out the door. Could I guess from your comment you're a meat eater? Its ok, they usually do seem to lack vision... 😉

no carbs? no eggs? no meat? I pity you

Kippers?

Actually I eat really fantastic food most of the time, its just breakfast where you want something low hassle and quick to get out the door. Could I guess from your comment you're a meat eater? Its ok, they usually do seem to lack vision...

Mmm Burgers 😛

Yeah I guess breakfast is the toughest, a guy here still has a very 'Indian' looking breakfast most days that often seems to consist of chickpeas, tomato and herbs so perhaps some traditional Indian recipes would be good if you have any colleagues who could recommend them?

[i]I get all that in abundance every saturday though! (except the meat bit...and the eggs bit...)[/i]

Carb-up dude.
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WARNING: I've not posted the vid, but the link, As the presenter uses [i]fruity[/i] language.
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Kippers?

I don't eat [s]meat[/s]fish.

Baked beans
Protein shake
Cheese
Some sort of Quorn doodah?

Proper greek (not 'greek-style') yoghurt plus some nuts?

I know dairy is on the 'not allowed' list on the iDave diet but the Fage Total brand has about 10g protein and 4g carbs per 100g

dhal for the win - make your own rather than start on the hotel buffet I started on in Mumbai 😳

I'd get used to eating eggs though (veggie also) - two boiled or poached fills me right up.

Look up Chia pudding recipies. Essentially you soak chia seeds in Dairy Free Milk over night with rasins sultanas pumpkin seeds etc..

Grab out of Fridge in morning, scoff and ride off to work. Works for me.

Dairy-free alternatives to milk - not so healthy it seems - [url= http://blog.healthkismet.com/carrageenan-cancer-health-inflammation ]carrageenan isn't good for you[/url]

Thanks a lot for the suggestions so far all. Certainly some things to be looking into there.

Indian cooking does seem to give a wealth of suitable foods. They can tend to be labour-intensive for breakfast though but I guess most stuff can be pre-prepared.

Look up Chia pudding recipies

I'd get used to eating eggs though (veggie also) - two boiled or poached fills me right up.

Proper greek (not 'greek-style') yoghurt plus some nuts?

Dairy-free alternatives to milk - not so healthy it seems - carrageenan isn't good for you

[quote=article said]Overall carrageenan is (mostly) harmless, but it has a variety of troublesome side effects that shouldn’t go unnoticed, most notably high correlations to colon cancer...

That'll be a bit like high meat-consumption then...

I expect that its a high consumption of nearly anything which is generally something that causes problems.

I eat/drink soya products now and again, but mostly eat non-processed food(if I can be @rsed)

not sure that stuff is in almond milk, not listed on the brand I buy anyway.

you can make pancakes from other flour too. I use buckwheat and hemp protein to make pancakes but not when I have to ride to work straight away as they are proper heavy and filling.

How are you making the gram flour pancakes, they have always been a bit crap when I have made them?

How are you making the gram flour pancakes, they have always been a bit crap when I have made them?

http://www.celiactravel.com/blog/quick-gluten-free-flatbread/

i like this recipe. work well as an accompaniment with dinner (curry, chilli, stew etc) or as a breakfast with marmite/ peanut butter.

also used this

http://kitchenoperas.com/2011/02/09/gluten-free-chickpea-chapati/

skipped the arrowroot. they were a much heavier/ breadier bread - wouldn't want them as a breakfast but great with a curry.

Try other beans rather than baked beans. I quite like tinned flageolet beans with a spot of garlic, rosemary or thyme and a spot of chilli. Heat those in oil first then add the beans and heat. Add a glug of red wine vinegar when they're ready to serve.

I'd normally have them with toast or my pals "polish eggs" recipe but for you thats out I guess. Theres a sort of gluten-free bread-like stuff you get in supermarkets made by Biona. You usually get it in the 'free-from' bit rather then the bread/bakery bit. Its very savory and very dense but toasted its really quite nice, and suits other dark flavours like marmite or olives / tapenade. Good with harisa too.

or........ have a black coffee and a cigarette

Yeah I'd rather eat cardboard than the gram flour pancakes I've made in the past 🙁

How are you making the gram flour pancakes, they have always been a bit crap when I have made them?

For me, 6 generous tablespoons of Gramflour in a bowl, a little bit of salt, and sometimes chopped coriander, pepper, chilli-flakes.
Mix in water, keep it dry-ish at first so its sticky and you can beat the lumps out. Gradually add water until its a batter sort of consistency.

Heat up an oiled shallow pan. I have a proper chapati pan for this which is more like a shallow-curved plate. Pour half the batter into the pan and then roll it around so it coats all of the pan(don't do this when a bit drunk, its messy 😉 )
It will start to firm up, cook it for a few minutes then get your wooden spatula underneath that badboy and flip it to cook the other side.

Repeat with the remaining mixture.
I spread marmite and houmous on mine usually for breakfasts but have done proper filled ones for dinner too which are lush.

[quote> http://kitchenoperas.com/2011/02/09/gluten-free-chickpea-chapati/

skipped the arrowroot. they were a much heavier/ breadier bread - wouldn't want them as a breakfast but great with a curry.

Ooh, they look pretty good.

whisk an egg into your gram flour batter. It binds it all together!

scrambled tofu and tomato brekkie, home made baked bean salsa brekkie, avocado, tomato and sesame seeds, mix of seeds with grated apple and soya milk, green vegetable smoothie,. Take a look at the blgs and newsletters from energiseforlife.com You have to sign up but then get a massive amount of info and free recipes which would suit what you're after.

This is why I can't properly get into the idiet/similar. I need breakfast to be as easy as possible especially on an early shift. Cannot be arsed with cooking eggs or whatever at half 4 in the morning! I just have my carby breakfast cereal then try to limit carbs for the rest of the day.. don't know if this is considered good (especially as you won't go into ketosis as I understand) but it seems to be going ok so far..

I just have my carby breakfast cereal then try to limit carbs for the rest of the day.. don't know if this is considered good

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I'm not sure Natalie is advising on losing weight as much as just giving you her version of a [i]healthy[/i] diet and I thought the OP wanted to lose a bit of weight ?.

[i]Cannot be arsed with cooking eggs or whatever at half 4 in the morning![/i]
Then don't. Breakfast is over rated, imo.
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EDIT:
[i]It's absolutely fine as long as you like eating processed crap food-substitutes rammed with added sugar & made as cheaply as possible with the lowest-quality ingredients money can buy.[/i]
Ouch !.
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I just have my carby breakfast cereal then try to limit carbs for the rest of the day.. don't know if this is considered good

No, wrong way round. When you eat simple carbs you produce insulin, and insulin does many things including inhibiting the burning of fat and favouring the burning of carbs.

So when you are asleep you are burning mostly fat. When you eat cereal, you'll start to burn carbs, blood sugar will get lower, and you'll want something carby, so the cycle repeats*

If otoh you have eggs or something less carby, you'll continue to burn fat all morning. And likewise lunch. I used to be on my knees gagging for food by 12pm, nowadays I usually have to rush to the canteen at 2pm cos I've forgotten about lunch altogether.

* note that this is dependent on the individual, these hormones have more effect in some people than others. There'll be plenty of people who are skinny and happy all day on half a cup of porridge. I'm not one of them.

Re cooking early in the morning - once you get it down, it's no harder than making toast. Grab pan, crack in 3 eggs, stir up for 3 mins, off heat, stir in cheese, eat. Job done.

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Look what I just found:

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Grips. The OP aint down with the egg

That was aimed at -tom-

[i]note that this is dependent on the individual, these hormones have more effect in some people than others[/i]

Would you say this is linked to their [i]sensitivity[/i] ?.
ie. If a person's diet leads to higher levels of insulin or leptin in the blood. That they become de-sensitized to those levels of hormone.

I'd expect that sensitivity is genetically determined but possibly influenced by diet.

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[i]There'll be plenty of people who are skinny and happy all day on half a cup of porridge. I'm not one of them[/i]
Me too.

I've tried to read that book, Burn the fat, feed the muscle.
I found this part interesting:

[i]Characteristics of the ectomorph
Naturally skinny, wiry
Long limbs, linear
Small joints, small-boned
Small waist, narrow shoulders
Angular, projecting bones
[b]Naturally lean[/b] (low levels of body fat without even working out)
Often call themselves "Hardgainers"
Low strength levels prior to starting a training program
Fast metabolism – they burn up everything, even when overeating
Don’t store carbohydrates as fat – high carbohydrate diets are ok
High energy levels
Tendency to be overactive and restless (hyperactive)
Natural born endurance athletes (successful at distance/endurance sports)
Sometimes hard to maintain weight
Extremely hard to gain weight
Sometimes insomniacs
Respond best to low volume, brief, infrequent, high intensity weight training
It takes years of hard weight training and heavy eating to overcome this body type[/i]

I would tend to agree.

I use the 8 hour baked bean recipe*, (obviously you can make it without the gammon) then portion into containers ready for a quick breakfast

*www.thestonesoup.com

energiseforlife.com, You have to sign up but then get a massive amount of info and free recipes which would suit what you're after.

Hmmmm, had a look at that. Can't help feeling I'll be bombarded with products I 'need' to buy into their ethos. Not sure...

When you eat cereal, you'll start to burn carbs, blood sugar will get lower, and you'll want something carby, so the cycle repeats*

Depends on the cereal for me. Porridge or muesli keep hunger at bay for a lot longer than cornflakes.

My breakfast currently consists of; 4 egg whites, protein powder, coconut milk and then a small handful of frozen berries or crushed ice cubes. Occasionally a banana too.

You could omit the egg whites no problems. There's about 7g carbs in the powder, about 3g carbs in 300ml of Kara coconut milk and then it's just the sugars in the fruit...

I did all bran with soya milk (minging)for a couple of weeks, felt beneficial in what I imagined was a "less early carbs" fashion

I use the 8 hour baked bean recipe*, (obviously you can make it without the gammon) then portion into containers ready for a quick breakfast

*www.thestonesoup.com

That site has got some brilliant slow carb / idiet recipes. Thanks for the link.

quinoa porridge?

I make my own baked beans and usually have some in a pan on top of the cooker ready to heat up (or eat as they are.

A batch has never taken me more than 15 mins to make (using tinned haricot, canellini or borlotti beans as a base). Just fry up some bits of tasty, like onion pepper mushrom chorizo etc., add tinned tomato and add the beans.

Fartastic!

I have very little muesli, lots of lidl's finest 0.1% fat yogurt and a dash of skimmed milk for a quick breaky. Does the trick for me.