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"Breakfast is The Most Important Meal of the Day......"

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Tooconfused

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Is this true or just an old wives tale? I've been looking around the forum at what people eat and it seems most people count carbs even at breakfast? Don't we need carbs for energy to start the day?
I usually have "salvado de avena" (I think "oat bran" in English), but have been looking at the carbs in milk....., 12g of carbs in 250ml of milk, so that's a bowl of bran and a coffee....is this bad?? Don't tell me I have to stop milk too!!
God I feel so down :(
 
Something to eat at breakfast time is, in my opinion, essential, but the fewer carbs at breakfast the better. Some people on here disagree, but if I miss or delay mine my liver dumps glucose and this affects my pre-lunch levels.

Milk is definitely something we need to be careful with (also oat bran and all cereals, but we are all different so you must test this out for yourself with your meter). Skimmed and semi-skimmed are worse than full milk because they have added sugars. Why not try a full fat Greek yogurt and throw a few berries in it? 100g yogurt and a few berries sees me through till lunch time and only 6g carbs in total. Eggs are also a good breakfast choice, cooked any which way, with cold meats or bacon, toms and mushrooms. Unsweetened yogurts and double cream are much better choices than milk.

Don't feel down, there is nothing nicer than a cooked breakfast, although I tend to save this for my lunch a few times a week.
 
By far it's the best meal of day, I start the day off with a bowl of porridge oats with seeds, blueberries and natural yogurt added, I make the porridge with half milk/half water (I'm a type 1).

If you want to cut back on the carbs in the milk look for Lactofree milk, it has around half the carbs as standard milk.
 
Tooconfused said:
Wow really? So I should start using whole milk instead?
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Yes, but only in small quantities. Have you got a meter? If so, test, test, test. Test before a meal and 2 hours after your first bite. See what that meal has done to your levels, then decide whether it was a good choice for you or not.
 
I have always eaten breakfast, it's a kick start to the day for me, mornings always being the busiest.:)
 
Agreed, test everything. I regularly have groats (whole grain oats) made with water but with cream and other stuff added to fill a big bowl for brekkie and am satisfied it doesn't spike me. Yet a small piece of bread with a fry-up or spud in a stew shows up every time.*
*Well, it did till I stopped. Brick wall, head, etc
 
If you are hungry in the morning it seems a good idea to eat. If not, don't. And milk is 5% sugar.
 
Thanks for the ideas and help everyone, much appreciated. The whole "test everything" is what gets me........I wake up with sugar of 130 ish every day, which sometimes goes to 150 ish, and other times 260, even when I eat exactly the same ...
 
But are you eating exactly the same? Do you weigh your food and measure your milk, or do you just guess? An extra spoonful can make a big difference. That apart, identical meals will often produce different results because other factors come into play, including timings of the tests..

Are you learning from these results? If you sometimes spike up to 260 (far too high) then why are you still eating that food? I really think you need to change your breakfasts completely, at least until your levels are lower than they are, and stable. Then you can try it again.

Are you keeping a strict food diary, including portion sizes, and recording your levels alongside? This is the best way to learn.


Starting at 130 isn't good either, because the higher you start the higher you will finish. You should be aiming for a pre-meal level of 108 or less.

What are you when you go to bed?
What are you before your evening meal? This should be your lowest reading of the day.
 
Yes I think a breakfast change is in order!

My highest number of the day is after dinner.

To be completely honest, I want to learn more about foods so I can get my numbers down, but I'm not going to live my life measuring spoonfuls of everything I eat, its no way to live.

Going to totally redesign my diet from now on though!
 
Tooconfused said:
Yes I think a breakfast change is in order!

My highest number of the day is after dinner.

To be completely honest, I want to learn more about foods so I can get my numbers down, but I'm not going to live my life measuring spoonfuls of everything I eat, its no way to live.

Going to totally redesign my diet from now on though!
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Great stuff and good attitude. I wasn't suggesting you spend a lot of time weighing and measuring, I was just pointing out that unless you do you can't say the meal was exactly the same. You will know if you have over done the portions by your test results. When you are still learning, it is wise to keep a food diary though with appox portions.
 
Breakfast has always been very important ....whatever you choose to have , something which you like and suits your health needs ...
I often have porridge with almond milk and Alpen no added sugar one ....
Lots of people have many more ideas , but intend to stick with what suits me ...
I think it is important to have breakfast ....diabetic or not ....
 
I bung some oats in a jug with the required amount of water on my way to bed.
Pinch of salt.
Microwave it while I'm making my morning brew.
Soaking it overnight gives it a creamier texture almost as if it were made with milk.
I have it with a tablespoon of that half sugar stuff and get away with it.
 
My dad makes oats with water......I can't eat that, prison food?? I mean, I'm no Gordon Ramsey but water??
 
I use milk, add chopped nuts, seeds and fruit, either berries or grated apple. You may find that you need a reduced portion of porridge as the other ingredients bulk out the meal if you choose to do it this way. Test before and 2hrs afterwards. A rise of no more than 2 points should tell you that it is OK for you. Some people test, 1,2, and 3hours when they are learning to see what is going on.
 
There is another issue with breakfast for me, I work away a lot, for weeks at a time, (residential English courses), and at mealtimes we all eat together, part of the whole "English immersion" idea. Breakfast is a diabetics nightmare, white bread, fruit, cereals, coffee....that's it. No eggs, cheese, nothing like that..So there I am, sat watching 7 other people enjoying toast and butter, jam, etc....what do I do? "sod it, I'll have some toast". I have to eat, it's the start of a very long day.......

We then go on to have three course meal at lunch, same at dinner....with snacks in between! (which I avoid)
 
Snacks I have at home in the car always available are pork scratchings nuts tinned fish.
 
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