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Breakfast at work

Dave2016

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Hi guys currently wanting to start the LC/HF diet but this doesnt seem a problem on my days off as can cook sausages and eggs etc,

What could i do for work when start at 6 am and no time to cook. Any ideas for recipes i could cook the night before or buy ready made that would work...

Any help is kindly greated
 
I've had a similar problem, solved it this week by getting a nutribullet, I've been on a LCHF diet for 3 months now. Previously I've been pretty shy of green veg but have made the effort to have at least 2 green smoothies a day it's added a few more carbs but it's still not raising my BG by much in fact it's helped with my DP in the mornings.

My morning breakfast goes along the lines of 25g mixed berries frozen, 70-100gr of green leaf veg, spinach, kale, watercress etc, 50gr double cream, cinnamon, turmeric, cider vinegar, 3 Brazil nuts topped up with water and blended into a smoothie.
 
Frittata? Cook a batch and take slices in, can warm up if work has a microwave.
 

Mini crustless quiche, cooked bacon - either home made, or supermarkets do it already crisply cooked, cooked sausages, cheese, hard boiled eggs, yoghurt - none of which require any cooking on the say and hardly any cutlery.

If you have access to a microwave at work, there are a million options.
 
I take tinned sardines into work for breakfast. I as cycle in I can't have breakfast before I set off otherwise it is hard to keep it down. Tinned sardines are easy to carry, are rather filling and low carb as you can get. I tend to go for the ones in olive oil.
 
Great suggestions all, but a word of caution.

Hard boiled eggs and tinned fish can be rather pungent.
Depending on your work environment and colleagues, this can be an issue.

I have seen someone nearly hung, drawn and quartered over a tuna sandwich. And another colleague used to bring in bean and cabbage salads, until it was politely pointed out to her that the salad filled the office with a flatulent aroma, which made the subsequent actual flatulence seem insignificant.
Happy days.
 
Yogurt is a good one, I add berries to mine. I also make linseed muffins:

180g milled linseed
4 teaspoons baking powder
8 tablespoons splenda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons coco
100g frozen berries
4 eggs
200 ml almond milk

Mix dry ingredients, then eggs, then almond milk. Put into muffin tray, bake on 180 for 30 mins. About 1g carbs per muffin.

You could also try egg muffins. Line the muffin tray holes with bacon, pour whisked eggs into each, maybe add some mushrooms, or cooked sausage. Bake until set. They're like mini fry-ups
 
Aldi sell a linseed 'cereal' which is ready made and low carb I think...
 
For lunch (but could work for b'fast) I bring extra vegies I've cooked the night before that I've thrown some tofu in. I mix it up with Japanese mayo or soy sauce for different flavours.

A tin of 3 bean mix cold or warm could also do the trick.

If you want something a bit more like cereal you could make up batches of chia seed pudding and put coconut oil/cream and some chopped nuts through and or berries. I freeze mine to keep fresh while getting to work and so they don't go 'off' before I get through them but I am in Oz and you might not have that issue in Blighty
 
Chia seed pudding sounds interesting. Does it go like semonlina? Have you got a recipe?
 
O-M-G! Chia seeds to have completely passed me by. There are loads of really good looking recipes out there. I'm going to start a new thread...
 
I'm not sure what the question is. Yes, 6am is an early time to start work, but I'm not sure how that equates to not having time to cook in the mornings.

Set the alarm clock for 10 minutes earlier than normal...problem solved.
 
TorqPenderloin said:
I'm not sure what the question is. Yes, 6am is an early time to start work, but I'm not sure how that equates to not having time to cook in the mornings.

Set the alarm clock for 10 minutes earlier than normal...problem solved.
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10 minutes might seem easy but if your getting up at 4am, 3.50 sounds like the middle of the night, and not a time when your thinking of breakfast, lots of people I work with eat at work between 7am and 9am, it helps keep you "normal"
 
I struggle to get up at 6. Every single time my alarm goes off at 6, it gets snoozed for 10 mins! Ten mins are so precious when they're early in the morning!
 
Shar67 said:
10 minutes might seem easy but if your getting up at 4am, 3.50 sounds like the middle of the night, and not a time when your thinking of breakfast, lots of people I work with eat at work between 7am and 9am, it helps keep you "normal"
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I wake up at 4am each day too, and if I needed to, I'd wake up at 3:50. If you make it a habit and part of your routine it becomes the new "normal."

Unfortunately, being healthy isn't convenient and actually quite the opposite. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices. Waking up 10 minutes earlier is a pretty small sacrifice and it certainly shouldn't be what's holding you back from making healthier choices.
 
I totally understand the bfast issue. I'm normally out the door at 5.40am and honestly really don't feel like eating then even if I just got up earlier. I've bought ingredients to make up a quiche like thing and I'm going to try eating that cold on the train, or if I don't like then microwave it at work. I have the added problem that quite often I ride a motorbike to work and food just ends up scrambled so also got some sausages and eggs and plan to pre-cook then just eat at work. Our work is the same - nearly everyone has a box of cereal on their shelf and work supplies as much milk as we want. So I'm keeping an eye on these tips too. I also just bought a heap of tuna/salmon tins but I go and eat in the kitchen as I don't want to stink out the desks. Some of them have carbs depending on what's mixed in but most it's fairly negligible for me (well the ones I got in Australia).
I agree - my work from home days are so much easier.
 
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