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nicola30

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Hi everyone, since I have been diagnosed I am slowly putting on weight, I eat healthy and am quite active. I have been trying to low carb diet but I find it very hard to find something quick and easy for breakfast, I have been eating Weetabix (although not low carb) and this rises by blood sugars, what does everyone eat for breakfast when you are on a low carb diet?

any suggestions would be great
Nicola :D
 
Berries and Natural Yogurt for breakfast seems popular among those who low-carb.
 
noblehead said:
Berries and Natural Yogurt for breakfast seems popular among those who low-carb.
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Yep,I buy a mixed frozen bag of blueberries and strawberries and defrost a portion in the microwave as required,add some granulated sweetner and mix in some greek yoghurt and you end up with something like a muller fruit corner but far less carby,scrambled egg in the microwave with real butter doesn't take too long and there is now a new low carb bread in waitrose called 'Livlife' that tastes nice but is only 3.8gs of carbs per slice! :thumbup:

Best wishes

Paul
 
I have all bran and it doesn't spike my BSs much. I don't have a lot of it though because I low carb too but a small bowl does seem to fill me up. When I've got time I do a mixed grill or poached egg with burgen bread - the small loaves are 9g of carbs each so I can have two slices and that works a treat.
 
1) A flaxseed muffin with a few berries and a spoon of natural yogurt ( to make the muffin put 1 egg 25g flaxseeds,25g blueberries or raspberries, 1/2 tsp baking powder,1 tsp Splenda and a few drops of vanilla extract in a mug then microwave for z15-20 secs until its cooked)
2) natural yogurt, 10g chia seeds & 10g toasted almonds
3) 2 scrambled eggs with either bacon or smoked salmon
The first 2 are good for getting your fibre intake up
 
I sometimes do myself a scrambled egg in the microwave. this morning, my brother-in-law who is staying with us had half an avocado with natural yogurt and berries.
Hana
 
can soemone please define Low carb and moderate carb for me?

Today I had three meals of 35-40g carb each.

Breakfast - smoked mackarel and a slice of sourdough rye bread toast
Lunch - a bowl of lentils and a few pakora
Dinner - omlette with mushrooms and cheese, oatcakes and PB, and an apple.

I also had half a dark choc bounty and an apple during the day to bring my levels up for driving. So total carbs approx 135g today.

Yesterday was a bit higher as I had a two hour bike ride - 270g in total, but not a lot of insulin needed :D
 
I would define very low carb as under 30g carbs a day, low carb as something[ between 30 & 60g a day and moderate as something between 60 & 100g a day
I'm not on insulin
 
ElyDave said:
can soemone please define Low carb and moderate carb for me?
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This from the DCUK website:

A research study in 2008[7] used the following brackets to categorise daily carbohydrate intake:

Moderate carbohydrate: 130 to 225g of carbs
Low carbohydrate: under 130g of carbs
Very low carbohydrate: under 30g of carbs



http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet/low-carb ... -diet.html
 
badcat said:
I would define very low carb as under 30g carbs a day, low carb as something[ between 30 & 60g a day and moderate as something between 60 & 100g a day
I'm not on insulin
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Hmmm, can't see me ever getting that low, maybe down to 100gr a day on non exercise days. That's twice a week. But as I'm currently taking less than 25 units total insulin a day and generally running on the lower rather than higher end of the BG scale, I don't have a need to go low just to manage blood sugar.

But thanks for the info.
 
noblehead said:
ElyDave said:
can soemone please define Low carb and moderate carb for me?
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This from the DCUK website:

A research study in 2008[7] used the following brackets to categorise daily carbohydrate intake:

Moderate carbohydrate: 130 to 225g of carbs
Low carbohydrate: under 130g of carbs
Very low carbohydrate: under 30g of carbs



http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet/low-carb ... -diet.html
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Thanks NobleHead,

by that measure I'm generally running in the low to moderate region apart from long training sessions where i'm more carb fuelled
 
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