Low (or no carb) breakfast I can take to work

I love morning smoothies. You can put pretty much anything in there and they are always delicious and filling.
I usually sub regular milk for soy. then add berries, mango, pineapple, whatever. they travel well in a sealed container.
Additionally you can put in protein powder but i rarely do that.
natural yogurt will give you yummy probiotics.
With the fruit you are still getting carbs but they are not carbs from flower so they are more weight friendly. yet you get a lot of vitamins.

Nuts-- I brought some to a place the other day where I knew there would be all sorts of muffins, etc, just munched on my nuts, and I was good!

You could always do boiled eggs. I used to do that. They are a little stinky though and all my immature coworkers would go EWWWW like someone farted or something.

I like yogurt and fruit as well...however, these are both high carbs items. :flowerforyou: Instead of yogurt, you might want to try some low fat cottage cheese or fat free ricotta cheese instead. If you have some strawberries (low GI carbs) and some nuts on top, it's really good. I don't think a lot of people realize how many carbs are in yogurt, even the plain unsweetened no sugar added kinds. It's really good for you, but since you are looking for lower or no carbs................

:O I cant believe I never knew that yoghurt is high carb! oops :embarassed:
good idea with the nuts!

(I am not a nutrisonist but I have been studing nutrition as a hobby for the past three weeks and it is amazing the misconceptions that are widely accepted as proven fact!) It is not a good idea to skip carbs entirely in the morning. Your body needs carbs and fat from food (not just what you are hoping to loose) to keep you going. If your body must resort to burning proteins for fuel because you skip the carbs, you will go into "starvation mode" and start storing every spare calorie as fat. You can also end up feeling tired and burn fewer calories because you dont have the energy to be active. Remember that fruits and veg are full of good healthy carbs so an apple for breakfast is a great choice. 50% of everything you eat should be carbs! Fruit and veg are the best source of complex carbs that will keep your metabolism up for hours and you will loose more weight.

agree w rileygsd. Carbs are your friends. Just stop mashing sugar and muffins into your face and choose the right energy fuelling carbs!!!!

re eating no fat versions of things. STOP . fat free stuff is evil.

I agree that carbs can be your friend if done moderately. Sara Lee 45 calorie per slice delightful bread (both whole grain and wheat) are pretty reasonable. Only 18 carbs for those two slices. Slap an egg on that, and you're doing OK, I say.

I eat every 3 hours. I skip carbs for firt meal. Have shake with coconut oil and omega oils. Sometimes if I am too hungry still I throw in a bowl of frosted flakes. But smoothies with a scoop of protein is best. Just be sure to have a leak proof container.

I make a smoothie every morning with skim milk, carnation instant breakfast, frozen banana, scoop of milled flaxseed, ice and WW vanilla yogurt. It keeps me full until lunch. I bought a personal size blender (you can drink directly from the cup you blend it in) and I make it at work. This morning, I added a T. of peanut butter. Yesterday, I added a scoop of pumpkin. You can really change it up. Somedays I just do yogurt, skim milk and frozen fruit.

It's the quality of the carbs you choose. You want low GI (glycemic index) carbs. The faster it turns into sugar in your blood the higher the GI.

Whole grain are lower GI foods, not white bread. Eat wild Rice, not white rice. Fruits and Veggies, not juice. Not soda, not cookies, not pastries, not pasta.

Never eat carbs alone, always incorporate protein with it because it will slow down the process and help stabilize your blood sugar.

I bought a microwave omlette maker at Walmart (it was by the microwaves). I put about a cup of frozen veggies in there and zap it for 2 minutes. Then I put in some egg beaters and zap for another 40 seconds or so, add a slice of low fat pepper jack cheeze and zap it for another 20 seconds. Top it with a little hot sauce.

This is my normal work breakfast. You'd be amazed how envious all the donut eaters become at my healthy breakfast.

I'm going to have to find that omelet maker! That would be awesome! I have a mini fridge in my office I can keep veggies/eggs/cheese in so I could just run to the microwave in the break room!