Low carb breakfast

Do you eat eggs still? If so, egg whites are easily the best option. I also make protein pancakes - using mostly protein powder, some eggs, and a little bit of pancake mix and almond milk! If you use mostly protein powder it keeps it fairly low carb.

make an omelette

kvansteen wrote: »

breakfast is a serious struggle for me. I am vegetarian and lactose free. I struggle with breakfast because everything is such high carbs. I'm looking for a better way to start my day. Any ideas?

That is a problem that many of us have @kvansteen

Over the last 10 months I have evolved into a 1300 calorie breakfast. Organic coconut flakes for about 200 calories, 200 more from almonds and a cup of coffee with about 600 calories from coconut oil (5 tablespoons) and 200-300 calories from heavy whipping cream (36% butter fast for those outside of the USA) plus a boiled egg covered in salt.

The heavy whipping cream is No carb and should have little to no lactose but if you back that and the egg out you still have a 1000 calorie breakfast. Just cut the ratio of any item or remove any item totally to hit the macro/calories that works for you should you wish to try my example.

When I cut out food with carbs like sugar and grains to keep my carb grams<50 daily I made up the carbs with fats and held the protein to 70-100 grams.

This is working for me because my goal was to control my arthritis pain with diet only and no meds and I was very successful. One side effect is weight loss which is helpful in my case. Another side effect was 40 years of daily life defining IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) started to resolve after 3 months and was totally gone after 6 months and has not returned.

Best of success and thanks for the example you are setting for others.

Personally me and breakfast don't like each other but when I do eat breakfast I usually eat a banana or some toast with jam

Scrambled egg, add onions, broccoli, mushroom, tomatoes, tofu so it fills you up. Prepare veg night before so you can quickly whip it up in the morning.

Lots of people are used to eating high carb/mostly carb breakfasts with little protein, and that can make it tough to meet your overall macro goals, so it could just be that.

But OP may have other reasons too.

Keep some food from the day before because one does not have to have traditional breakfast food.
Made baked eggs in muffin pans that you can reheat in the mornings.
Also, Chia seeds in soy milk that you let set in the fridge over night.

Here is a pancake made from chick pea flour:
http://ohsheglows.com/2013/09/15/jumbo-chickpea-pancake-a-high-protein-filling-vegan-breakfast-or-lunch/

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I'm also not a breakfast person anymore (it helps me to say in my calorie goal to just skip it entirely). Before I decided to skip, I also would do relatively low carb breakfasts. I stopped caring about "breakfast" food and just ate food I liked. I'd eat really large salads; just eat whatever you like that works with your schedule.

Low carb is harder when you are lactose intolerant. I am too but there are many lactose free dairy products on the market. If they aren't in your stores, search by brand online and then ask your store manager to bring them in. I found if I stayed within the manufacturer that the store is already stocking, they were quite willing. Just make sure they are low sugar too.

If eggs are on your diet, then there are lots of egg based breakfasts that are low carb too. There are recipes for muffins ( I like rhubarb low carb muffins a lot and they make a good travelling breakfast.) I often use leftovers as suggested about. I ate left over cabbage salad and a scrambled egg this morning.

It is harder with restrictions but then so are other WOEs too.

Good luck.

ScottDowell wrote: »

I am on Low-calorie diet over 6 months, it really work for me. A vegetarian is really good for health, you have not so many options but yoghurt, smoothies,fruits salads, oatmeal are really good breakfast.

All of those are high-ish carb, which is contrary to what OP requested (also yogurt will have lactose).

4 oz steak, 3 eggs, 2 sausage patties, 2tbsp of butter, 2 tbsp HWC, 10 black olives, 1 oz home shredded white sharp cheese, and a cup of green tea is what I'm eating for breakfast. Typically I eat bacon and eggs.

I alternate between two or three breakfasts. I am following LCHF so all low carb. One day is usually eggs (hardboiled or scrambles with some spinach and mozzerella...sometimes with sausage links or bacon, sometimes without). Another day I have a coconut milk or almond milk smoothie (1/2 scoop of shakeology) frozen spinach and a few strawberries. (sometimes I add pb for extra healthy fats or have some sausage links with it). And another day I have a homemade muesli type breakfast. (coconut cream, sunflower seeds, walnuts, macadamia nuts, coconut flakes, cinnamon, and some coconut or almond milk.)

Ditch breakfast foods and eat what you like. I tend to avoid breakfast and generally just do hot tea. When I do eat it, I eat what I want. If I want a burger, I eat a burger. Also, decide if you need breakfast as a meal or if you can "snack" it or do without it entirely. That may not be an option for you, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway!