Grab and Go breakfast Ideas please
Pinkemi
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Hi all! I have just started trying the Low Carb diet as my weight loss is not going as quickly as I would like.. plus I think i rely far too much on Carbs in my general diet. Fed up of feeling bloated and horrible all the time.
Anyway I have cut out bread and hardly ever eat pasta or rice anymore. Lunch, supper and snacks im okay on.. but my biggest problem is Breakfast!
I used to grab a bit of toast as I ran out of the door.. or ate an Alpen bar or something in the car.
Anyone got grab and go options for breakfast?
Anyway I have cut out bread and hardly ever eat pasta or rice anymore. Lunch, supper and snacks im okay on.. but my biggest problem is Breakfast!
I used to grab a bit of toast as I ran out of the door.. or ate an Alpen bar or something in the car.
Anyone got grab and go options for breakfast?
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I make a bunch of plain chicken tenderloins at once and put them in the fridge in tupperware. When I got to leave, just grab some, weigh it all out, dump my given hotsauce choice on them for the day, and I'm out.2
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I pretty much always keep hardboiled eggs ready to go, as well as string cheese. Those are my "go to" options to grab and run.2
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*kitten*, forgot which forum I was in. You can ignore my previous post. That there's cutting food, and pretty much pure protein. xD0
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »I make a bunch of plain chicken tenderloins at once and put them in the fridge in tupperware. When I got to leave, just grab some, weigh it all out, dump my given hotsauce choice on them for the day, and I'm out.
Add some quacamole for dipping (stir in sour cream or advocado oil if you need more fat) and this sounds GREAT to me!0 -
I also keep hardboiled eggs on hand but I love just a cheese and meat sandwich with cheese as the bread. Simple!1
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Oh, and I love to pre-make pickle wraps with a pickle, cream cheese, and salami. I just keep them in a tupperware and grab as needed.1
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I just make BPC for my breakfast. Depending on how much and what I add, it is around 250-450 calories. It takes only a few min. of active time to make (coffee maker runs at pre-set time and is not "active" time). Basically, it is a matter of measuring out the ingredients and dumping in the blender with the coffee. Blend, pour into my mug, and I'm out the door with breakfast in hand.
If BPC isn't appealing, I suggest meat sticks (like Slim Jims), cheese sticks, or peanuts. It is more expensive, but you could use Quest bars. Some don't like the artificial sweeteners Quest uses, but that is another individual preference.0 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »I make a bunch of plain chicken tenderloins at once and put them in the fridge in tupperware. When I got to leave, just grab some, weigh it all out, dump my given hotsauce choice on them for the day, and I'm out.
Add some quacamole for dipping (stir in sour cream or advocado oil if you need more fat) and this sounds GREAT to me!
When I'm on my normal CKD, I'll usually just add some olive oil and/or full fat ranch to the tenderloins and I'm good. On my current RFL run, it's Walden Farms honey dijon (the stuff is actually really good, especially for zero cal) or some hot sauce. For the moment (and the next two to four weeks), my fat intake is literally fish oil caps, and the incidental fat in tuna and chicken tenderloins. Hah.1 -
@Gallowmere1984 I need to get some of those tenderloins. Personally, I struggle with a high enough protein:fat ratio, particularly low carb. It looks like the tenderloins you are getting aren't breaded. Do you grill them or bake them? I assume you don't skillet fry because of cooking oil.0
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midwesterner85 wrote: »@Gallowmere1984 I need to get some of those tenderloins. Personally, I struggle with a high enough protein:fat ratio, particularly low carb. It looks like the tenderloins you are getting aren't breaded. Do you grill them or bake them? I assume you don't skillet fry because of cooking oil.
Yeap, no breading. My prep method:
Preheat oven to 425.
Blot tenderloins with paper towel to even out moisture distribution.
Put the on parchment paper in a pan so no oil is needed.
Add salt, flip and repeat.
Put a couple of ounces of water in the pan.
Bake for 20 minutes.2 -
I can cook a soft fried egg in the same time it take to toast my husbands toast. So I do that with a slice of cheese on top and pepper and eat it right off the spatula1
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When I first started I would make a batch of egg, sausage, broccoli and cheese muffins on Sunday and heat up a couple for breakfast at work. Since then I've been doing bulletproof coffee and not eating until 1 or 2.1
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Wonder if you'd like these? Similar to what @Cadori mentioned!
http://cavemanketo.com/bacon-breakfast-muffins/1 -
When I used to eat breakfast I would make up a batch of bacon on Sunday night and every morning I would quickly fry an egg, put it in a container with some of the bacon and take it with me. I'd heat it up and eat it at my desk at work.
Though now I'm a fan of bulletproof coffee. (I dont actually buy bulletproof anything I just put heavy whipping cream, butter, and coconut oil in my coffee and throw it in the blender for 10 seconds). Pour that baby in my travel mug and drink it in the morning. I'm usually full until at least 10:30 (usually more like 12). I get up at 5.1 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »I just make BPC for my breakfast. Depending on how much and what I add, it is around 250-450 calories. It takes only a few min. of active time to make (coffee maker runs at pre-set time and is not "active" time). Basically, it is a matter of measuring out the ingredients and dumping in the blender with the coffee. Blend, pour into my mug, and I'm out the door with breakfast in hand.
I do this, too, but a teeny bit more streamlined. I melt butter and coconut oil together ahead of time and pour into ice cube trays, chill, and pop into Tupperware. It saves me time in the morning when my brain is still foggy, since I can throw a couple cubes in the blender without having to measure.3 -
Bullet Proof Coffee.. Ive heard this a lot... but I'm just not sure I wanna try it. Its what? Coffee and butter? Does it not have like.. a greasy texture to it?
Those breakfast muffins @40DayFit look AMAZING! but so much cheese.. i'm struggling to get my head round that aspect of this way of eating! haha
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Bullet Proof Coffee.. Ive heard this a lot... but I'm just not sure I wanna try it. Its what? Coffee and butter? Does it not have like.. a greasy texture to it?
Those breakfast muffins @40DayFit look AMAZING! but so much cheese.. i'm struggling to get my head round that aspect of this way of eating! haha
Not greasy as all. I used butter, heavy cream, and cocout oil. It made a really frothy coffee, basically. You could add Erythritol to it to sweeten a bit if desired, but I never did.0 -
Bullet Proof Coffee.. Ive heard this a lot... but I'm just not sure I wanna try it. Its what? Coffee and butter? Does it not have like.. a greasy texture to it?
Those breakfast muffins @40DayFit look AMAZING! but so much cheese.. i'm struggling to get my head round that aspect of this way of eating! haha
Yep, fat is part of the process. It's what your body uses for fuel, if you're in ketosis, anyway. I'd rather the fat than sugars. Do you have any clarity around your desired eating plan? Are you aiming for low carbs, high fat? Low carbs, high protein? You have to fill in your macros somehow.
For me, BPC *does* have a greasy mouthfeel if it's not blended. Sometimes I don't have time for the cleanup so go w/just heavy cream & xylitol ( which I also use for its dental benefits).
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MyriiStorm wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »I just make BPC for my breakfast. Depending on how much and what I add, it is around 250-450 calories. It takes only a few min. of active time to make (coffee maker runs at pre-set time and is not "active" time). Basically, it is a matter of measuring out the ingredients and dumping in the blender with the coffee. Blend, pour into my mug, and I'm out the door with breakfast in hand.
I do this, too, but a teeny bit more streamlined. I melt butter and coconut oil together ahead of time and pour into ice cube trays, chill, and pop into Tupperware. It saves me time in the morning when my brain is still foggy, since I can throw a couple cubes in the blender without having to measure.
I sometimes pre-cut the margarine, but not always. I use a TB for MCT / coconut oil and HWC. I don't always use MCT oil, though. The hardest to measure is protein powder because the scoop never comes out right. There is either an air pocket somewhere or it is over-full. So I almost always weigh it out the night before. When I don't, it takes a bit longer. For example, this morning, my first scoop came out to 24g and should have been 34g (air pocket). So I dumped that in the blender first, then measured out another 10g... but I got 16g first, and had to remove a bit from the scoop twice before I ended up with 10g.0 -
So.. this might sound a little thick.. but I'm not sure. I was aiming for 25% of my daily calories as Carbs and then i guess.. mostly protein as it keeps you fuller for longer? Which one is better? high fat or high protein?
Heavy cream is a no no for me.. my stomach just does not appreciate it! Same with full fat milk. for some reason butter has always been fine.. So by the sounds of it.. maybe bacon / eggs/ veggie based breakfasts are the best for me?1 -
I just drink coffee with heavy cream for breakfast. I'm not a big morning person.0
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I like to just have coffee with a good amount of heavy cream in it, but if you want something quick to nibble on I highly recommend keto breakfast "muffins". I bought silicone muffin cups for it - DON'T put them straight in the muffin tin because they will get stuck no matter how non-stick it is! With silicone muffin cups they pop right out easy peasy.
Here's some examples but you really can make them with anything, I've used ham, bacon, sausages and spinach with eggs.
http://cavemanketo.com/bacon-breakfast-muffins/
http://cavemanketo.com/keto-breakfast-muffins/
http://www.ruled.me/keto-breakfast-brownie-muffins/
These can be frozen or refrigerated and re-heated in the microwave for 10-15 seconds.
You can always make a protein drink too with unsweetened vanilla almond milk.0 -
I was aiming for 25% of my daily calories as Carbs and then i guess.. mostly protein as it keeps you fuller for longer? Which one is better? high fat or high protein?
Prior to this I was always an IIFYM, eat ALL the protein dieter. And I was never successful. Since embracing high fat, I am able to go hours without getting hungry, never get irritable due to not eating and don't get shaky from not eating. I do around 5% of my calories from carbs (I shoot for 20 grams net carbs a day)0 -
So.. this might sound a little thick.. but I'm not sure. I was aiming for 25% of my daily calories as Carbs and then i guess.. mostly protein as it keeps you fuller for longer? Which one is better? high fat or high protein?
Heavy cream is a no no for me.. my stomach just does not appreciate it! Same with full fat milk. for some reason butter has always been fine.. So by the sounds of it.. maybe bacon / eggs/ veggie based breakfasts are the best for me?
High Fat.. I have 75% fat 20% protein 5% carbs and am not hungry. The fat is what keeps the hunger away.
The bullet proof coffee is how I start my day with coconut oil and a sugar free sweetener, sometimes some other stuff added it to give it variety. Getting the fat first thing in the morning gets me started with my fat % for the day and keeps the hunger away from the start. It needs to be blended or it is gross.
I will have a little serving of meat cheese ready for times I need to grab something. Simply Truth has some good ones for prepackaged one.
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I often have full fat greek yoghurt (or if being very indulgent, a little creme fraiche - more fat, less carbs), with some seeds or chopped nuts. I'm not terribly low carb though, so that might be too carby for you.
If I had to grab and go, I'd probably take a few nuts and maybe some nice aged cheese.
I'm also doing IF and it's a relief not to have to think about breakfast most mornings! So I've started leaving it out sometimes even on non-fasting days.
I aim for more fat than protein, personally.0 -
What is IF?0
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gerrielips wrote: »What is IF?
Intermittent Fasting0 -
So.. this might sound a little thick.. but I'm not sure. I was aiming for 25% of my daily calories as Carbs and then i guess.. mostly protein as it keeps you fuller for longer? Which one is better? high fat or high protein?
Heavy cream is a no no for me.. my stomach just does not appreciate it! Same with full fat milk. for some reason butter has always been fine.. So by the sounds of it.. maybe bacon / eggs/ veggie based breakfasts are the best for me?
Low carb, high fat, moderate protein. Too much protein is hard on your kidneys, I've had a couple of kidney infections over the years, so I must stay moderate on protein to eat this way. YMMV.
Blending the coffee and butter together gives a silky texture to the coffee. I found I didn't do well with coconut oil in my coffee. So it is C&B for me. I get my coconut oil in via cacao fat bombs. I hardly ever get the munchies now so they are my extra fat hit. If I keep my fats on target, I seem to be able to maintain very good control over my hunger. I am doing 10c/70f/20p.0 -
I used to be a big breakfast eater. Now I have a coffee with butter and cream and I can go until lunch without needing to eat. It's very liberating. I keep a stick blender on my sink (I drink all my coffee with butter instead of milk these days - even trained hubby to make it that way). If you blend the butter and cream in it's frothy, not greasy at all. And the fat keeps you from needing to eat.0
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We had a BPC thread going with lots of variations, why it is good for some, bad for others...
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10463868/lets-talk-about-bulletproof-coffee#latest
Personally it saves me most mornings and I'm a scientist with it...lots of variations for me. I don't use it for IF purposes, just something to keep me feeling full all morning.0
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