What can I eat to not exceed Carbs limit

mazzeimarcela
mazzeimarcela Posts: 7 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I’m having a very difficult time figuring out what I can eat for breakfast, everything I log into the app (all keto recommendations) for breakfast, takes up all th carbs I can consume in 1 day, that’s if it doesn’t go over! Please help, what can I eat as a breakfast without going over the 5% carb limit per day?

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  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    Can you give an example of what type of items you are currently eating? Breakfast is my easiest meal to keep low carb - eggs, cheese, butter/oil, meat, done!
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    Scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon would at most have 1-3 carbs for the whole meal.
  • mazzeimarcela
    mazzeimarcela Posts: 7 Member
    WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »
    Can you give an example of what type of items you are currently eating? Breakfast is my easiest meal to keep low carb - eggs, cheese, butter/oil, meat, done!
    I tried doing scrambled eggs (2-3) and bacon (2 pieces), and another day i did 1 cup of 0% greek yogurt with 1/4 c. (each) of raspberries and blueberries, and 2 tbsp. of chocolate whipped cream, However when i log it in the app it shows that I’m doing more than the 4% (my goal) of carbs just with the breakfast alone!
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    Fruit has a lot of carbs. That’s the issue.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited April 2019
    Fruits and greek yogurt are not the best fit for strict 5% keto. For that, you will pretty much have to live on meat, eggs, and low carb dairy and your carbs would come from trace carbs in things like eggs, cheese, and coffee, and very low carb vegetables like leafy greens. Have you considered raising your carbs to 10% or 15%? It would still be very low carb if that's what you're going for, but more manageable.
  • mazzeimarcela
    mazzeimarcela Posts: 7 Member
    MikePTY wrote: »
    Scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon would at most have 1-3 carbs for the whole meal.
    how do you log that in that app because when I try to log in scrambled eggs it shows up as 7 grams of carbs
  • mazzeimarcela
    mazzeimarcela Posts: 7 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Fruits and greek yogurt are not the best fit for strict 5% keto. For that, you will pretty much have to live on meat, eggs, and low carb dairy and your carbs would come from trace carbs in things like eggs, cheese, and coffee, and very low carb vegetables like leafy greens. Have you considered raising your carbs to 10% or 15%? It would still be very low carb if that's what you're going for, but more manageable.
    If I increase the 5% to 10% will that affect how much weight i loose?
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    mazzeimarcela wrote: »
    WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »
    Can you give an example of what type of items you are currently eating? Breakfast is my easiest meal to keep low carb - eggs, cheese, butter/oil, meat, done!
    I tried doing scrambled eggs (2-3) and bacon (2 pieces), and another day i did 1 cup of 0% greek yogurt with 1/4 c. (each) of raspberries and blueberries, and 2 tbsp. of chocolate whipped cream, However when i log it in the app it shows that I’m doing more than the 4% (my goal) of carbs just with the breakfast alone!

    you're misunderstanding how mfp works. it will give you percentages of your macros for whatever you have logged so far... if you pre log your whole day, the macros will change from the percentages that they showed just for breakfast....

    This--you need to know your total carb grams and then look at those.

    Also, 5% is not a useful number if you are at a deficit (5-10% of maintenance calories is more like it). Most aim for being under 20 g net carbs (carbs minus fiber if you are in the US or Canada) for the strictest keto. In reality you can be in ketosis even if you are somewhat higher than that (depending on size and activity level).
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    mazzeimarcela wrote: »
    MikePTY wrote: »
    Scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon would at most have 1-3 carbs for the whole meal.
    how do you log that in that app because when I try to log in scrambled eggs it shows up as 7 grams of carbs

    You can't just find some random scrambled egg entry. What you need to do is find the good entries (USDA for whole eggs is findable by searching "Egg, whole, raw, fresh" and should have around 0.35 g carbs for each large egg, so 3 eggs would be 1 carb). You then would log everything you personally add -- some add milk to scrambled eggs, some don't, some cook in butter, some don't, etc.

    Same with the bacon you use. Make sure you compare with the information on your package if the bacon comes in a package. Same with the cheese.
  • mazzeimarcela
    mazzeimarcela Posts: 7 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    mazzeimarcela wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Fruits and greek yogurt are not the best fit for strict 5% keto. For that, you will pretty much have to live on meat, eggs, and low carb dairy and your carbs would come from trace carbs in things like eggs, cheese, and coffee, and very low carb vegetables like leafy greens. Have you considered raising your carbs to 10% or 15%? It would still be very low carb if that's what you're going for, but more manageable.
    If I increase the 5% to 10% will that affect how much weight i loose?

    Even if you increase it to 60%, it will not affect how much weight you lose. Calories is what affects weight loss. Some people find they are less hungry when they eat lower carb, which is why they use a low carb diet for weight loss. If it's giving you more trouble than it's worth, then it isn't sustainable. Experiment and see which level of carbs/other nutrients makes dieting easier for you and that would be your best fit.
    Thank you so much! That was very helpful!
  • mazzeimarcela
    mazzeimarcela Posts: 7 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    mazzeimarcela wrote: »
    WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »
    Can you give an example of what type of items you are currently eating? Breakfast is my easiest meal to keep low carb - eggs, cheese, butter/oil, meat, done!
    I tried doing scrambled eggs (2-3) and bacon (2 pieces), and another day i did 1 cup of 0% greek yogurt with 1/4 c. (each) of raspberries and blueberries, and 2 tbsp. of chocolate whipped cream, However when i log it in the app it shows that I’m doing more than the 4% (my goal) of carbs just with the breakfast alone!

    you're misunderstanding how mfp works. it will give you percentages of your macros for whatever you have logged so far... if you pre log your whole day, the macros will change from the percentages that they showed just for breakfast....
    Oh! Thank you, that makes so much more sense! Very helpful!
  • mazzeimarcela
    mazzeimarcela Posts: 7 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    mazzeimarcela wrote: »
    MikePTY wrote: »
    Scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon would at most have 1-3 carbs for the whole meal.
    how do you log that in that app because when I try to log in scrambled eggs it shows up as 7 grams of carbs

    You can't just find some random scrambled egg entry. What you need to do is find the good entries (USDA for whole eggs is findable by searching "Egg, whole, raw, fresh" and should have around 0.35 g carbs for each large egg, so 3 eggs would be 1 carb). You then would log everything you personally add -- some add milk to scrambled eggs, some don't, some cook in butter, some don't, etc.

    Same with the bacon you use. Make sure you compare with the information on your package if the bacon comes in a package. Same with the cheese.
    Wow thank you so much for that info! I feel so relieved and now I can actually eat somewhat normal, it was so frustrating to feel like I couldn’t eat anything even the “usual” keto recommendations! Thanks for the clarification!
  • Motivation
    Motivation Posts: 64 Member
    @mazzeimarcela

    It might sound silly, but it would be best make sure that you're counting Net Carbs. You'll need to track Fiber as well.

    Net Carbs = Carbs - Fiber

    ^That's your real carb count.

    Remember, you can't add Fiber to negate carbs. also @lemurcat2 is correct. Add your info personally from what you're using. You can also check the ones that are verified by looking at the nutritional info on whatever you're eating/drinking. I personally have a huge database that I've created over the years with all sorts of food I've tried over the years because when I started they didn't have the verified option. It's just a habit that carried over. It also forces me to eat slower sometimes, since I enter what I'm eating into my diary as I'm eating it.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    mazzeimarcela wrote: »
    WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »
    Can you give an example of what type of items you are currently eating? Breakfast is my easiest meal to keep low carb - eggs, cheese, butter/oil, meat, done!
    I tried doing scrambled eggs (2-3) and bacon (2 pieces), and another day i did 1 cup of 0% greek yogurt with 1/4 c. (each) of raspberries and blueberries, and 2 tbsp. of chocolate whipped cream, However when i log it in the app it shows that I’m doing more than the 4% (my goal) of carbs just with the breakfast alone!

    I think you may be looking at this wrong. You're looking at your pie chart after breakfast and all it's telling you is that at this point in time your diet is comprised of 4% carbohydrates. That will change as you eat throughout the day. What are your actual grams of carbohydrates?

    Also, check your entries...use whatever brand of eggs you're using from the database and not some random "scrambled egg" listed in the database...that's just some random persons recipe and you have no idea what they put into it. Scrambled eggs and bacon would have very few carbohydrates.

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