[slipperyelm]

Don't forget you can eat vegetables at breakfast, too.

I eat all kinds of oddball things for breakfast, often left from cooking the night before. Last breakfast was stewed chicken with a small piece of carrot and of onion, seasoned with fennel and salted.

Sometimes I eat zucchini with tomatoes or a garlicky tomato sauce, with cheese on top,
or scrambled eggs or an omlet with spinach or other light vegetables.

Sometimes I'll eat sweet potato, plain, Or mashed with cinnamon. (Caution: measure your BG andkeep portions small on Sw.pot.)

A favorite is blueberries in real cream.

Ha, even tofu with broccoli is something I'd eat for breakfast. That reminds me, while I was warming breakfast this morning I was remembering the steamed pork belly I had at my friend's house. It is just another version of bacon, and I'd love to have it for breakfast.

Really, I eat anything for breakfast that I'd eat at other times of day. No problem. I do sometimes delay eating in the morning, though. But I am not working against any dawn phenomenon or injected insulin. That allows me to wake up before eating, so I feel like giving my food more consideration than if I had to just roll out of bed and swallow something quickly to get out of the house.

[matingara]

Originally Posted by BlueSky

3 eggs (including yolks), mushrooms and cheese.

Bravo! Some people seem to object to egg yolks from what I hear. What is it they do not like? I always thought that yolks were much tastier than the whites. I can't eat an egg without the yolk...

-- Joel.

[matingara]

Originally Posted by slipperyelm

I eat all kinds of oddball things for breakfast

speaking of oddball things, Miso soup makes a nice low carb breakfast.

-- Joel.

[kgm0612]

As a type 1 pumper, I have to cover cereal with a little extra insulin. I do well with Special K Protein Plus and 2% Hoods Calorie Countdown milk.

My choices for breakfast are: scrambled eggs or an omelet; a low carb yogurt (Dannon's Carb/Sugar Control); one or two pieces of toasted light wheat bread with spray butter or peanut butter.

Good Luck!

Karen

[davef]

I admit I'm not great for eating breakfast, I'm doing better these days, it certainly helps with weight loss. But I tend to eat light, mug of tea and a small slice of wholemeal bread. I used only eat breakfast (more of a brunch) at the weekends and it used to include a bowl of cornflakes with wholefat milk, don't generally miss the cereal (haven't had any in 5.5 months) unless I'm having a "feel sorry for myself, I have diabetes day"

If you have time for breakfast, I'd look at the suggestions you have been given, meat, eggs etc and watch those carbs in cereal.

[pdxdennisj]

I have a goal of 40 carbs per meal. I frequently have a bowl of oats (1/4 c steel cut, 1/4 c oat bran) in the morning. I cook it for 45 min in 2 c water. It yields 230 calories and 35 carbs and I think it tastes good. My dietition thinks it is nearly ideal.

[Janlaton]

Forgot to add most days I have 7 almods or halves of walnuts with my toast and peanut butter. I just can not eat as much in the morning as I can at other times of the day.

[Evermont]

This morning I had 1 fresh navel orange, 10 raw almonds, 30 oz water, and 30 reps each of 25 different calisthenics, then 3/4 cup of locally produced plain lowfat yogurt with blueberries, tart cherries, cinnamon, and agave nectar and more water.

Tomorrow I'll probably have an omelet with some locally grown fresh veggies and 75% fat free local sharp cheddar cheese (local) . Other days I might have a small portion of whole wheat Total mixed with hemp granola, blueberries, raw walnuts and local organic plain soy milk.

Eat local!

[Real4]

Originally Posted by Bluemax

Hi Guys
Lowfat milk, I thought this would be a good breakfast. What do you guys eat?

Lowfat has nothing to do with diabetes - except that you can make a good case that fatty foods are good for diabetics because fat digestion slows down the absorption of any associated carbs.

[art]

I hate breakfast.
For most of my life breakfast was coffee.
Now I have almost 100% protein for breakfast.

"They" tell me I need the food so the Janumet won't upset my tummy.

Art

[kstreeter513]

Every morning I have a bowl of oatmeal (1/2 c dry) made with 1 cup skim milk. Microwave for 2 1/2 minutes, then stir in 1 Tbl peanut butter. The fat in the peanut butter helps me avoid a spike.

[jakesfnm]

I'm a firm believer in balancing your meals as much as possible. I have 1 slice (usually) of "Woman's Bread" available at many health food stores. (There's a men's bread too, but I haven't purchased it.) The bread is only 11 carbs per slice with 4 grams of fiber. It's packed with whole grain and naturally rich in protein and vitamins etc. I add almond butter, a few blueberries most days, eggs with avocado on the weekends. Can't wait for breakfast!

[poppa]

The breakfast that sees the best post meal numbers for me is 6 large eggs (WHOLE eggs) soft scrambled (almost still runny) in real butter with a tablespoon of cinnimon and a few drops of liquid stevia added right at the end...

Sometimes I add a few strips of bacon or sausage patties.



Not a single carb on the plate!
My 2 hour post meal numbers are always lower than my pre meal numbers when I do this. Last Sunday when I had this breakfast my pre meal bg was 236 and my 2 hour post meal bg was 204. (remember I'm still trying to find my lantus basil. Up to 17 units at bedtime now. I'm not yet bolusing)

I can't do this on work days so I settle for a glucerna diabetic shake for breakfast... which always causes my numbers to be 10 points or so higher than my pre meal numbers.

[jacobsam622]

Originally Posted by slipperyelm

Don't forget you can eat vegetables at breakfast, too.

I eat all kinds of oddball things for breakfast, often left from cooking the night before. Last breakfast was stewed chicken with a small piece of carrot and of onion, seasoned with fennel and salted.

Sometimes I eat zucchini with tomatoes or a garlicky tomato sauce, with cheese on top,
or scrambled eggs or an omlet with spinach or other light vegetables.

Sometimes I'll eat sweet potato, plain, Or mashed with cinnamon. (Caution: measure your BG andkeep portions small on Sw.pot.)

A favorite is blueberries in real cream.

Ha, even tofu with broccoli is something I'd eat for breakfast. That reminds me, while I was warming breakfast this morning I was remembering the steamed pork belly I had at my friend's house. It is just another version of bacon, and I'd love to have it for breakfast.

Really, I eat anything for breakfast that I'd eat at other times of day. No problem. I do sometimes delay eating in the morning, though. But I am not working against any dawn phenomenon or injected insulin. That allows me to wake up before eating, so I feel like giving my food more consideration than if I had to just roll out of bed and swallow something quickly to get out of the house.

Vegatables for Breakfast Yuk I will eat donuts before I eat Veggies for breakfast. No hard feeling but yuk.

[Achilles]

My breakfast usually consists of two hard boiled eggs. I'll only eat the yolk in one of them since I have eggs almost every morning. Turkey sausage pattie or 3 pieces of nuked bacon (pre-cooked).

I've tried oatmeal and the Glucerna cereal but they make me spike really high. I love cereal too but have given up for now.

I'll have to try out that peanut butter in the oatmeal trick and see what happens.