[Bluemax]

Hi Guys

I started with a fasting BG of 140 this AM. Not too bad, but after having GrapeNuts and Lowfat milk, it went to 207, at the breakfast + 2 hours check. I thought this would be a good breakfast. What do you guys eat?

[princesslinda]

Cereal is hard for many of us, most is loaded with carbs. Grapenuts has 17 carbs/serving, but its easy to eat more portion wise than an average serving unless you measure it out. Then, you've got the carbs in your milk, 1 cup is usually between 12 and 14 carbs (2% or skim).

Have you tried the "Hood Calorie Countdown" milk? It has much less carbs and tastes quite good...there's chocolate as well.

Usually i'll have eggs and bacon for b/fast...or a protein shake or S. Beach high-protein cereal bar.

Nothing says you can't have non-b/fast foods for b/fast as well, try lunch meat with cheese...quick and easily portable. I have this at my desk some mornings.


Carbs in Milk

Number of Carbs
» Milk - 3.25% Milkfat - (1 cup) 11
» Milk - Low Sodium - (1 cup) 11
» Milk - Lowfat - 1% Milkfat, Protein Fortified, with Added Vitamin A, (1 cup) 14
» Milk - Nonfat - Protein Fortified, with Added Vitamin A (fat Free And Skim), (1 cup) 14
» Milk - Reduced Fat - 2% Milkfat, Protein Fortified, with Added Vitamin A, (1 cup) 14

* Source: National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference from the USDA

[Aurora96]

Ugh. Breakfast is the worst meal of the day for me.

This morning I had the Glucerna cereal and had good results. The cereal isn't bad but crazy expensive!

Sometimes I'll get a breakfast sandwich (if I don't have time to prepare something for myself) and remove half the bread. I've had some luck with that.

Otherwise, I stick with eggs, turkey bacon/sausage, one piece of high fiber bread and some milk. Sometimes I'll make an omelet (using egg substitute) with some onions and mushrooms and cheese.

I'm going to try oatmeal again soon and see how I do with that.

Good luck!

[fgummett]

Post Grape-nuts Cereal... has 42.2g of usable Carbohydrates in 1/2 cup (Total Carbs of 47.2g - 5.9g of Fibre). 1 cup of 1% low fat milk... has 13g Carbs. So that comes to 55.2g Carbs... please adjust for the amounts you actually had.

The most common theme I read on this forum suggests a low carbohydrate diet (around 100g -150g per day) is working well for many with D. I myself recently started with this and find I get better numbers with things like eggs for breakfast instead of cereal or toast. Protein also seems to fill me longer and so helps reduce the hunger between meals

[Janlaton]

My stand by is a piece of high fiber bread with a teaspoon of peanut butter. If in too much of a rush to make toast, I will grab an oatmeal breakfast cookie. They stay with me good and do not run my sugar high.

[Alice]

GrapeNuts are one of the more glycemic cereals out there...

Even Type 1's like myself often split their fast-acting insulins to cover the "boom" of cereals...

I lived on GrapeNuts in college...but, I walked miles everyday then...so I guess that helped...those were pre-meter days...who knew?

You could have had two KrispyKremes to equal the carbs in your "healthy" breakfast cereal...hard to imagine, isn't it? Be sure to read the nutritional label for carb content and match it up to the serving size on the same label. Chances are the serving size of the GrapeNuts in only about 1/3 cup of so...so you probably had a double whammy of carbs.

[Scrabblechick]

I do a South Beach bar or a container of s/f yogurt. I have seen the Glucerna cereal. $4.69 a box. Yikes! I loooove cereal but have to be very, very careful with it.

Unless I'm on a road trip, I'm not a big breakfast eater. Never have been. I know it's the most important meal of the day, but I've never been able to eat much right after I wake up. I have to be up and going for five or six hours before I feel much like eating anything.

[babySlon]

I seem to do ok on oatmeal(steel cut). about 5 tblspn cooked
1/2 banana + decaf green tea. may be + egg white or fresh cheese.
almonds

[MarcS]

I used to skip breakfast, but admit when I did eat, I used to eat Grapenuts (or the store variety version) too. My problem was that I would eat 2-3 portions and wonder why I spiked. Now I eat a low carb/no sugar added yogurt (or drink one of the smoothies), and have a piece of fruit (usually Granny Smith Apple). I keep these low carb yogurts in the office as snacks during the day as well, they satisfy the sweet tooth generally, and are filling.

[Lloyd]

Eggs, or eggbeaters if you can get them.

Works for me!

-Lloyd

[matingara]

this morning i had salami, pork crackling and black coffee.

delicious, low carb, healthy and filling.

-- Joel.

[MJB]

Typically a toasted english muffin w/butter, 2 fried eggs, small glass of 1% milk.

[Handybear]

Today I had two eggs over easy with low carb spicy sausage gravy. A cup of coffee with heavy cream and sweetened with stevia. A low carb breafast since I follow the Bernstein program.

[jacobsam622]

Originally Posted by Bluemax

Hi Guys

I started with a fasting BG of 140 this AM. Not too bad, but after having GrapeNuts and Lowfat milk, it went to 207, at the breakfast + 2 hours check. I thought this would be a good breakfast. What do you guys eat?

I eat anything that doesn't eat me first . I eat two slices of low carb whole grain bread with no sugar added peanut butter and low sugar jelly, sometimes beef sausage or meatballs, and three scrambed eggs.

[BlueSky]

3 eggs (including yolks), mushrooms and cheese.