Wow, I wouldn’t be able to handle the carb count of any of those breakfasts! For the past week I’ve been doing string cheese with lunch meat wrapped around. I’ve also brought boiled eggs if I’ve needed to eat breakfast on the go. I found something at the store which looks like a really flat hamburger bun and has only 20 carbs for the whole thing (that’s gross carbs, not net) . . . sandwich thins maybe? I think my ideal breakfast would be a cold hamburger on a sandwich thin, but I haven’t gotten to try it yet.
I understand np…maybe you can get some ideas from this…those flat Whole Wheat thins there good but like you said their 22g right…and you need to at 6g right?
Im with you, every day, up at 7am with coffee. Then 20c gronalla bar around 10am. Oh, plus 1-2 more cups of coffee. =^) I get hungry around noon - 1pm but thats quenched with a cup of water or coffee. Lunch from 2-3pm.
I dont usually have the time nor desire to eat all those different combinations. Dinner is a different story though. Then again I guess Im not much of a morning person.
For a loooooong time, I couldn’t eat breakfast either. It wasn’t so bad during my college days because I rarely woke up before 10 am anyway.
Now that I have to be up at 5:00 in the morning for work, I couldn’t get through the morning without it. I tried for a time to do just that but I’d lose complete control of my BG until lunch. I still wouldn’t call myself a breakfast person so I keep it quick and simple and I’ll eat the same thing every morning. Breakfast really helps with my BG control the rest of the day.
Your type 2 loved one will find it difficult to handle all the carbs unless they are on MDI insulin or pump. If they are just on pills the BG’s will be going up and down all day trying to catch up. Grams of carbs = insulin
Mine puts 3/4 cup of fat free milk at 9.1 carbs alone without the cereal & strawberries.
What I have for breakfast.
Almond flour pancakes. Makes 6 pancakes, 1 carb each. Lots of fiber, protein & healthy omega fats.
Muffins made with a combo of golden flaxseed meal & almond flour. 2-3 carbs per muffin. Lots of fiber & healthy omega fats. Far better than Fiber One junk & just as fast to make. Cheaper, too.
Protein shakes made with unsweetened almond milk (2 carbs for 8 ounces) & either hemp or whey isolate protein powder, unsweetened cocoa powder or another flavoring. 6-9 carbs. Filling & healthy.
Two eggs with cheese.
Nut/seed/coconut granola that I make in quantity. No grains & delicious. With unsweetened almond milk (2 carbs for 8 ounces), it’s 6-8 carbs. Healthy fats, protein & fiber.
Almond bread (I make in quantity) with peanut butter. 6-8 carbs & delicious.
Sometimes, it’s whatever is leftover from dinner–low carb veggies & protein.
I never ate breakfast before being diagnosed T1. Not a morning person either. I found that my BG soared if I didn’t eat. Dawn phenomenon. Sometimes I skip lunch because I don’t have time to eat. Not hungry from eating protein at breakfast. If I ate all those carbs for breakfast, I’d be starving by lunch. Guess that’s why the ADA plan includes snacks. I never snack because I’m not hungry.
If I pick up a pint of the soy creamer @ 3.99 plus tax (4.39) and it lasts about 10days at 4 cups a day, Im looking at about .44 cents a cup. =^) Work busy the starbucks beans in bulk. But I have to admit, on those super tired morngin Ill stop by a local place called coffee bean and pick up a 4x espresso soy lattee at 4.xx a cup. It last all day, but out goes the economics of it all!
