no-carb breakfast ideas?

[babyjelly]

I'm not willing to call it GD, because my numbers look great the rest of the day...but if I eat carbs for breakfast, my blood sugar spikes and I feel terrible. I've always been a cereal person, and I'm stuck as to what to eat every day. I came up with eggs or cottage cheese, but don't hink I can do that every single day for another three months. What do you ladies eat for breakfast that doesn't include carbs?
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[fertilemyrtle]

what about a breakfast burrito with a low-carb wrap? I don't know much about low carbs, but you could do some meat/eggs/cheese and some veggies. A few low glycemic index veggies like greens shouldn't spike your numbers and they're full of nutrients so that's a pretty healthy breakfast.

I did a search, and low-carb tortillas exist fyi.

[gemasita]

I do a bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast burrito on a low-carb tortilla. But if you need even lower carb, I LOVE scrambled eggs with salsa and American cheese.

[LZP]

I'd suggest not cutting out carbs totally- your body and growing baby (!!) do need them for energy and to balance digestion. You just have to be sure to balance the carbs with veggies, healthy fats, and protein.
Cold cereal with milk - especially depending on the kind of cereal you eat- does have a lot of carbs, and not enough fat/protein to balance it out. If you add finely chopped, toasted almonds (put in a coffee/nut grinder) and a cut up banana to special K or Cheerios, and use milk with some fat, that is much more balanced (my mom is diabetic, and this is her go-to breakfast, recommended by nutritionist.)

However, warm oatmeal prepared with milk or water, with a handful of chopped nuts, cinnamon, and some berries would be a good option. just don't add extra sugar.

A smoothie with frozen blueberries, whole milk yogurt, some wheat germ, and almonds is one of my favorites. (I even added protein powder while I was pg, bc I ALWAYS wanted protein and was soooo hungry while pg!) you can add leafy greens to this and the berries/nuts should mask the flavor.

A breakfast burrito like PP suggested would be great!

low sodium vegetable juice, a banana, and 2 slices of 100% whole grain toast (the kind or bread with seeds, oats, etc in it) with nut butter spread on it is another go-to breakfast for me. my favorites are peanut and almond butter, but you could use cashew or even sunflower seed.

Breakfast tortilla bowl: whole wheat tortilla, eggs, salsa, avocado (or guacamole!) and cheese. Prep the night before: shove the tortilla in the bottom of a microwave safe bowl, pile on eggs (that you've cooked already), cheese and salsa. In the AM, throw in micro for like 1.5 min on medium to warm through, blob on guacamole. enjoy! add peppers if you like (but they always gave me gas during pg)

chicken sausage and a whole wheat pancake (made in advance, toasted in AM) with reduced sugar jam/jelly. (I put reduced sugar jelly in the micro and make that into my syrup instead of pure maple syrup sometimes.)

[lynsage]

I feel like crap if I eat refined carbs early in the day and it's been that way since about week 2 of my pregnancy I have pretty much given up on breakfast food since I can only eat eggs if someone else makes them for me and I don't see them in raw form. So if I'm eating at home I will have:

Sliced turkey breast and cut up raw veggies

Chili (no crackers or bread)

Chicken soup (no noodles)

Polish sausage or hot dogs with ketchup on the side, no bun

Leftover steak and veggies


If I'm having a really low appetite morning I will just eat some turkey breast or olives and a pickle and wait until later to try to get some more calories and carbs into myself.

[aleatha5]

You can also do celery with peanut butter in it or greek yogurt (it has less than 8 carbs if it is the regular unsweetened no fruit kind). Or you can do vegetarian sausage patties with a slice of cheese. (Or regular sausage if you eat meat). I also get little laughing cow cheese rounds and eat those in the morning. I also like to sprinkle cinnamon on cottage cheese. You can also make little fritatas in muffin pans, they are really portable and kind of feel like muffins.

[homemademom]

Veggie omelet

Eggs scrambled with vegetables and/or bits of leftover steak, sausage, etc.

Sausage, bacon, canadian bacon

Hard boiled eggs

Chicken salad, egg salad

[ecky]

i do have GD and i am supposed to limit myself to 30 carbs in the morning.
i find that cereal really throws me over the edge.
i tend to do breakfast burritos, cottage cheese with 1/2 a banana, greek yogurt (plain or vanilla) with 1/2 a banana. sometimes i have a slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter or with scrambled eggs and bacon. more than 1 slice of toast makes my numbers too high.
juice is tough because most juices have A LOT of carbs.
after breakfast i am supposed to have a 15 carb snack before lunch - crackers and cheese, apple and cheese...that type of thing.

getting carbs is important for your growing baby. don't cut them out all together. just make sure they are whole grain.

this is what works for me...but everyone is different - and every pregnancy is different. i had gd last time too and i can tolerate different foods this time.

good luck!

[DanielleT]

Prior to being pregnant I was low-carbing and i found this little b-fast receipt which i still eat today as it is SOOOOOO YUMMY; i grab a microwave safe dish, use some sort of cooking spray or butter to coat the bowl and put in 2oz of cream cheese (softened) followed by an egg or two, a splash of vanilla, a drop of liquid sugar (which i think is 1tsp), stir it together and then top it with a little cinnomin (sp?) throw it in the mic for a couple minutes and it is (in my opinion) a little piece of heaven...mmmmm
Then i added some veggies and meat...

[Siennaflower]

I had GD and my standard breakfast was a small bowl of greek yogurt and sliced strawberries. I forget the exact proportions but it had to equal 30 carbs. Strawberries are very low on the glycemic index and were just sweet enough to combat the tangy-ness of the greek yogurt, which is very high in protein.

[Adamsmama]

Yogurt and whole grain toast.
Toast with scrambled eggs (or homemade hasbrowns and eggs...lots of butter makes these delicious!)

[babyjelly]

Thanks for the delicious ideas, mamas! I'm taking notes
I'm aware the baby and I need carbs; breakfast is the only meal where they cause me problems. I can eat whatever the rest of the day and have beautiful numbers. My dad thinks my sister (who had type 2) had a similar problem during her first pregnancy.
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[mom61508]

Originally Posted by babyjelly

Thanks for the delicious ideas, mamas! I'm taking notes
I'm aware the baby and I need carbs; breakfast is the only meal where they cause me problems. I can eat whatever the rest of the day and have beautiful numbers. My dad thinks my sister (who had type 2) had a similar problem during her first pregnancy.
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There are some great ideas! I disagree though with you needing carbs in the form of regular breads, tortillas, cereal, etc. I also feel better If I have a high protein breakfast with lots of good fat. That's way better for you than cereal any day ya know. Now carbs like veggies, fruit and sprouted grains would be great for you! But i do agree that If you want bread or cereal in the AM to make sure to balance it out with some good fat and protein and I'm sure it will make a huge difference for you Good luck!

[menomena]

We stay fairly low-carb all the time and are totally grain-free, among other food restrictions due to allergies and IBS.

This is what I've been eating in the morning, after the M/S got less intense and I could actually think about food before 11a:

* Eggs, usually in an omlette with veggies (zucchini, onions, whatever I have)
* sausage
* leftovers from dinner (meat & veggies)
* coconut milk + 1/4C frozen fruit (usually blueberries)= yummy smoothie
* ocassionaly, coconut flour pancakes w/palm shortening and teeniest drizzle maple syrup
* celery and soft goat cheese (or cream cheese if you can do cow dairy)
* raw veggies, like cucumbers, carrots, celery, radishes
* salad with veggies, balsamic vinegar & EVOO