Help me pick a breakfast...

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...that is low in carbs. For most of my life (especially during my high school cross country days), I ate a lot of carbs. I never got fat off of it but right now I have some body fat that I would love to get rid of. Circuit training has helped shape my arms and shoulders but it hasn't really helped drop the body fat. My day starts early in the morning (8am is early for me ever since I started college) and I don't have the time to run first thing in the morning. I know the body's depleted of carbs and glycogen after waking up so that's the best time to burn the body fat. But like I said, this quarter of college has me waking up early every morning. But I'm done at noon with my classes so that's when I plan on running. Usually my breakfast is dominant in carbs (bagels, bread, cereal), and right now I want to switch to a low-carb breakfast that will keep the carbs down for my noon run so I can burn from the fat storage faster.

Can anyone/everyone recommend a low-carb breakfast besides eggs/pancakes/bacon/usual Denny's crap? Thanks. I have Muscle Milk that I usually take with milk instead of water, is that a good breakfast starter? Thanks again.

PS: I eat breakfast around 8 and start running around 1. Is that long enough of a fasting state to not have to worry about eating too many carbs for breakfast?
 
3/4 cup oatmeal mixed with 1 or 2 eggs. Add milk to desired consistancy and microwave for 1 to 1.5 minutes.

BTW, check the recipe thread sticky.
 
bacon said:
3/4 cup oatmeal mixed with 1 or 2 eggs. Add milk to desired consistancy and microwave for 1 to 1.5 minutes.

BTW, check the recipe thread sticky.
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I'd say the same, or 3/4 cup of oats and either a few scoops of whey or egg whites on the side.
 
pSyKOaLby said:
What about oatmeal without the eggs?
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Umm, it's the shit. Why? If you want to go straight oatmeal, add honey or a spoonfull of strawberry perserves to sweeten it. I use honey.

Why don't you like eggs???
 
bacon said:
Umm, it's the shit. Why? If you want to go straight oatmeal, add honey or a spoonfull of strawberry perserves to sweeten it. I use honey.

Why don't you like eggs???
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I love eggs. I just meant I have a pretty limited window to eat my breakfast n get ready for class. I'd eat eggs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I had the chance, but I don't. LOL. Anyways, nobody's answered my last question:
I eat breakfast around 8 and start running around 1. Is that long enough of a fasting state to not have to worry about eating too many carbs for breakfast?
 
First off, why low carb? I can understand cutting calories, but your eating habits sound suspiciously Atkins-esque to me...


...and as far as running goes, unless you want to be a better runner/track athlete, you may want to consider changing your cardio workout...I find that running for an hour just doesn't compare to an hour of say, Muay Thai or heavy bag work or the associated cardio (jumprope, shadowboxing, burpees, sparring, etc) that it entails...
 
BackBrainKick said:
First off, why low carb? I can understand cutting calories, but your eating habits sound suspiciously Atkins-esque to me...


...and as far as running goes, unless you want to be a better runner/track athlete, you may want to consider changing your cardio workout...I find that running for an hour just doesn't compare to an hour of say, Muay Thai or heavy bag work or the associated cardio (jumprope, shadowboxing, burpees, sparring, etc) that it entails...
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Good question. Not everything I'm going to eat is low-carb. It's just that for my breakfast I want it to have as few carbs as possible so that when I run about 4 hours later, my body will use the fat as fuel faster than usual. And I usually do Muay Thai and BJJ, but I haven't been able to train for a long time because of my shoulder. It's been a long pain in the ass to rehab and it's really frustrating. So I'm just waiting (in vain) to get back.
 
For low carb and Fast, go with hard boiled eggs. Just make a bunch of them and keep them in the fridge. They'll stay good for about a week without any trouble.
 
oic...guess the fight training has to wait...injuries really suck balls...what about bw squats, or bleacher-stair sprints? I've read that jogging/running, esp. if your body is used to it, doesn't really help you to lose fat (I've seen some amateur marathoners and triatheletes have a lil' flab)

...as for the quick breakfast, oatmeal is proably the thing to do (even though I hate it and never eat it)...but the high fiber will work too and you can crap off those pounds...

...or go for an "unconventional" breakfast, like a handful of almonds and some fruit, or peanut butter with apple slices
 
1 cup mixed protein
scoop of frozen berries
1 banana
blended

or
english muffin (wheat)
2 eggs or substitute equiv.
fat free cheese slice
12 oz water

or

wheat tortilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup black beans
small pinch of cheese
salsa
12 oz water

or
1 whole wheat toast w/ ultra promise fake butter
2 eggs (substitute
8 oz non-fat latte
12 oz watter
 
Ugh! I don't know if I could ever be hungry enough to choke down those breakfasts. More power to you guys!

My breakfast is pretty simple: meat and cheese. The meat is salmon most of the time (though sometimes white meat chicken). And the cheese is reduced fat. Very low carb.

My carbs come at lunch. Chicken, beef or pork with rice and a spinach salad (raw baby spinach with lemon juice and olive oil) ...

I had a terrible problem with eating breakfast growing up and well into my thirties. I started eating "meat and cheese" for breakfast when I read Trigg's training diary for his second fight with Hughes. He threw in an egg, and probably didn't have the access to fresh salmon that I do up here. But the sentiment is the same, I think.
 
A dump truck of 2% cottage cheese in between two peices of whole wheat toast.

Is excellent.
 
Serving of Muscle Milk
1/2 cup of raw old fashioned oats
1 tbls ground Flax Seed.

Some fruit is you're a flag.
 
I do:

1 Cup Oatmeal
1 Bananna
1 Full Egg
3 Egg Whites
1 Cup Green Tea
 
a big ole strawberry smoothy

oatmeal, 5 strawberries(frozen), banna, whey, egg white if you want, ice if u want , milk

Blend and drink it
 
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