What did you eat for breakfast today?

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on December 16, 2009 at 8:03am

Somehow I got used to eating "normal" food for breakfast. Before diabetes, I ate cereal or sweet things for breakfast. Now I eat a big breakfast with some protein and my numbers are much better.

This morning, I ate two pieces of toast with horseradish and salami (32g carbohyrate). Many mornings I make scrambled eggs and eat toast or leftover potatoes (when we have potatoes for dinner, I make extra and eat them for breakfast).

When I want a lighter breakfast, I eat natural yogurt with flaxseed meal and half an apple OR just a whole (small) apple (~30g) with lots of cheese or walnuts.

I don't eat low carb, but I try not to eat more than 50g at breakfast. If I eat cereal, then I need more than 50g to feel full. I almost never eat cereal anymore and always try to eat some protein or fatty foods with my carbs for breakfast. The cheese and apple solution is the best when I am in a rush. I even eat it while running for the bus!

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on December 16, 2009 at 8:06am

Also, do you give your insulin early? Especially for foods that raise blood sugar quickly (like cereal and milk), I wait 15-30 minutes AFTER giving my fast acting insulin before eating. Some people don't need to wait so long and would have bad lows if they did. So you should be cautious. Check this discussion for more information.

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Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on December 16, 2009 at 8:17am

Most cereals and milk are tough for me to compensate for. I miss my berries or banana and cereal breakfasts. I generally limit it to around 15 grams of carbs, now......1 piece of bread or toast or some berries and 1/2 & 1/2 with whatever protein I want....eggs, cheese, peanut butter. If I want cereal, I'll eat a high fibre option with Hoods Calorie Countdown milk (3g's p/8 oz) and bolus 20 - 30 minutes ahead. Doing that lets me eat pretty much anything but requires watching for highs or lows an hour or two later so not good if I am going to be busy. I find my control to be better and the maintenance easier the less carbs I eat for any meal.

Good luck. I'm sure you are glad for the break.....

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Permalink Reply by Robyn on December 16, 2009 at 8:33am

Okay, these are some great tips. I had never considered bolusing early, I'm usually paranoid that my BG will drop quickly. In the morning I am usually at 4.6/83 - 5.5/100. Eating cereal and even granola with berries and yogurt has put me up to 14.2/256 in the last week. I will consider the early bolus. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Robyn on December 16, 2009 at 8:34am

I hate to say it, but sometimes the cereal and milk is 100g of carb. I think I'm going through a phase of missing the pre-diabetic lifestyle. : (

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on December 16, 2009 at 12:43pm

This is completely normal Robyn. Sometimes I still miss it (it's been 6 years for me).

I bolus early and I find that my blood sugar doesn't start to drop until at least 20 minutes after the bolus (but other people find different times). Even when I wake up at 5 mmol/l, I wait 20 minutes. If I am under 5 then I wait more like 10 minutes. I use the kitchen timer to make sure that I don't forget to eat (and I prepare everything so that I can really eat when the timer goes off). Maybe try it one morning if your blood sugar is above 6 and measure every 5 minutes and see how long before the insulin makes you drop a half point.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Keech on December 16, 2009 at 10:21am

As a vegan who likes breakfast foods, breakfast has always been the toughest meal. Today, for example, I ate what I wanted instead of a diabetic friendly item. I had a vegan piece of apple spice bread that I made with black coffee. I usually have a piece of whole wheat toast with strawberry preserves or a vegan oatmeal cookie and always black coffee. Things seem to do okay when I bolus correctly. If I eat only fruit, my sugar spikes then plummets so I am supposed to try to have some fiber and complex carbs. Surprisingly the oatmeal cookie is a better choice for me than a piece of fresh fruit. Every once in a while when I am being really good I will make oatmeal and throw some nuts in it for protein. Lately I have been craving sugar in the A.M.

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on December 17, 2009 at 10:37pm

I eat low carb at breakfast and fairly high carb the rest of the day, Robyn. My endo had me add extra fat and protein to the slice of toast I had myself down to and that actually leveled out my post-breakfast highs even better. So every single morning, I eat (and enjoy):

slice of whole wheat toast, with butter (14g)
slice of turkey bacon
1-2 scrambled eggs (the real deal)

The mornings I try to do pancakes, cereal, hot cereals, fast food...it's horrible on my blood sugars from breakfast through post-lunch.

And I bolus about 15 minutes early...and add a unit or two if I have my coffee with breakfast to account for the spike I get from the coffee.

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Permalink Reply by Robyn on December 18, 2009 at 6:30am

Hi Everyone! So I've tried waiting 20-30 minutes to eat after bolusing! Wow, this is a great little trick. Makes it a little easier to get away with the cereal. Perhaps I should have mentioned that I am a vegetarian as well. Oddly enough, I've been finding that my reaction to granola and my other fibre-y breakfast foods are still raising my BG higher than I thought they would. This is either because now that I'm not in class I am constantly checking my BG 2hours after bolusing, or because something has changed....hmmm. Thanks for all the tips everyone!

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Keech on December 18, 2009 at 7:51am

I consider granola to be a junk food. It usually contains a lot of sugar and dried fruit. Maybe you could try having some almonds (or any kind of nuts) with your cereal. Hot cereal like oatmeal tends to keep my blood sugar more even than cold cereal. You can cook three or four bowls of steal cut oatmeal ahead of time and keep it in a container in the fridge. I used to do this and it seemed to help me. The nuts contain both healthy fats and proteins. Before I have been on this sweets for breakfast binge of late, I often had brown rice cakes with peanut butter.

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Permalink Reply by DC Reporter on December 18, 2009 at 6:45am

i ``eat'' the same thing pretty much every morning -- lots and lots of strong coffee. then i nibble when i make my daughter's lunch for school, which means some cheese, a slice of ham, sometimes part of an orange. i don't eat much and i'm pretty disciplined about limiting carbs. i don't keep close count, but i'm pretty sure i'm in the 60-80 grams a day. seems to work. never had an a1c over 6.5 in the last 10 years.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Keech on December 18, 2009 at 7:43am

I used to eat Morningstar sausages for breakfast but I thought they were vegan. These contain egg whites so I no longer eat them. No wonder Morningstar is Lucifer's last name in DC comic strips. The packaging looks so vegan friendly. Lately I have been eating healthful balanced meals for everything except breakfast. Today I had another slice of the apple spice bread I made and some leftover eggplant caponata. Both contain fats. Neither contain protein. My nutritionist said that as long as I eat enough protein during the day, I do not have to concentrate on how much I eat during a single meal. She said I eat enough protein. Though we all experience blood sugar spikes an then plummets if our breakfast is a lot of simple carbs.

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