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Originally Posted by diamondgeog
A few suggestions. Good and easy low carb foods to have on hand: avocado, coconut oil, eaten straight or in coffee and tea. Macadamia nuts. They seem expensive but I eat so few at a time. You have to embrace fat. Remember is is low carb high fat not low carb high protein.
Start wrapping burgers in lettuce. They taste better anyway. I still have plenty of cheese. Salads are great and those are available.
Remember your appetite will be going down. So something hard to avoid WILL get easier. No cereals for breakfast. Only protein and fat. Gets your brain, body, and mood going and sets your hunger back instead of ramping it up with cereals.
Drinks, teas, water, bubble water, coffee.
Hi diamondgeog, thanks for the ideas. I have a nut allergy so those are out. Do you mix the coconut oil in your drinks? How is it eaten "straight up"? What the purpose of eating coconut oil on its own?
I'm not doing Atkins or ketogenic diet, I don't do low carb high fat. I loosely follow the insulin resistance diet way, which is 7 grams of protein for every 15 grams of carbs with no more than 30 grams of carbs per meal. This is how I've found that I lose best. That, calorie counting, no white wheat ever, and trying to as gluten free as possible, are my diet "rules".
What other breakfast options would you recommend? I've been trying to avoid cereal but it seems to be a go-to food since it's so easy. I'm allergic to eggs, so that's not an option for me.