I find breakfast is the easiest meal for eating low carb. But before we get into what to eat I want to stress how important this meal is. I know, your mother probably told you a hundred times that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And I am sure you have heard it a thousand times since then. But, I also bet that if you’ve been battling your weight for very long (maybe for years like the majority of us) then you have skipped breakfast many times.

Here’s how my thinking about breakfast used to go. I would tell myself that if I skipped breakfast I would be “saving” all those calories. I could also feel good because I was sticking to my low calorie diet. I mean, if I don’t eat I don’t consume any calories, right?

So I would skip breakfast and then about mid morning I would start to get hungry. So (and here is the real sick part) I would then tell myself that I had some calories saved so I could afford to eat something. This was usually a bag of chips or candy bar if I was at work. It would almost be like I was in a trance.

Then, after eating the snack, I would feel bad about my lack of will power once again, and so I would give up on the day. After all, what’s the point in dieting the rest of the day if I already blew it. I told myself I would start my diet again the next day, and I would follow it faithfully, and so I could eat whatever I wanted today.

Does this sound familiar?

Have you played this game in your head before and ended up never getting anywhere with your weight loss plan? Can you relate to what I am saying? If so, you can share the results you had by skipping breakfast when you add a comment at the end of this article. The more we share, the more strength we build to change our lifestyle to a healthy one. Once you shine a light on your actions, and admit to how you are sabotaging your goals, it is easier to break that habit.

High Protein Breakfast

Now let’s look at the results we get by eating a low carb high protein breakfast to start out your day. The term breakfast actually means to break the fast you have been experiencing through the night. Most people go at least 8 hours through the night, and often times much longer, without any food. This is called a fast and the meal in the morning is meant to give your body fuel to start the day.

It is a proven fact that you body works better and burns more fat if you eat several small meals instead of a couple of big ones. Giving your body a little food several times a day keeps you on a steady energy level. You can think about this like when you drive a car. You don’t put the gas pedal clear to the floor and accelerate to 100 miles an hour and then take you foot clear off the gas and coast until you are almost stopped and then do it all over again. This is not good for your car. Instead, you try to keep a nice, steady speed.

It is the same thing with your body. Instead of eating a big meal which overloads your system and then not eating for several hours so your energy level decreases you should try to be more stable. You can start this process by eating breakfast to break your fast. But don’t eat some sugary cereal. The sugar will cause your glucose levels to spike way up and then in a few hours you come crashing down again. You are much better off to eat a meal with a lot of protein because the proteins allow your blood sugar levels to stay even for a lot longer. This really helps me with cravings. If I have a good breakfast then I don’t get drawn to the snack machine at work.

High Protein Breakfast Ideas

Many studies have proven that a meal high in protein can help you to feel full much longer than a meal that is mostly simple carbs. This actually fits in well with traditional breakfast foods like omelets and bacon and eggs. What doesn’t work so well is breakfast cereals, pancakes, and cinnamon toast. These will all give you a rush of sugar and then make you come crashing down in a few hours. Also, a breakfast based on carbohydrates does not keep your feeling of hunger at bay.
A low carb high protein breakfast really helps me to limit my intake of foods I don’t want to eat. When I eat breakfast I am usually not hungry again for several hours and when I do decide to eat I am not drawn to junk food. I feel like I can just cruise along at a very comfortable speed all day.

On the other hand, high carb foods will cause your body to accelerate and then decelerate. Then you start the whole process over when you have your next junk food fix.

Low Carb Breakfast Ideas

I usually base my high protein breakfast meal on eggs. If you have trouble with cholesterol then you can use the egg products that have the yolks removed. Or, you can just remove the yolks yourself and use only the egg whites.

By using low cholesterol egg products you are addressing one of the main complaints about a high protein, low carb diet. Most people who say this is not a good way to eat point to the levels of fats this diet can contain. Some people claim that you can eat all the saturated fats you want when you are eating low carb and it won’t hurt you. The majority of the medical community though does not agree with this. They say it is still important to limit saturated fats, trans fats, and cholesterol.

With this in mind I use liquid “fake eggs”. Of course they are not fake, they just have the yolks removed which is where the problem is.

I also don’t tend to eat a lot of traditional breakfast meats because they usually have a high salt content since they are processed. I have found that increased salt in my diet really causes me to feel bloated and I don’t like that. Instead, I usually add a lean meat or better yet a serving of vegetables.

For example, any of these additions to your eggs will make a great tasting breakfast and the protein will help you to have that full feeling a lot longer.

¼ cup onions – 3 net carbs
¼ cup green pepper – 1 net carb
¼ cup red pepper – 1.5 net carbs
¼ cup broccoli – 1 net carb
¼ cup cauliflower – ½ net carb
½ cup tofu – 2 net carbs

Of course if you want to add some bacon or sausage to your omelet then that is fine. I just give you these other options because many people don’t think about them. At first I thought having a broccoli omelet would be terrible but it really is a great change of pace. Also, tofu works well if you add some seasoning because it doesn’t really have much flavor on its.
I hope this article has convinced you to eat a high protein breakfast as you follow your new lifestyle. I have found that if I eat a good breakfast it makes the rest of my day go so much better.

If you have a favorite low carb breakfast idea then please share it in a comment. If we all work together we can lose weight, control our sugar levels, and live a happier, healthy life.