Some people follow a low-calorie and low-carb diet for the benefit of weight loss, a reduction in blood pressure, lowered cholesterol or lowered blood sugar. If you would like to reap any of these benefits and are contemplating a low-calorie and low-carb diet, breakfast is the place to start. Here are some breakfast ideas that may take inches off your body and add years to your life.
Breakfast Idea No. 1
Make two low-carb pancakes or two low-carb waffles made with buttermilk, according to the directions on a box of Big Train Low Carb Pancake and Waffle Mix (see Resource below), and top them with ½ cup of fresh sliced strawberries. The pancakes or waffles contain 60 calories and 8 grams of carbs, and the strawberries contain about 26 calories and roughly 6 grams of carbs. Maple Grove Farms also offers a low-carb pancake and waffle mix. Add a cup of black coffee or tea without milk or sugar to your breakfast for an additional 2 calories and 1 gram of carbs if you are having tea. The total calories and carbs for this low-calorie and low-carb breakfast idea is 88 calories and approximately 15 grams of carbs.
Breakfast Idea No. 2
Have 6 oz. of 1 percent low-fat cottage cheese with 6 wheat crackers (low sodium). Include half of a large grapefruit with your breakfast, which contains about 26 calories and about 6 grams of carbs. Drink black coffee or freshly brewed plain tea. The cottage cheese contains approximately 121 calories and about 4 grams of carbs. Low-sodium wheat crackers contain 54 calories and 6 grams of carbs for a total of six crackers. This low-calorie and low-carb breakfast idea totals 203 calories and approximately 17 grams of carbs.
Breakfast Idea No. 3
Eat two large hard-boiled or poached eggs for breakfast with 2 wheat Melba toasts, and have a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Two large eggs contain just 146 calories and zero carbs. Two wheat melba toasts contain 36 calories and a total of 8 grams of carbs. Coffee without milk or sugar has about 2 calories and zero carbs. If you are not a coffee drinker, then have freshly brewed tea without milk or sugar for 2 calories and 1 gram of carbs. Add a fresh peach to your breakfast meal. One small peach contains 30 calories and about 8 grams of carbs. This low-calorie and low-carb breakfast idea totals 214 calories and 16 grams of carbs (17 grams of carbs if you are having tea instead of coffee).
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