Low Carb High Protein breakfast ideas.

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thatsright

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Looking for something high carb and high protein (50 gram+) and somewhat low cal foods for breakfast. 400-500 cals. AND something that I don't have to cook.

So far, I only eat 16oz of cottage cheese that totals 480 cal, 20g carb amd 54g of protein. Its a slam dunk, but so much sodium and its becoming a chore to eat. The only other non-cook food item I heard that might meet this criteria would be plain low-fat greek yogurt. 18oz would be 300 cals, 21 carb and 54g protein. But this is too few cals for breakfast. Can anyone think of something to add this to to fill me up and maybe add another 200 cals so I'm not starving later on? Or other meals I could make?
 

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Have an apple with your low fat greek yogurt.

I have a protein shake and then I eat afterwards as well. So for you

Protein shake
low fat greek yogurt + apple

Koing
 

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Looking for something high carb and high protein (50 gram+) and somewhat low cal foods for breakfast. 400-500 cals. AND something that I don't have to cook.

So far, I only eat 16oz of cottage cheese that totals 480 cal, 20g carb amd 54g of protein. Its a slam dunk, but so much sodium and its becoming a chore to eat. The only other non-cook food item I heard that might meet this criteria would be plain low-fat greek yogurt. 18oz would be 300 cals, 21 carb and 54g protein. But this is too few cals for breakfast. Can anyone think of something to add this to to fill me up and maybe add another 200 cals so I'm not starving later on? Or other meals I could make?

Well, this does not satisfy your low carb or low sodium requirements, but it is pretty high in complex carbs and fiber. Should also keep you feeling full pretty long. And there's no cooking. You can obviously use less beans, rinse the beans to get rid of a lot of the sodium, and use less salsa (20 tbsp is quite a bit).

Canned Beans (Pinto, Kidney, Black), Salsa, and Canned Tuna / Salmon

15 oz of canned pinto beans: 420 cal, 0 fat, 1015 mg sodium, 77 g carb, 31.5 g fiber, and 24.5 g protein.

20 tbsp of salsa (spicy): 240 cal, 0 fat, 3600 mg sodium, 48 g carb, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein

1 4 oz can tuna: 140 cal, 1 g fat, 360 mg sodium, 0 carb, 0 fiber, 32 g protein

Total: 700 cal, 1 g fat, 4,975 mg sodium, 125 g carb, 31.5 g fiber, 56.5 g protein

Total cost is about $3.60.

So if you eat this 3 times a day you've got a $12 day and you get 2100 cal, 1 g fat, 93 g fiber, and 165 g protein. Like I said, a lot of the sodium can be removed through rinsing the beans.
 
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Please correct me if I am wrong.

Carbohydrates are broken down into 3 types:

Starches - Complex Carbohydrates, constant, long term energy release, powers you through the day

Sugars - Simple Carbohydrates, instant energy release, gets converted very quickly into fat, results in insulin response. If there is a lot of sugar, the insulin response will result in a food coma and a crash.

Fiber - Non-digestible Carbohydrates, does not count towards calories, does not provide energy, but makes you feel full and keeps your plumping working.

So, for canned pinto beans:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/safeway-canned-pinto-beans-bk-34645434

22 g of total carbs
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9 g of fiber
2 g of sugar
It doesn't say, but that would mean 11 g of complex carbs, starches.

A low-carb diet is oversimplifying, isn't it? You really have to watch out for the kinds of carbs you're eating. If it's a Twinkie:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/hostess-twinkies-84225327

49 g of carbs
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35 g of that is sugar
0 g is fiber
which means 14 g is starch

Ok, so a Twinkie has about the same amount of complex carbs as a serving of beans, but it has 35 g of simple carbs (sugar) compared to 2 g from the beans. And these simple carbs, unless used up instantly, gets a direct path to being converted into fat as well as creates a bad insulin response that results in a food coma.
 
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original post says high carb high protein.

You could try string cheese. Macros are similar to cottage cheese. For some people, they like to time their carb intake around their workouts. So they go low carb most of the day. Take a decent amount of carbs preworkout. Rest of their carbs post workout.
 
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