Beating the Morning Rush: The 3-Minute "Slow-Carb" Breakfast

Hi Tim,

I have a burning question…

You seem like are living in total freedom, I truly admire you and wanting to live like you oneday.

What I’m wondering is about if having a girl friend(or boy friend) USUALLY interfere having a life like you or not.

I currently have a girl friend and it seems sooooo hard to do what I want to do when I want to do.

Do you PURPOSELY avoid having a steady relationship? Did you strategically structured your life by avoiding steady?

I know it’s kinda odd question… but I’d like to know how you can live such a wonderful lifestyle…

Thank you Tim!

Michael

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Hi Michael,

I don’t avoid long-term relationships, and I’ve had quite a few good ones. The challenge is more matching time freedom, if you have it, with the schedule of someone who has not achieved the same. The choices are: 1. compromise and work within their confines, 2. generate enough income to liberate them from their need to work, 3. encourage them to develop the leverage needed for improved lifestyle design.

Hope that helps!

Tim

G’Day Tim,

Read you book (more than once) and enjoyed the synchronistic expansion of thinking and inspiration. I’m busy putting many of your principles into action – a big thank you for your example!

In regard to this post…

I like the nutritional value of your breakfast but from my energy research, I’d be losing the microwave… pronto.

Microwaves screw the molecular structure of food and drinks. Put up with a little cleaning and your body will use less energy overprocessing ‘alien’ food structures.

Thanks, John

P.S. Let me know where I can send you some complementary ppersonal energy products.

Hi Tim. I’ve read that men should not use Flax Seed Oil because there is a possible correlation between increased prostate cancer. However, Flax Seed (grind it up so it can be digested) is ok. Also, I’ve read that you should never cook with Flax Seed oil as its temperature sensitive….so put it on afterward.

Also, I’ve read that you shouldn’t microwave your food in plastic containers, because it releases chemicals into the food.

All these things can be googled and confirmed. Otherwise, great idea. I like what your getting at here. It’s almost RIGHT ON!

Honestly not positive if this will count for the contest, but thought it would at least be funny if it didn’t count.

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What is technology?

I’m not sure if I’m within the first 30 adults, but it’s worth a shot anyway!

Thanks for all the wonderful and useful posts.

Huh–that’s more or less my standard breakfast, minus the spinach (I’m really lazy first thing in the morning), and subbing a healthy dose of habanero sauce in for the salsa. If you can take it, that’ll wake you up faster than 3 shots of espresso…

Unfortunately I don’t have a camera of any sort, so I can’t do the YouTube thing, and anyway words are my preferred medium for the most part, so just for fun I’ll throw in a written definition:

TECHNOLOGY is a series of physical approximations of the way we think the world should be.

Senor Ferris,

Your old NY roomie Brian here. Just joined Crunch. The guy who sold me a membership told me if I joined now, I could beat you in a JuJitsu match in 2 weeks.. what do you think? haha.. anyhooooo..

per your 3 min slow carb, what can a vegan do in the AM to get a meal like that as I begin my training regimen?

I may be out in Cali soon.. Ill hit you up when I book my trip..

all the best my friend,

Brian

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What’s up, big B! Given my current rate of injuries, I think 2 weeks is a fair bet 🙂

See you soon,

T

Hey Tim!

This is my first time on your site and I saw your video first thing! Your breakfast is VERY similar to mine. However, I cook fresh spinach in a skillet and then create an omlette with egg whites (and one yolk), salt, and pepper. I also add some cayenne pepper for a kick (I like it spicy!). I hear cayenne pepper helps kick your metabolism…any experience with this? I then top with salsa; however, without the black beans.

I always notice a difference in eating this for breakfast versus cereal. I stay full much longer!

Keep up the good work! 🙂

Hey Tim,

I have to say that I’ve loved 85% of all of your posts to date, but this one I am surprised by. Why on earth for your first meal of the day would you eat, frozen, microwaved food, even if following your lifestyle plan? A recent study in Aus, put a plant in a microwave for just under a minute and it died only a few days later. Enough said really!

Have you heard of Dr Robert Schulze’s superfood plus? It’s dense in nutrients,( alkalising one’s and protein from plants ) and it perfect 4Hww kinda thing,( it travels too as it’s powder but not dairy whey stuff at all -don’t get me started on that Cr**!) you just add water or a non-acidic fruit juice ie apple, or pear – ie. It’s vegan too and people use it who are training. My pilates teacher tried it instead of her usual coffee ‘pick-me-up’ and was surprised at how energised she felt!

It’s the best stuff I’ve tried on the market and I’ve tried a lot. Maybe worth a try?

Namaste,

Carriex

I’m surprised to see a health-conscious person like you cooking food in a plastic container in the microwave! Please switch to glass for your health’s sake.

Tim,

Unrelated info; what kind of blogging software are you using?

PS: I’m listening to your book at the moment – on disk 4.

Thanks

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I use WordPress. More to come on this soon….

Tim

Tim,

I do wonder too, about overloading on Protein causing baldness, – ( see regrowingyourhairnaturally.com) and digestive problems such as constipation, as it’s all well and good ingesting nutrionally-dense food but if there’s too much acid – ie protein or fat, then it blocks your colon and you are less able to absorb the nutrients. Also, I wonder how you think having less clogged colon affects performance- ie in every arena from in sports, to daily activities and even in the bedroom?

I have my own ideas about this but I feel these areas are important as are the energetic impact of giving up carbs- ie the sugar entities that come from them? A group of ladies I know who are sports instructors are giving up carbs on protein rich and vegetable and fruit rich programme for 21 days and lots of them are having nightmares, this is the sugar entities not wanting to let go, as they are feeding off their systems. it’s not just insulin levels or hormonal imbalances although of course that does come into play.

I wonder what you think and feel about this?

The emotional, energetic and spiritual side of nutrition?

Also, the importance of digestion, and colonic clearing and ‘poohing properly,’ and how it impacts one’s overall wellbeing and performance in life, as you do tend to look at things from a male, rational and scientific viewpoint alone, and less from other viewpoints! ( and there’s nothing wrong with that, just an observation:))

Look forward to hearing from you.

Jessica

I just had this for breakfast (minus the flax seed oil but I added some light feta cheese). It was delicious and I feel ready to face the day!

Unfortunately I didn’t have any wine on hand so the swig was out, but next time…:-)

Thanks for the great recipe, would love to see more.

Sue

Tim great video. The microwaving plastics is an urban legend – here is the link to snopes – heard it many times from my kids’ friends parents, and others, but it ain’t so.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cookplastic.asp

Keep them coming.

Hi Tim:

Have you notified winners of the “What is technology” video contest?

My antsy 13-year old is certain he was among the first 20 kids to post a definition.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Hi Lorraine,

Thanks for the note. An e-mail should be coming anytime, and there were fewer than 20 videos of kids, so you definitely won 🙂

Tim

Tim,

You might want to consider switching to box wine if your drinking for health benefits. The box/bag keeps oxidation at bay.

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000164.php

Good idea. Actually might be interesting to come up with a video series of quick meals like that. Though you might be treading in Rachel Ray’s territory. OK, so a cute girl to come up with a video series of quick meals you can add to your blog.

Hi Tim!

I just got an email letting me know that I won one of the MoGo mouses. Sounds great, right? But actually, I didn’t participate in your technology contest, and I see that many people participated properly with videos and everything. I hate to think that I am getting a mouse that someone else deserves better. You probably mistook my email for someone else’s, so please take the time to correct it.

Congrats to all the winners!

Tim,

Someone in comments said you are freakin’ awesome – I think you are freakin’ adorable! Besides that, I need to school you on the use of the microwave and how it destroys the nutrients in your food. From the Nov. 2003 issue of The Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, broccoli “zapped” in the microwave with a little water lost up to 97 percent of the beneficial antioxidant chemicals it contains. I would feel much better if you were eating fresh spinach and whipping up this little breakie on the stove instead. It won’t take that much longer and you will actually get the nutrients. Think about it…

For super fast cleanup, I highly recommend Calphalon’s Nonstick 10 inch Griddle/Crepe pan. No need for oil in the pan, food just slides right off. Bought mine for a good price on Amazon.

Tim,

Loved the reminder about low carb breakfasts and the benefits paid during the rest of the day. These are great for kids, too, as they tend to crash in the AM somewhere between math class and lunch.

Have you considered putting together an ‘advisory panel’ of people who are successfully living the 4HWW lifestyle and can talk about issues from different perspectives? I’m a WAHM of three small kids and the demands are different (not better or worse) than a twenty something singleton; your book appeals to a wide range of people and having others who are walking in similar shoes while living the 4HWW lifestyle would be immensely valuable to you and your readers.

Thanks for the effort you put into this blog; it shows.

Hi Tim,

I’ve only read your blog up until now and never clicked on a video or looked much at your pictures. Which means that your charisma, charm, and general sexiness completely escaped me until this moment. WOW. You are freakin’ cute! I guess I’m not surprised that you chose “world domination” over “Abercrombie model” as a career choice, but still!

Hey Tim,

Great post indeed! love the quick and easy breakfast idea.

My question is directed toward an earlier post by Jordan:

How exactly did you go about using elance to find a nutritionist to sculpt you a diet, find you online sites to order, etc? I would love to have food delivered to me weekly /monthly instead of having to dredge through the grocery store every week. Such a miserable experience haha. I’m pretty new to this whole outsourcing thing, so any explanation from someone in the know would be great.

Thanks!

-Jason

Dear Tim,

I read your book and I applaud your challenging the “Do-more-constantly-now-busyness” of the culture we live in, especially for young adults who grew up with this message. I think it’s fresh and courageous to step outside of the box.

You have become very influential, so I ask that you research what you’ve presented in this post a little further. Please research microwaving in plastic. Then read THE CHINA STUDY. I would hope that you don’t want to be another short-term-benefit provider. I hope you want to provide long-term healthy advice.

Best wishes for your continued success,

Cheryl

Holly smokes! Three days ago I made the commitment to “strictly” stick to the diet for thirty days and I feel radically different already. For as long as I can remember I wake up groggy, with my head in a fog, but no more! I feel very energetic, which kinda freaks me out — it’s so different! Don’t get me wrong, I keep a busy schedule, go to the gym etc., but it was always “forced” in spite of not feeling like it . . .

I’m going very strict with the diet and don’t feel deprived at all. I’m doing four meals a day — your breakfast exactly — and then three additional small (but quite satisfying — I’m not depriving myself) meals of some combination of fish/green vegetables/beans. I have a protein shake (mixed w/water) with some creatine thrown in along with each meal (I decided to go with the creatine b/c I am going to break with my regular 4-day a week lifting routine in favor of a twice weekly “colorodo experiment” workout — tomorrow is my first as I wanted to get a bit of a creatine load first). And oh yes, 2-3 glasses or red wine nightly (which is a new thing for me — I was a beer guy).

The only “bad” food is the 2 oz +/- of half and half in my coffee each morning and I can’t imagine that 2 oz of half and half a day is going to have any effect.

I’m excited to see the 30-day results. I took all of my body measurements, am journaling my weight/body fat every morning (Tanita scale) and will retake all measurements at day 30.

My only question is DO I HAVE TO PIG OUT ON SATURDAY?

Thanks Tim!

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Hi John,

You don’t have to pig out if you don’t have the urge 🙂 Good luck and keep good records!

All the best,

Tim

Great book.

If you’re on the right track with nutrition, but still a novice. Glad to read that you replaced your plastic containers. However, your breakfast primarily consists of inorganic processed food.

1.) Egg whites stored in a plastic container. (processed). Ask one of your VA’s to research the benefits of eating real eggs. All the nutrition of an resides in the yolk. Eating eggs does not raise your cholestrol. Eat fresh eggs from free range hens feed nutritiously. You get more omega 3 from the eggs of hens raised on a diet that includes flax seed.

2.) Inorganic salsa from mass manufacturer (processed)

3.) Inorganic frozen spinach (processed)

4.) Salt -presumably not sea salt

5.) Oil in a jar goes rancid very quickly. Any oil that you buy in the store is already rancid. Buy whole flax seed and grind it or just chew it.

6.) Do you know how much resveratrol that you must consume to counter the effects of aging? 100 to 1000 bottles per day http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/red-wine/HB00089

Firstly, drink wine because you enjoy it. Joy extends one’s life. The Europeans drink for joy and social reasons not for resveratrol. That’s the real benefit. Filling our hearts with love and joy.

7.) Perhaps the worst – you cook in the microwave which within 30 seconds destroys all the nutrients in the food.

Tim, I bet that you if you had your breakfast actually analyzed, you will find that it contains very little nutrition and plenty of toxins.

Eat more nutritious food -more live food- and you will discover that your body requires less food. Carbs are not the problem. Lack of nutrition is.

With your reach and influence, you could do more to help people eat more nutritiously.

Be joy.

–William

Hey Tim, talking about functional meals (and profitable business), my brother invited me to join USANA (ever heard of them?), and some of their products include macronutrients with low glycemic index, so that you can keep rolling without the ups and downs of hunger, thought you might want to check it out

(it is also a network marketing business, which i have found to be very profitable, i was able to fire my boss and outsource my life)

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Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the comment. I tend to avoid network marketing due to the frequent legal issues and such, but — all things equal — low-glycemic is good.

Cheers,

Tim

Hey Tim! I really like your site and and all your articles! Great work!

But what actually got me to post this comment was the “so” in the video. I just had to laugh at how German that actually sounded 🙂

Keep up the great work.

This is an awesome breakfast. I eat is every morning now. Kick Ass.

A good addition is to add a little red pepper flakes to the top of the salsa. It not only ass a little spice, but a good dose of antioxidants.

Hi Tim, great blog…

I hope you don’t mind I comment. if you are looking for a healthy breakfast, this one has some healthy ingredients. Here is how I would change it to extend your lifespan

(-Liquid egg whites – ok, but limit to 1/4

-Frozen spinach – great, increase amount by half

-Mild ranch salsa with black beans, corn, etc.- good

-Flax seed oil – try 1/2 avocado instead instead of saturated oil or 2tbsp of ground up flax seeds would be great

-Lemon juice – great

-(Optional: lentils) – also good

oh why wine for breakfast?, why not just add some washed grapes to it?

You can blend all these up in a blender with some water or fresh juice.

Thanks for this recipe Tim. I’m always looking for new breakfast ideas. I was going to say something about the plastic, but looks like others have covered that already. I will actually use the conventional frying pan because I rarely use the microwave, read too many things about it. I’d have to clean the microwave bowls anyway so really doesn’t take that much more time.

Thanks again. I’m going to try this recipe out soon.

Graci`,

Gina

What about fruit for breakfast?

One deal I like to do is 1/2 cup oats w/ a scoop of chocolate protein powder mixed w/ a little more water than says on the oats box… throw that in the microwave to cook, then stir in tbsp on peanut butter (natural of course), and a 1/4 cup milk poured in… quality breakfast if you’re lookin to mix it up…

Hello Tim

Your 3 min breakfast is great!

Sorry to hear you have to hold your nose while taking the flax seed oil. In case you are not aware by now there is flavored flax oil now. The Cinnamon flavor is great and you know the additional benefits of cinnamon. Its by Barlean’s organic oils. I can tip the container over and squeeze it out without holding my nose. I usually make a smoothie with cinnamon flax oil(3 table spoons), including frozen dole blueberry’s at least 1 cup, cottage cheese 1%fat 3 to 4 table spoons, lemon flavored fish or cod liver oil(1 table spoon). I alternate the last to items, add some rice milk and blend to thickness of your choice. Either eat with a spoon or throw in a straw. Maybe you can help me figure out how many calorie of a meal this is…Thx Doug

Hey Tim,

I’ve been experimenting with some of your diet tips (lost about 15lbs so far, thanks). This combination (egg whites and spinach) is a killer hunger beater. If I’m feeling real hungry at the end of the day, (which is when I’m usually ready to really chow down) I’ll do 1 cup of egg whites, half a plate of spinach, and a piece of wheat toast: a hunger beating, 500 calorie wonder-meal.

Tim,

Don’t know if you are still cooking your breakfast in the microwave after all the comments, but I have found that using Ziploc Steam Cooking bags is a much easier method of cooking my breakfast. You can even add in the fresh spinach with the eggs and they turn out really yummy. I wouldn’t suggest eating them out of the bag though. LOL

Cooking lentils takes a long time! Do you mean one could use *canned* lentils? Do they have the same nutritional value?

Tim,

Hey- I am sure that you have heard this by now (as you are well read) but I thought that your audience might find some of the following info of value.

With regards to flax seed use in males, it has been suggested by research that ingestion of flax seed oil in males may promote prostate enlargement. This is definitely not something you would even want to risk- just ask anyone whom has had to undergo a TURP procedure or has had a foley catheter placed in their urethra for urinary symptoms.

COLD water fish oil capsules that contain high concentrations of EPA/DHA and have been molecularly distilled (to prevent toxic metal ingestion) are a much better alternative. EPA and DHA are naturally occurring molecules in fish oil that have been linked to improved mood, stabilized blood sugar levels, and healthy aging. Some believe that ingestion can additionally increase testosterone levels and help with arthritis type symptoms.

Secondly, cooking food in the micro will absolutely destroy the molecular structure of protein and all of the wonderful nutritional content in plant matter. Protein structure is highly specific and using the micro will rearrange those components into less than desirable food.

Lastly, cooking in plastics or even using plastics that contain BPA is not advised. BPA can leech out of plastics especially during the heating process of cooking . Many European countries have already banned BPA from their products- as BPA is thought to be carcinogenic. Many excellent websites including the environmental working group (EWG) have data with regard to this. That said, I have no ties with the EWG and I am not endorsing them.

Hope this helps to spread the word to you and your fantastic audience. If you have any questions regarding any of the above please let me know. By the way, most of the above information is not taught to most physicians during medical school. I have taken it upon myself to think outside the box and outside our unfortunately failing medical system model. Again, please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions.

Take care- Dr Anderson

p.s. i am starting my online muse currently, thanks for all of the inspiration.

I applaud your efforts to educate the masses with your new and upcoming book. My wife has pre-ordered the book already for my birthday. Cheers from Rhode Island.

Tim……

I have been following the slow carb diet for 30 days and have done Bikram Yoga for 25 days and have lost 20 plus pounds. I have a great recipe for Guacamole Deviled Eggs, that I eat for breakfast, lunch and snacks. It has been a hit on my blog and on Facebook! My Blog is The Fat Yogi Will

Seconding the comment on chia seeds! It packs in tons of protein, fiber, omega 3 and omega 6. And it could be a very useful ingredient after an unintentional binge since it slows the breakdown of carbs.