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

In the kitchen with Tim yo. I’m down. And I’ll have my video uploaded lickity split. Thanks for the great post.

(BTW: click on my name to see Bruce Lee battle it out with David Allen of GTD fame. I only mention this because I think you’ll like it, Tim; feel free to delete me, I’m not trying to Spam).

A great way to increase insulin sensitivity is the use of intermittent fasting, which I’ve found assists more favorably in sensible recomping.

Instead of vomiting on your shoes, why not swap out the flax oil for golden ground flax meal? It has a slightly nutty flavor that is subtle in any dish; it won’t even overpower the mostly bland vanilla protein powders available. You also get fiber in addition to the omega 3’s.

Best,

Skyler

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Hi Skyler,

But, but… I like vomiting on my shoes! LOL… good advice. I’ve had flax meal in cereal, and it’s delicious, but now that I’m off of cereal, I forgot all about it. Capsules will do the trick as well.

Thanks for the reminder!

Tim

Tim,

Thanks for posting this. Believe it or not, I’ve been having a similar breakfast for past few months as part of my low carb diet. I combine egg white with onions/tomatoes/jalapenos/fresh spinach/flax seeds (whatever is available that morning) to make a quick omelette and top that with Safeway SELECT salsa with just 10 calories per serving. I even tried to cook it in microwave to avoid cleaning the frying pan later but I think it tastes better the old school way.

Cheers,

Sameer

Issue 1: Heating plastic in microwave. Over time, toxins can accumulate significantly. . .

Issue 2: Frozen spinach. I hate it. I want to establish a foundation to save kids from it because I think it is the main reason why kids hate anything green on the plate . . .

Issue 3: What are you drinking in the morning??

I enjoyed reading 4HWW and really like this blog. Look forward to more reading!

Respectfully,

Akemi

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Hi Akemi,

Glass is fine if you have it. I rarely drink anything other than water, tea, or wine. I drink water and tea in the mornings.

Tim

What is Technology?

Tim, I’m a huge fan. In a lot of ways you ripped apart my worldview and changed the way I looked at my own goals and priorities. I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but instead of a new mouse I would love to have a single, signed copy of 4HWW. It’s something I would hold on to and enjoy, whereas the mouse is just going up on eBay.

“techdefinition”

Complements de mi novia!

If she wins, she would like the MoGo x54

Here is my 10 year old daughters version of technology.

I may even have one from my 7 and 4 year olds tomorrow when they wake up.

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Please, please get the 7 and 4 year-old’s answers! Fantastic…

Tim

Thanks for the breakfast tip Tim!

here is my entry:

Ciao!

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David, we’re missing a URL! That is, unless silence is your symbolic answer.

Tim

Gargling with brandy: Churchill would be proud!

http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=Q5tbqB3x9kA&rel=1&eurl=&iurl=http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q5tbqB3x9kA/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskI6JRYsMOR8NWLwjLzIgFlD

I’m new to YouTube, please let me know if this doesn’t work (youtube id is dst8779)

Tim –

I’ll take the MoGo x54.

Thanks.

Hey Tim,

By reading your book I was not surprised to come to your website and find no direct email address to reach you 🙂 Im sure you would get a ton of emails and your 4 hour week would turn into a full time job. Well, all I wanted to know is when are you coming to Chicago? I would really, really, really like to meet you. Wouldn’t take much of your time, promise! You have been my inspiration. Last year in September during my one week vacation from work, I picked up your book at Costco (that’s where all the samples are) and read it during that week’s time away from work at the leisure of my four wall bedroom. I came back from my vacation and gave my managers a notice. I quit and enrolled full time to DePaul University.

Stop by Chicago!

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Hi Joanna,

Thanks for the comment and kind words! I have a lot of reasons to go to Chicago, so I’ll keep you posted via the blog. A trip may be coming soon, and I should be there in 2008.

🙂

Tim

Wow Tim, your cooking class is sweeping me off my feet;) Since I live in porridge land, a.k.a Sweden, I’m really establishing new habits.. A groundbreaking swede^^

Now really, when you don’t care about the messy clean-up, what do you cook? There can’t only be three-minutes meal in this enjoyable world, especially when you’re not eating alone?

Keep up the good work! Isabelle

Hey, Tim. Huge fan – keep up the good work. Here is my answer.

Tim –

Greetings from St. Louis. Killer breakfast! Hope this is what you’re looking for:

“Technology is anything that was invented after you were born.” -Alan Kay

http://www.youtube.com/user/googlegarage1981

Ok, Finally got it pasted on here.

Have a great weekend…

Jose Castro-Frenzel

“What is Technology?”

tim,

why are you not a proponent of big breakfast? i’m very curious, especially since big breakfasts are almost invariably recommended.

Hi Tim.

I use to prepare dinner and breakfast at the same time. I take 100 grams (Yep, I’m european metric) of oatmeal and put them into hot water with 6 egg whites. I start removing them to get a consistent mixture. The final touch is adding a sweetener and some cinammon. Then I divide this dish into 2 halves. One for the dinner and one for the breakfast. In the morning I add some fresh orange juice to received my C vitamin dose.

Simple, Low calorie, High Fiber and Healthy!

Seriously … appreciate you getting life “dialed in”

Big thanks.

Tim: obviously you look at microwaving food in a favorable light, or at least the quickest option. I’ve heard arguments for and against microwave use. The anti-microwave crowd will say that it drains all of the nutrients from the food. Your thoughts?

Great stuff ! Keep it coming. I’ll take the x54 too if available.

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Need a video link, big fella!

T

Got my son to tell us what technology is…. in a 4-year-old’s words! 🙂 Thank you for the offer! Fun assignment!!!

Yay for fun contests!

Technology is the ubiquitous integration of digital products with human life processes that forms our postmodern culture.

My favorite breakfast – Green smoothies.

Packed with energy and unprocessed nutrients…

Ingredients:

2 bananas

1/3 of a fresh pineapple or 1 fresh mango (frozen if you can’t get fresh)

Handful of baby spinach leaves or other greens like Kale.

1 glass of water.

Handful of ice if not using frozen ingredients.

Blend it!

Makes 2 large glasses, enough for 1 person.

And I swear the spinach doesn’t taste like you think it will. This tastes like a refreshing fruit drink with a mild ‘fresh’ taste.

Here is my video.

This is a great way to get people involved. I even told a bunch of my filmmaker friends about it.

Your blog is one of the few that I actually read regularly.

Keep up the good work!

– Ryan

Tim,

thanks for the recipe…awesome! I too hate cooking and try to find quick fast nutritious recipes.

Here’s another breakfast one my trainer gave me that I love:

1/2 cup of organic oatmeal (I use Bob’s rolled oats from Publix)

put in 1 cup of water and throw it in the microwave for 3 min.

when finished throw in 2 scoops of “muscle milk light” protein

and add 1/4 cup of blueberries and stir it all up.

It is so quick and I eat it every morning and never get tired of it. We should make a cookbook for guys like us who hate to cook but love healthy fitness minded meals that are all less that 5 minutes!!

My definition of technology:

Did I spy Anchor Steam in your fridge? What’s the protocol on beer on your diet?

Hi Tim,

Did you say that was a healthy breakfast? When I see you get the food off many packages and use the microwave, a voice screams in my head: “not healthyyyy”!

According to my Moroccan standards at least, this breakfast doesn’t sound/look healthy.

🙂

Tim, I love your concepts and ideas, but one thing about this video shocked me: Drinking wine directly from the bottle.

If you love wine, it is a sacrilege to drink it other from a wine glass 🙂

Hey Tim,

You might want to be careful about microwaving in plastic. Dr. Oz and Dr. Andrew Weil have both written extensively about the microscopic particles that get into your food from the plastic that get into your body. Try and find a pyrex dish or similar instead.

Love, love, love your site. Wishing you continued good health and adventures, M

Tim, You haven’t heard about putting plastic containers in the microwave? Google it and find out how your killing yourself. Rich

Oh my god….sweetie, that’s disgusting! As quickly as you made that micro breakfast you could cook the egg whites and fresh spinach in a pan! Add a variety of other fresh veggies and such (broccoli, green onions, sun dried tomatoes, black beans…) if you’re feeling crazy and you have an extra, oooohhhh, 30 seconds to your morning?!?! Use non stick spray in the pan, rinse when done and stick in dish washer, no clean up necessary! Invite me over, I’ll show you how, you can time me 🙂 heh!

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Hey Tim,

Have you ever tried using a steam arm from an espresso machine to cook your eggs? It’s lightning fast and the eggs turn out fluffy and yummy. Clean up is just wiping off the steam arm and whatever container you use to eat out of (unless it’s disposable).

Also, I eat a handful of Chlorella capsules instead of bothering to cook veges…it’s the nutritional equivalent of eating like a roomful of spinach…

ok here’s me:

child coming soon…I’m going to go recruit some more moms, hopefully they won’t beat me 😛

Technology is…

http://newswivel.com/techdef.mov

I also hate cleaning. My solution is to use a cast-iron frying pan. Once your pan is seasoned and you have some practice, you can fry up eggs etc. for breakfast, eat out of the pan (or use a plate), then just give the pan a 2 second rinse in hot tap water and be done with cleanup.

If you use the pan several times a week you don’t have to worry about the oils in the pan going rancid, and it actually helps to keep the pan seasoned if you never scrub it or wash it. The only trick is to rinse with very hot water, which melts grease and leaves just a thin film. Also you can use metal utensils directly in the pan during prep before you pre-heat (no need to dirty a cutting board).

Hey Tim,

I’m with you on the goal of your breakfast plan. A few comments:

-I’d suggest reconsidering the nutritional value of whole eggs. I’ve recently returned after 20 years of whites/egg beaters. Farm fresh eggs are an absolute treat (if you can find them.)

-Even if you don’t switch back, use real egg whites from the shell instead of packaged/processed. If you’ve read any of Michael Pollan’s work, you’ll know why. http://michaelpollan.com/

-I concur on the bad mojo for plastic in the microwave. Plus, if you cook in the ceramic dishes you’re eating from, there’s that much less to clean.

Rob

YouTube didn’t have the audio converted when I checked. I uploaded another copy to http://www.craignewkirk.com/media/video/what_is_technology.3g2

Tim,

Wow what can I say your blog is soooo addictive. Every entry is a blessing and a “must read”. Ok, enough sucking up. Here is my “what is technology” video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4cqO99ICfE#

1st comment, 1st video. Not sure on the URL so I shotgunned it with both. Sorry. Looking forward to beginning my NR life!!!

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Thanks, Chuck! I’m hoping to put the designers of heroin and War Craft on my content team 🙂

All the best,

Tim

One more time for that X54

and just in case YouTube doesn’t convert the audio correctly:

http://www.craignewkirk.com/media/video/what_is_technology.3g2

Here you go. My 5 year old daughter had a blast “putting on her show”.

My 2 year old son just wanted to see himself on the screen (as every boy should).

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Hi Joe,

The URL doesn’t seem to work — can you repost, please?

Tim

Tim:

I’ve pushed this to a much greater extreme: completely automating all time-consuming tasks associated with eating.

Here’s how I did it:

1. I identified the criteria of my ideal diet, which are: low-glycemic, mostly organic, vegetarian, high-protein, includes a variety and plethora of fresh fruits/veggies, requires no preparation whatsoever. I also wanted foods that I could mix and match into chunks of approximately 200 calories, to be eaten approximately every 2 hours. This is a great way to maintain steady blood glucose levels–and thus energy levels–rather than enduring the blood glucose peaks and valleys that ensue from the physiologically-ridiculous “3-meals-per-day” approach.

Criteria of an ideal diet will of course vary from person to person.

2. I payed 2 Canadian e-Lance-recruited nutritionists to each find 15 items that met these criteria, that could be ordered online, and that could be delivered to my home address.

You’d be amazed at how many foods can be ordered online and delivered, with little if any increased cost relative to a high-end grocery store.

3. I automated delivery of these items when possible, and I pay a Bangalorian $10/month to order foods at regular time intervals from sites that lack automation. systems.

That’s it.

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The cost/benefit analysis:

Initial Investment:

time: 25 minutes

money: $140

Ongoing Benefit:

time saved: ~2 hours per week (no time spent going to the grocery store, preparing food, or cleaning dishes).

money saved: ~$40 per week, accounting for the Balgalorian who orders most of my food. I achieve these savings mostly by foregoing a couple of the suggested foods that would have added a high proportion of my weekly cost, but yielded relatively little of what I wanted to get out of this diet.

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You might think that the diet would be bland, but I haven’t found this to be the case. Thanks to 2 evidence-supported psychological phenomena (hedonic adaptation and intentional savoring), I’ve been able to make this diet far more enjoyable than my previous diet, which I really didn’t appreciate.

An added bonus: I have a far greater appreciation for the occasional gourmet meal.

It’s been one of my more successful LD experiments. I’d love to hear others’ comments and similar experiments.

Jordan