Thanks much
One breakfast food that's really easy to prepare and easy to make really high cal is oatmeal. I make about a 450 cal bowl by cooking a packet of instant oatmeal with milk and chocolate protein powder, then topping it with peanut butter and banana slices. But there are so many different combinations you can come up with to make a breakfast that's loaded with calories and really tasty.
Some ideas: cook the oatmeal with milk instead of water (whole milk if you want) or even add some (flavored or unflavored) yogurt to the bowl before cooking, sweeten it with honey or brown sugar, mix in some dried fruit or nuts or chocolate chips or some high-cal granola before you cook it, mix in some canned pumpkin and cinnamon for pumpkin pie oatmeal, drizzle nut butter or jam or canned pie filling over the top... And oatmeal's one breakfast that is definitely easy to make a TON of, just use a bigger bowl :)
but how can i include proteins in my breakfast and reduce the carb intake?
Greek yogurt is another good option that's much higher in protein that regular yogurt, and can be topped with high-cal and high-protein granola or nuts/nut butter. Sublime mentioned being tired of eggs, but for you, omlettes loaded with cheese, meat if you want, veggies, etc, could be a good option.
Ever try non-breakfast foods? Have some chicken or beef or fish.
Left over pizza! I wish I could eat that for breakfast--everyday! Eat non-traditional foods for breakfast. How about a cheeseburger or bratwurst? Left over Chinese food, lasagna (yummy!), mac and cheese. As you can see, I LOVE leftovers for breakfast--hmmm, maybe that is why I am trying to LOSE weight!
1. Big bowl of granola with milk and fruit
2. Bagel sandwich: bagel, eggs, cheese and bacon
3: fruit, yogurt, granola parfait and a bagel with cream cheese.
4: toast with peanut butter and sliced banana
5: breakfast wrap: either pb and jelly or eggs, bacon and cheese.
deff deff PB+J, you can load as much as you want on and you can use a bagel or whatever. i have that, w trail mix, an apple, and an egg, that could be really high cal!
also in oatmeal if you mix peanut butter in it it tastes so good! and fresh fruit as well! i love it!
- Hummus on a whole wheat bagel
- Fruit smoothie made with soy or other protein powder
- Pesto scrambled eggs {I've seen pesto at 300 cal per serving}
- Oatmeal made with plenty of dried fruits and nuts
Smoothies - drink your breakfast:
I use an herbal tea base as I add yogurt, you can use milk
fruit of your choice, yogurt, peanut butter
milk, hershey's chocolate (not with added sugar), peanut butter
I add protein powder also.
If you like the idea of a smoothy and your budget allows...I have a Vita-mix blender, it liquifies anything - I throw in all manner of veg and whole fruit with the yogurt and protein powder. It is very filling.
English muffin French Toast.
I made it today too, woah, soooo good.
Kashi Granola w/ 1/2 cup full fat cottage cheese
1 Muscle Milk
1 cup strawberries, 1 cup blueberries
690 calories
4 egg omlette filled with cheese and boca burger
broccoli and tomatoes (2 cups total)
1 glass of whole milk
650 calories
2 TBS peanutbutter with a granny smith apple
Fage 2% total greek yogurt
2 TBS flax meal
1 TBS honey
1 muscle milk
760 calories
I love smoothies from breakfast! Smoothies are easy to make, and since you can change the ingredients very easily, you can change the flavors enough for it to take longer to get boring. You can get a lot of food groups in there, too. Try putting whatever fruits you like in a blender with some yogurt, milk, or juice to make it liquid enough to blend easily, and you can throw in some silken tofu to thicken it up and add protein, or soy milk if you want protein without making it thicker. You can also add fruit juice, jam, honey, or agave syrup to sweeten it and bring the calories up if you like. Even a banana has a lot of calories!
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