I have a 90 day streak on MFP but I totally lost steam with my healthy habit maintenance (including tracking my protein and fiber) this past month and stagnated a bit. one of my bad habits is skipping breakfast out of laziness and grazing on random carbs til lunch (which prevents me from meeting my protein and fiber goals). so today I’m proud of myself for making a high protein (31g), high fiber (13g) breakfast! 🙂
I think my main two struggles rn w not skipping breakfast are 1. I don’t have a lot of appetite in the morning bc of my ADHD meds, so I procrastinate on bf (and end up skipping it unintentionally) since I wfh rn, and 2. I’m like totally sick and tired of fruit and yogurt atp bc I’ve been eating it every day for 5 months lol.
lmk your favorite quick low-effort breakfasts!! eggs are kind of a hassle and I’ve tried overnight protein oats and they’re okayyy but I just prefer a savory bf. might transition to protein shakes every morning but I had been hoping to drink those as a snack instead to boost my protein intake, so idk.
by daffodiddlysquat
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Coffee, air, a hope and a dream.
Eggs are easy. You cook turkey bacon on a pan for 10 mins and while that’s running you scramble 2 egg whites and one full egg and you toast bread/prepare coffee. Remove turkey bacon and cook eggs in the same hot pan (spray some oil) and cook eggs for a minute until it’s not runny anymore. Add a hot sauce.
In 12 mins you have turkey bacon, eggs, toast and coffee. 300 calories, 30g protein.
I have tea only until noon when I eat brunch. I usually have 2 pieces of sourdough rye bread with 2 boiled eggs and some avocado slices. That’s it until dinner. Peanut butter banana toast is also a good one if eggs are too much.
How about planned snacking/grazing? I’m not hungry in the morning usually either so I pack a bunch of snacks to bring to work with me until lunch – hard boiled eggs, roasted edamame, fruit, baby carrots or other prepped veg, cheese, cooked bacon, etc all work well to snack on but also meet protein and fiber goals
I find that a tofu scramble is a really good way to easily prep a breakfast that lasts for multiple days – if you’ve never made it I can send some ingredient/recipe ideas but it ends up being similar to like a scrambled egg hash but it’s way nicer reheated than scrambled eggs are, plus you can eat it on its own or toss it in a wrap/on some toast/salad etc depending on what you are looking for!
I add lots of veggies (yay fibre) and you could also add meat for more protein if you eat it 🙂
I do OMAD so no breakfast, but for my partner I often do carrots or other veggies with homemade quark tzatziki, you can also dip some crisp bread in it.
I drink coffee in the am, with calories in the form of heavy cream and collagen, I start eating until around 11:30. It works fine for me.