4 Easy HIGH PROTEIN Breakfast Ideas for WEIGHT LOSS

Are you busy in the morning and you're stuck on what to eat that's easy to make, but also really high in protein? Or are you on a fat loss journey and you're struggling to hit your protein goal each day and you're looking for some breakfast ideas that are higher in protein and super easy to make? Don't worry, you've come to the right video. In today's video, I'm gonna break down four easy high protein breakfast ideas that will help you on your weight loss or fat loss journey, but also help keep you feeling full and energized all day long. Before we get right into the good stuff, of course, if you're new to my channel, welcome, my name's Michelle Roots, personal trainer, kinesiologist, nutrition coach, and fitness and fat loss motivation specialist. And this channel is all about helping you on your fitness and fat loss journey and answering your questions in the simplest, most understandable way to get off the diet train and find a sustainable way to lose body fat and build lean muscle while still living in healthy balance and enjoying life. So make sure you subscribe and hit that bell so you're notified when I release a new video every single week. And of course, if you find this video helpful, make sure you give it a like and share it with anybody who you think might benefit from this info. Okay, so let's get into my four easy high protein breakfast ideas that you can start eating tomorrow to increase your protein, feel energized all day long, decrease your cravings, and of course, help you reach your fat loss goals. High protein breakfast idea number one, overnight oats. This is a staple in my life, a lot of my clients' life. If you are someone who gets up in the morning, maybe you have kids, maybe you only get up with a little bit of time to get out the door and go to work, but you don't want the excuse of saying, I don't have time to eat breakfast. This is something you can make in advance and pop in the fridge. It's super easy, and depending on what you put in it, you can make it very high protein and very filling. So here's the simplest way to make overnight oats. You're gonna get a jar. I suggest making two or three at a time so that you have them in the fridge. You're going to put in half a cup of oats. Half a cup of oats has about five grams of protein. Next, you're gonna put about half a cup to even a cup of plain Greek yogurt. That's gonna have about 20 to 22 grams of protein. So now we're at 25 grams of protein. You can also sub plain Greek yogurt. You can add half a cup of plain Greek yogurt instead of a full cup, and you can put in a scoop of protein powder as well. That's gonna get you up in the 30 grams of protein range. Then on top of that, you can add toppings. So you can add chia seeds. You can add almond butter or peanut butter. That's gonna give you, one tablespoon is gonna give you about four or five grams of protein. And of course berries, and then you're gonna mix it up and pop it in the fridge. And in the morning, it's gonna be nice and creamy and it'll all be soaked up together and it's gonna give you some carbs, some good fats, lots of protein to help fill you up and energize you for the day. Super easy to make, number one, overnight oats. Easy high-protein breakfast idea number two, protein pancakes. So protein waffles or protein pancakes. These are super easy to make, but I'm gonna share my two favorites with you in this video today. One comes from a company you just add water to the mix and make your protein pancakes. The next is a mix that only has three ingredients and also super easy to make. So the first, Flourish protein pancake mix. I talked about these in my healthy swaps video right here that I posted a few weeks ago. I'll link that video in the description below, but I talked about them because I love them so much. So these are the birthday cake flavor protein pancakes in half a cup. So all you have to do is take half a cup of the powder, add half a cup of water, mix it up and either make pancakes or throw it in a waffle maker. One serving, so one half cup serving makes quite a few pancakes. It's only 280 calories, seven grams of fiber, only two grams of sugar and 23 grams of protein. So these have been a favorite in my household. My kids love them, especially this birthday cake flavor. They have vanilla and chocolate as well. But again, if you are looking for simple, easy breakfast ideas, these guys are so good. And guess what? The people at Flourish protein pancakes, because I talk about how much I love them so much, gave me a 10% off code to give you guys. So if you're looking to order these, I'll put the link in the description below. So sometimes if we have busy mornings with the kids, we'll make these the night before, either waffles or just whip up some pancakes, throw them in a Ziploc bags or containers and put them in the freezer. And then the next morning, we just pop them in the toaster and the kids eat them. And I know they're getting lots of fiber, not a lot of sugar and lots of protein to start their day. But also I eat them too. They're so good. Okay, and my second high protein pancake recipe is half a cup of oats, half a cup of cottage cheese and two eggs. Mix it all up in a blender with whatever you like, cinnamon or anything else you'd like to sweeten your pancakes with. Make your pancakes and then top it with fresh fruit or maple syrup, whatever you prefer. Eat them up, super high in protein. And again, very easy to make on busy mornings or to make in advance. High protein breakfast idea number three. I wanted to make this all one idea because I feel like there's so many options here. Eggs. So obviously we all know eggs are a great source of good fats, so many good micronutrients and of course a great source of protein. So there's a few different ways you can incorporate eggs into your breakfast. One, egg omelet or an egg scramble. A bunch of veggies, two eggs, liquid egg whites on top of that to add extra protein and not a lot of calories. Mix it all up in a pan and eat it. That's option one with eggs, super easy. You can also increase the protein content of your egg scramble. You can throw some turkey bacon in the air fryer or whip that up in the pan right after. You're gonna get even more protein and again, it's super easy to whip up in the morning. Option two with eggs, you can make egg bites. So you're gonna take muffin tins, load it with a bunch of veggies. You're gonna mix up in a bowl about six eggs, six egg whites and you're gonna pour them in the muffin tin on top of all the veggies. You're gonna bake them in the oven and pull them out. Once you've made those, each egg bite is gonna be about six to eight grams of protein, depending, you can calculate that simply in a MyFitnessPal. When you put the recipe in, you can figure out how many grams of protein each egg bite is gonna have. If you eat three of those, you're gonna get about 20 grams of protein and of course, they are super easy for busy mornings. And one more option for eggs with breakfast is a breakfast burrito or a breakfast sandwich or an open-faced sandwich. So you can take one piece of bread, you can put on two eggs, you can even mix extra egg whites in with your scrambled eggs to increase the protein intake. Mix that all up with some veggies or some cheese. You can put it in a high-protein wrap or you can take a piece of bread. You can make a full sandwich, you can make an open-faced sandwich. You can add avocado to it, some good fats to keep you feeling full and give you more energy for the day. Super easy to whip up in the morning and again, a great source of protein for breakfast. Hey, and number four, last but not least, protein oatmeal. So there are a few different ways you can make this protein oatmeal. Again, it depends on your preference, what you think tastes good because of course, if you're gonna eat it, it better taste good. Don't struggle through it. If it tastes disgusting, you're not gonna keep up with that. Again, remember this is a healthy lifestyle, not a diet. So we need to enjoy our food, especially first thing in the morning. Okay, so let's start with oatmeal. Half a cup of oatmeal has about five grams of protein and about 150 calories. Then how are we gonna add protein to it? So a few options. You can add a scoop of protein powder. So whether you have chocolate protein powder, vanilla, flavorless protein powder, add a scoop of that, mix it in. That's a great way to add about 20 to 25 grams of protein to your breakfast. But if you're someone who doesn't want to eat protein powder with your oatmeal or you don't like the taste of it, you can also add cottage cheese. Adding cottage cheese to your oatmeal, you won't taste it. A lot of people don't like the texture of cottage cheese, but it is a great source of protein for not very many calories. And again, will help keep you feeling full. So once you've cooked your oatmeal, you can put in some cottage cheese, mix that up. That's gonna boost the protein content of your oatmeal. And last option, you can add liquid egg white. So if you are someone who microwaves your oatmeal like me, you don't get the big pan, I don't have time in the morning to actually slow cook oatmeal. I make instant oatmeal, oats, water, then add a little bit of liquid egg white. So based on again, how much protein you wanna add, add your liquid egg whites, mix that in and then cook it. And then you're gonna wanna put in other things to flavor it. So you could add cinnamon, you can add peanut butter or almond butter. Again, gonna get some good fats there. You're gonna get some more protein. You can add chopped nuts. You can add almonds, cashews, chia seeds. All of these additives are gonna help add nutritious ingredients to your oatmeal to help keep you feeling full and give you a whole bunch of micronutrients, but it's also gonna up the protein intake of your oatmeal. And of course, you could add half a banana, which I always do. You could add berries, whatever your favorite fruits are to help flavor it as well. Okay, so there you go. So that was four easy high protein breakfast ideas. A few other options that I just wanna throw in there, of course, a protein shake. So if you're someone who skips breakfast often, but you wanna start eating breakfast and maybe you have a long drive to work, or maybe you just don't have a lot of time in the morning or don't even like eating food. Some people just say, I'm not hungry. I don't wanna eat food in the morning. That's totally fine. What about a protein shake? So there's nothing wrong with throwing some almond milk, protein powder, some fruit. You could even throw oats. You could throw Greek yogurt, all of the things into a smoothie, blend it up, take it to go. So at least you are getting that 25, 30 grams of protein first thing in the morning. It's gonna help you feel full. And my second option is just cottage cheese or Greek yogurt, what we would call parfait. So a cup of Greek yogurt has about 20 to 22 grams of protein in it. You could add a cup of Greek yogurt, honey, some berries, some low sugar granola, even sprinkle some oats or some high fiber cereal into the Greek yogurt, mix it up. There is a solid high protein breakfast for you and do the exact same thing. If you were someone who likes cottage cheese, you could do the exact same thing in sub Greek yogurt for cottage cheese. So those are just two other options that didn't make the top four list. But again, super easy. If you are looking for high protein breakfast ideas, who says breakfast has to only be eaten at breakfast time. All of these foods I listed can actually be eaten at any time throughout the day. You can have this snack, you can have it as lunch or as dinner. There's nothing like having breakfast for dinner. Am I right? Not gonna lie. We have had these protein pancakes for dinner before. So good. So take some of these ideas and I hope it was helpful. Just a tip on if you are struggling to reach your protein goal each day, here's the simplest way to kind of figure it out for yourself. Even if you're someone who doesn't necessarily track your macros or you don't even want to, but if you do track your macros, either way, say your protein goal is 120 grams of protein a day. So if you've calculated that based on all the tips I give you in this video right here, where I talk all about protein and I show you how I get my protein intake each day, let's say 120 grams a day. You need to do the simplest way, divide that by five. So if you are eating five times throughout the day, 120 grams divided by five is 24 grams of protein. So if you are eating five times a day and you're getting 24 grams of protein each time you eat, you are gonna hit your protein goal. Now, again, not set in stone. If you get 30 grams of protein with your breakfast, then you can get about 18 to 20 grams of protein in a snack. And then about 25, 26, you know, like you can move the numbers around. Of course, it's not set at 24 grams, but we'll help you understand about how many grams of protein you should be getting each time you eat in order to reach your daily protein goal. And of course we know if you've watched any other videos on my channel, how important protein is in building lean muscle and decreasing body fat. I talk all about it in almost every single video I post on this channel because it's so important. So I'll link some videos in the description below that I think might help you. I've also got a high protein foods video right here, which I'll link in the description below too. If you're looking for more ideas on the best foods that are high in protein, I've also got a free download that comes along with that video. I'll put a link in the description below as to where you can get that free download. So again, if you want 10% off Flourish protein pancakes, I'll put the code in the description below if you want to check them out. I really hope this video was helpful today, guys. A lot of the questions are rolling in and this is one that was very, very common and popular. And that's why I made this video today. But of course, let me know in the comments below what are your favorite high protein go-to breakfast? Maybe you have a favorite protein oatmeal recipe. Put it all in the comments below. Let's help each other out and help build this community. And if you have any other questions or videos that you want me to make next, leave those in the description below too. Or you can always shoot me a DM on Instagram. I am always on there answering your questions as well. And of course, if you're interested in one-on-one online fitness and nutrition coaching to really accelerate your fat loss results and have someone like me hold you accountable to your goals and make sure you get there, I'll put a link in the description below where you can find out more information about working with me one-on-one. So thanks again for watching, guys, and I'll see you next week.