Breakfast tips

JuliaAldrichgauthier

I suck at eating breakfast and I am a college student with no stove. What are good healthy and easy breakfast ideas people have? I appreciate any and all help as it helps towards my weight loss journey.

AnnPT77

Do you have a refrigerator?

A breakfast I eat often is a cup of kefir plus an Ezekiel pita with peanut butter. That's 380 calories, 25g protein, and for me quite filling.

These days, there are various yogurt, kefir or protein drinks that are tasty, reasonably filling, and nutrient dense. Read labels, though, because some are higher calorie from being very sweet with sugar or similar. Individual Greek yogurt cups can also be good, but again read labels to look for sensible calories and a good bit of protein.

If you have a microwave, oatmeal is possible, but we'd usually want to add some extra protein to that with Greek yogurt, protein powder, or something like that. Plain bulk oatmeal is inexpensive and easy to cook in a microwave, but use a deep dish so it doesn't bubble up and overflow. The packet oatmeal tends to be unnecessarily high in calories because of sweeteners/flavorings. Again, read labels.

If there's refrigeration, buying pre-made hard-boiled eggs is an option. They can be eaten plain or with a little sprinkle-on seasoning, or put in a wrap with some veggies.

If neither refrigerator nor microwave, that's a little harder. At that point, I'd probably look at something like protein bars plus some fruit like apples/oranges/bananas that keeps well unrefrigerated. There are some powdered high-protein meal replacement shakes that can be made with just water, but I've not found any of those I personally found tasty. YMMV.

Womona

I have a serving of cottage cheese with half a serving of canned peaches in water. It’s what I eat most days is the week, and is super quick and gets me through my mornings.

Another option is a serving of nuts. Make sure you measure it out though, because it is calorie dense and you don’t want to wind up eating more than you planned. It doesn’t look like much, but I’ve gotten through many a tennis match fueled on nothing but cashews. It also gets me through my morning. Good protein source too.

String cheese is another good option. Basically, you have to think beyond traditional breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon. If you can redefine what constitutes breakfast, there are a lot more options. Good luck!

msommy

I am trying to think outside of the box here. You can microwave eggs and add in pre-cooked chicken breakfast sausage. Bettergoods has this and, 1 Patty is 80cal and 8g of Protein. So say you eat 2 eggs and 2 patties….that is about 300cal and 28g of Protein. (I cook lean ground beef and have 2 eggs every morning, so this seems like an alternative since you can't cook). I assume you have a microwave though.

And while other suggestions thus far are great, I don't think you have to stray too far from the traditional breakfast since it all can be made in a microwave…..

Traquette

Any food can be breakfast food, so you don't have to overthink it :)

glassyo

One other thing to think about is are you even hungry in the mornings? Maybe you suck at breakfast because you're not really ready to eat but think you have to.

But, otherwise, what everyone else said! :)

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csplatt

banana and peanut butter

microwaveable morning star “sausage” patty (it’s vegan) with a slice of cheddar on a miniature slider bun

Fursian

I've recently just gotten into making overnight oats. For the longest time I thought I only liked oats heated up. Turns out I like them cold, too. 😀

Losewhey8

make steel cut oats a day before and add blueberries,blackberries,raspberries maybe some cinnamon, vanilla and monkfruit sugar ( I don’t use any sweeteners)

I add a bit of coconut milk to soften up again and microwave it in morning

This with collagen coffee should be enough protein to tie you yo lunch

atherease

I whizz up kefir, psyllium, inulin, blackberries and maybe some avocado. 100g/6g/6g/100g/1/2

Fills you up and lots of fibre.

Jthanmyfitnesspal

This topic is such a winner that one of the most popular threads on MFP is "What Did You Have For Breakfast?" We love talking about it!

What I've been doing lately is a very small breakfasts and earlier lunch. My breakfast might be banana, for example, but I'll bring my lunch plus a baggie with 1oz unsalted nuts (weighed) and exactly 3 Medjool dates for either a late morning (if lunch is late) or early afternoon (if lunch is early) snack. Other dried fruit could work (figs, prunes, or apricots), but read the label to make sure there's no added sugar or preservatives. It just occurs to me that these all have good shelf-life for students, high fiber, and good nutrient mix. This assumes you'll eat your protein at lunch and dinner.

Note: when I was in college, there was often a mouse problem in the dorms and houses. Get something to seal up your food!

springlering62

ikea (and Amazon, presumably) sell a one-eye induction stovetop you can pop in a drawer when you’re done with it.

I hate cleaning my entire stovetop so much every time I use one eye, and lack counter space anyway, that if and when we remodel, I’m getting rid of the stovetop, using the space as an additional counter, and investing in a portable eye or two. (Would keep the range hood though.)

In March, I helped my daughter move to a new home. It was going to be a couple months before the new kitchen was installed (common in that country to provide your own kitchen in an empty space. Weird, but that’s an American POV.).

Someone loaned us a portable two-eye induction stove and I really liked it. I set it up on scaffolding and it functioned great. I was grilling sausages, stir fries, browning chicken for an easy sandwich, making grilled cheese sandwiches.

No one complained, lol.

ddsb1111

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48716706#Comment_48716706

Second this. So many people still believe in the myth that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

You don’t have to eat it. But, if you want to, eat whatever fits into your calorie goal and gets you through the day feeling your best. Now do this for every meal and you’ve essentially mastered weight loss and maintenance.