A little trick to get more protein in at breakfast

MustLoveCats21
MustLoveCats21 Posts: 137
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
In my stryggle to try and get enough protein in, I discovered this little tweak. It's probably not new or anything, but it is new to me and I thought I would share it.

I really like cereal. Any cereal. The funny kiddies cereal, oats, any breakfast cereal. But they don't give a whole lot of protein, so I started adding a scoop of vanilla whey to them, mixed with water (or milk if you prefer).

Essentially I'm using the vanilla whey in place of milk. Gives a good protein boost to them so I'm not hungry again 15 minutes after eating them and if mixed with water it's lower in calories than milk too. :)

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  • HealthyFit23
    HealthyFit23 Posts: 34 Member
    Great idea. But watch your sugar count from the cereal.
  • MustLoveCats21
    MustLoveCats21 Posts: 137
    Yeah, I don't mind sugar too much. However most of the cereals I eat are not too high in it anyway. They are high in carbs, but I need them otherwise I don't get through my workout, which is why I started eating it in the first place. I just had a problem with being hungry again so shortly after eating them. :)
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    HealthyFit23 wrote: »
    Great idea. But watch your sugar count from the cereal.

    Not necessary unless she has an underlying medical condition.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Yeah!

    My go to at the moment is porridge with a scoop of millionaire's shortbread or chocolate peanut cookie protein powder.

    Also, this....

    http://www.theproteinworks.com/thelockerroom/blog/paulnotsmall/choc-peanut-cookie-banana-fluff-chocolate-covered-peanuts

    Hnnnnnnnng.
  • nickatine
    nickatine Posts: 451 Member
    MustLoveCats21 wrote: »
    In my stryggle to try and get enough protein in, I discovered this little tweak. It's probably not new or anything, but it is new to me and I thought I would share it.

    I really like cereal. Any cereal. The funny kiddies cereal, oats, any breakfast cereal. But they don't give a whole lot of protein, so I started adding a scoop of vanilla whey to them, mixed with water (or milk if you prefer).

    Essentially I'm using the vanilla whey in place of milk. Gives a good protein boost to them so I'm not hungry again 15 minutes after eating them and if mixed with water it's lower in calories than milk too. :)
    ya been doing this for years its makes the cereal taste better aswell.
  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    Most days I make a breakfast smoothie using 1 cup of homemade kefir, I think thats 8 grams protein. If I feel I need more for the protein goals of the day, or if I worked out hard the previous day, I'll add liquid egg whites to the smoothie. I'm a bit lactose intolerant so I can't do whey. The kefir probiotics and yeast eat the lactose in milk so by the time I get it there is very little, if any.
  • MustLoveCats21
    MustLoveCats21 Posts: 137
    cityruss wrote: »
    Yeah!

    My go to at the moment is porridge with a scoop of millionaire's shortbread or chocolate peanut cookie protein powder.

    Also, this....

    http://www.theproteinworks.com/thelockerroom/blog/paulnotsmall/choc-peanut-cookie-banana-fluff-chocolate-covered-peanuts

    Hnnnnnnnng.

    :heart_eyes:
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