High calorie *healthy* breakfasts

Full eggs instead of just the whites. The yolk has all the fat (and many other nutrients, too). Whole wheat toast with peanut butter. Altogether it's about 600 calories or so for two eggs, two slices of toast, 2 tbs peanut butter, and a glass of milk or orange juice.

Oatmeal. I get the variety packs of the instant and mix two different but similar flavors (sometime 1 original and 1 flavored). Two packets of oatmeal made with 2/3-1 cup of milk will give you 400 calories or so, add in toast or juice to up it a bit more.

Whole wheat waffles with cheese instead of syrup (make them into a "sandwich"). Calories will depend on the kind of waffles (I have a really good, easy homemade recipe, mssg me if you want it). Add a fruit smoothie for something sweet and healthy (again, homemade, but super simple).

Lots of great ideas here. Thank you for posting!

protein shakes are a great addition. I do 1 cup of fat free milk, 1 scoop of vanilla pure protein powder, and 1/2-1 cup of frozen or fresh fruit. blend it together and you have a fantastic breakfast around 310 calories. you can aslo cut in half and have it in addition to other breakfast items such as eggs, whole wheat waffles, etc. good luck!

Oh, and egg yolks - I always believed they were bad (a lot of my information has come from bad sources, so I have to re-educate myself) - thanks for pointing those facts out

There is soooo much confusion out there about eggs, because there has historically been so much back and forth. The current conventional adive is that egg yolks are fantastic, unless you have particular health issues causing malabsorption of certain nutrients, or extreme problems with cholesterol -- both of which are rare.

Eat the whole egg instead of the whites. With two eggs you've added roughly 120 calories. PLUS TONS of vitamins, minerals and proteins. If you spring for the free range, or even better eggs from a real farm, you will get a ton of Omega-3s -- shiny hair, healthy heart bonus!
Otherwise, I would "sneak" that extra 150 calories. Use olive oil or buy some high quality Kerrygold butter may not be as healthy as olive oil, but YUM!) 1/2 a tablespoon has 50 calories.

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as others have been saying, go ahead and eat the yolk. over half the calories come from the yolk, and that's a GOOD thing, especially if trying to up your calories. and they're tasty too.

i am big on oatmeal with peanut butter and fruit in it, makes for about 300 calories

Almost every single day I have one of these two breakfasts:

One egg and one egg white scrambled (around 100 cal), 1 slice whole wheat toast (100) spread with 1 tbsp peanut butter (100), and half a grapefruit with Splenda or Stevia sweetener (somewhere around 40 cal) = 340 calories but you could bulk it up even more with more egg, another slice of toast, second tbsp of PB, more fruit, etc.

Oatmeal (I eat an instant organic oatmeal - one packet is 210 calories) with 1 tbsp of peanut butter mixed in (100 cal), and sliced banana also mixed in (105 ish) = 405 calories

I have two breakfasts! It usually adds up to about 1000 calories.

A smoothie as soon as I get up which I drink as I get ready and make "2nd breakfast". Where I use chicken just use eggs, chickpeas or your protein of choice.
I have just run out of protein powder but normally I add that to my banana and rice milk smoothies. Smoothies are really easy to add or decrease calories to. If I will struggle to find time to eat much during the day I add 3 frozen bananas instead of one or two. I am lactose intolerant so I use rice or almond milk neither of which I like in coffee but as a smoothie it taste great.

I use to struggle to get in 1200 calories when I first switched to a healthier menu now 1900 is a breeze. Eating more than that I am still working on. The great thing is as you up your calories your body and appetite adapts. After two days at each calorie jump its stopped feeling like an effort to eat the greater quantity of food.

Eating alot of my calories at the begining of the day has helped me because once the day starts I am so busy.

It's pretty easy to add calories without too much bulk if you add in some calorie dense foods. Here's some examples:
- use whole eggs in your omelette, not just whites.
- cook your omelette in olive oil or butter
- add peanut butter or ground almond or hazelnut meal to porridge (oatmeal).
- add some full fat greek yoghurt to fruit and sprinkle some muesli (granola) or nuts on top
- make a brekky rollup by scrambling some eggs with olive oil, garlic, baby spinach and cheese and wrap it in a tortilla or roti.
- eat leftovers for breakfast. Soup, pasta, sandwiches etc can make a great brekky, there is no rule to say you can only eat them for lunch or dinner!
- make "dessert for breakfast" - apple crumble, crepes with fruit and yoghurt, bread and butter pudding, rice pudding with berries all come to mind. It feels very decadent but as long as you aren't adding heaps of sugar, they can be very healthy!

You are doing so well to get back to healthy eating, keep up the good work!

I just thought of some more:
- grainy toast or english muffin with tomato and avocado and cheese melted under the griller - almost like pizza!
- bircher muesli - basically oatmeal soaked in fruit juice overnight and you add yoghurt and fruit and nuts in the morning. Google it, you'll find heaps of recipes.
- rye bread with cream cheese, banana, dates and walnuts. Yum!