Easy Protein Packed Breakfast

If you struggle getting in enough protein during the day, check out what I’ve been doing lately that really helps boost my intake.

The fitness gurus tell you that you should be eating .8 g of protein per pound that you want to weigh. So say I want to weigh 160 pounds. Then you times that by .8 so you should be consuming 128 g of protein, at a minimum every day. We’ll just round that to 130 g.

Sometimes it’s a struggle to get that amount of protein in. Because I seriously need to prioritize protein in my diet, I’ve been kick-starting my day with a 25 g scoop of protein shake.

The end of semester day was loaded with sugary treats from everywhere and the next day I really needed extra protein so I started my day with 52 g of protein. Here’s how I did it.

Easy Protein Packed Breakfast

I had my shake made and wanted more protein. I opened a small serving of Good Culture cottage cheese, which is delicious and I always keep it on hand.

To that I added a quarter cup of crushed walnuts and a quarter cup of frozen blueberries. Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the end product but you can see it on this breakfast cereal I make.

I also added a cup of the Too Good yogurt, which is amazingly delicious. That provides another 18 g of protein. So, together with my cottage cheese, walnuts, protein shake, and yogurt, I’m at 52 g.

Check out the images below for the breakdowns

I’m feeling good about this. Depending on what I am going to eat the rest of the day, if I run short of protein, I love having those shakes that really boosts my protein amount. It makes it easy especially if I’m not overly hungry, and there’s not a whole lot of bad chemical stuff in it.

The brand I’m currently using I get at Costco and it’s called Ascent and it’s very tasty. Sometimes I will eat a banana with it or some other fruit but 99% of the time it’s by itself. I have been making iced coffee with a protein in it, that’s really good too, but I find I don’t always drink the whole thing so I’m not getting all of the protein.

Here’s another quick tip: Keep hard boiled eggs around and eating one or two in the middle of your day is also a great way to pack in an additional 7 g per egg. That’s why I love these cottage cheese cups and yogurt cups. They have a lot of protein per serving!

I hope this helps you in your search for easy ways to add protein to your day.