I'll be starting Phase 3 at the end of November and am just trying to get some breakfast ideas. I know there are threads on this, I searched and read some of them but many of them involve cooking.
I'll be eating my breakfast at work (just like I did on Phase 1 and will on 2), so I need things I can bring to work that don't involve any cooking. I have a toaster and microwave here but can't get into anything that needs major prep as I am after all, at work.
Any ideas for no-cook breakfasts would be appreciated. Thanks!
I found this on the Phase 3 sheet, I need more ideas along this line. No eggs or egg whites or anything that needs to be done in a pan - like bacon etc.
"The Nature Valley"
1 Cup Mixed Berries
8 ounces plain low fat yogurt
1/3 Cup Muesli (whatever that is - trail mix?)
1 piece Toast (it says carb balance - again - whatever that is)
1 Tablespoon Almond Butter (YUM!!!!)
I guess I can tweak this for my work days and do the "cooked" breakfasts on the weekend.
I'm also hoping I can get back to cereal and milk - I LOVE cereal like Shredded Wheat with 1% milk - is that allowed along with whatever else it takes to make a complete Phase 3 breakfast?
I'm in the same situation. Unable to eat breakfast at home. Have to get up in the dark as it is. Then commute. I'd have to get up in the middle of the night to make breakfast at home in the morning. And......I can't get myself to eat breakfast at 4am! So I have to eat at work. I also have only a microwave and toaster oven.
Lets see if we can figure this out!
Thanks for asking the question!
There are a couple of recipes on line for muesli. Just google it. Look for ones that don't have any sugar or crap in them. Most of them dump all kinds of no- no things in them. Careful.
I've been playing around on Fitday. Protein is the problem - as it has been my entire life. Fruit, Grains and Dairy are easy - it's the protein - so much of it has to be cooked - eggs, bacon, etc. Unless I just down a big gob of peanut butter every day. I mean I LOVE peanut butter but would prefer it on toast. But I'm dying to get back to cereal for BF and we can't have toast AND cereal. Unless I keep my cereal for the weekend and toast/PB for work.
I know that LizRR (who posted many of those recipes in the P3 thread) often makes her breakfasts ahead of time. If you are having to eat breakfast at work but have access to a microwave, a lot of her stuff can be reheated
I did Phase 3 for a week while I phased off. I didn't cook my breakfasts (not a morning person). If I recall correctly, I did greek yogurt mixed with berries, along with a hardboiled egg, one of those whole grain sandwich thins toasted with a pat of butter, and a little bit of cheese or sometimes a sausage link. Some mornings I actually scrambled the egg and added the cheese to it. It was very quick and easy.
There are so many options for breakfast - look in the stickies and I believe you will find a phase 3 sheet that lists all the options, plus an excel worksheet where you can enter the nutrition and make sure you are fitting within the guidelines. Plan ahead so you aren't caught off guard, and bring the sheet with you to the grocery store as you look for the items you are going to eat. Good luck!
I was hoping I could have a piece of cheese but that falls under dairy - so I can't have that if I want milk. Sigh.
How about adjusting your milk (not having a full serving) so that you can have the cheese too? I don't think they are mutually exclusive. But, make sure you use the excel spreadsheet to enter everything and you are within all the guidelines.
Both my hubby and I are IPers. He's lost 55 pounds and I made him stop. We work together and people were starting to ask if he was sick. We are both in our early 60s so that seems to be where people's brains go to when you are our age and lose a significant amount of weight.
I still have about 12 pounds to go and am sort of stuck. But he's now on Phase 4. Talk about crazy. My phase and his are so different! I have occasionally wanted to break his arm to get at his food! I cook all meals for both of us. (He does the clean up -great arrangement!)
At work this morning for him, I nuked 3 slices of bacon, toasted a nice piece of my homemade bread and spread it with peanut butter. I gave him a handful of walnuts, 6 raspberries and a small piece of good hard cheddar that I keep in the fridge here. He's happy. I just continue to drink my IP vanilla shake in my coffee. That's getting a bit tiresome but it works for me.
I bought this plastic thingy for cooking eggs in at the grocery store that I sometimes crack 2eggs into and nuke for a minute and a half or so, throw some chunked up ham into, throw some salsa on top and he's good to go.
I am the queen of plastic containers!! I have them from 1tablespoon size all the way up to huge. I have to keep after him to bring them home tho!
Bacon & sausage can be cooked up ahead of time (Sunday for the week?) and reheated in a microwave - or eaten cold.
I work Sundays too - I work 2 jobs - one part time and one regular. I feel like I already have too much prep to do on IP and I'll have to think about Phase 2 lunches too. That's why I'm looking for Phase 3 "grab and go" ideas.
That's what is great about Phase 1 - just throw some packets and go.
I'm in my first week of Phase 3.
I'd also recommend LizRR's Strawberry Cheesecake (or pumpkin pie or some variation) made the day before. Chill it overnight and just cut it up and take it along to work.
I've also mixed yogurt with a banana and Kashi Go Lean Cereal. (Kashi cereals are high in protein.) I take along a hard boiled egg or two to round out the protein.
No cook Phase 3 breakfast ideas
