Weight Loss: Abs Diet Breakfast Recipes

Blueberry Smoothie with Toasted Cheese Sandwich

Prep time: 4 minutes

 

2 slices whole-wheat bread

1/2 c Kashi Go Lean Crunch! cereal

1 c fat-free milk

1 c frozen blueberries

1 1-oz slice Cheddar cheese

 

Pop the bread into the toaster. Dump the cereal, milk, and berries into a blender and liquefy. Stick a slice of Cheddar between the warm slices of toast and nuke the sandwich in a microwave for 15 seconds. It tastes grilled--but isn't.

 

Benefits: "The cheese and milk in this meal are essential for building and maintaining new muscle," says Christine Rosenbloom, Ph.D., R.D., a professor of nutrition at Georgia State University. "The whole grains in the bread and cereal will help lower cholesterol, and the minerals in the milk and cheese will help keep blood-pressure levels down."

 

Per meal: 509 calories, 26 grams (g) protein, 75 g carbohydrates, 14 g total fat, 12 g fiber

 

 

Grab-And-Go Breakfast

Prep time: 1 minute

 

1 medium apple

1/2 pint fat-free milk

1 bran Vita muffin

1 pack Skippy Squeeze Stix peanut butter

 

Slice the apple, grab the milk, muffin, and peanut butter, and go. Squeeze the peanut butter out of its pack onto your apple slices as you eat.

 

Benefits: Vita muffins (vitalicious.com) contain 100 percent of your recommended intake of several important nutrients, including vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, and E. Foods high in monounsaturated fats--like peanut butter--may boost testosterone levels. This meal should help you burn energy more efficiently and lift more weight at the gym.

 

Per meal: 506 calories, 20 g protein, 87 g carbohydrates, 12 g total fat, 15 g fiber

 

 

Minute Omelette with Toast

Prep time: 2 minutes

 

1 egg

3/4 c frozen spinach, thawed

1 slice Canadian bacon, diced

2 slices whole-wheat bread

1 Tbsp almond butter

1 c Welch’s grape juice

 

Stir together the egg, spinach, and Canadian bacon and pour onto a plate coated with nonstick spray. Microwave for 1 minute or until the egg is fully cooked. Toast the bread and eat it with the almond butter. Chase everything with grape juice.

 

Benefits: Monounsaturated fat in the almond spread will help prevent spikes and drops in blood sugar, which can leave you feeling tired or crabby. Grape juice gives you an antioxidant, called resveratrol, that not only helps lower LDL (bad) cholesterol levels but also helps improve bloodflow to the heart.

 

Per meal: 540 calories, 25 g protein, 73 g carbohydrates, 19 g total fat, 8 g fiber

1. Prev:Weight Loss: Abs Diet Dessert Recipes  
2. Next:Abs Diet: Sprint Workout