Mass Gaining Diet: Try This High Protein Breakfast

As a naturally skinny guy, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Waking up is actually a catabolic activity on your body, and as a serious hardgainer, you need to rev up your anabolic engine immediately upon waking. I have noticed a dramatic difference in my workout intensity and muscle-building progress since I integrated powerful mass building breakfasts into my diet.

Since your body goes without food for 7-9 hours while you sleep, it is really important that you fuel your body with quality proteins, amino acids, complex carbohydrates, and healthy fats upon waking. This will give you energy for the entire day and replenish your muscle glycogen, increase anabolic hormones, and initiate muscle building and recovery. These are all important facets of the muscle-building cycle that you are constantly in while you are training to get huge!

This mass building breakfast is ideal if you have leftover chicken breasts. One of my least favorite leftover foods is chicken breasts that have been in the fridge for 1-3 days. You guys know what I’m talking about! Nothing is worse than a dried out and bland-tasting chicken breast. Instead of throwing away these chicken breasts or force-feeding them down your throat even though they taste like cardboard, you can integrate them into this recipe and you won’t even know they are leftovers!

I usually will make 2-3 pounds of chicken breasts at one time as part of my meal prep. By day 3 when my chicken is almost done, I will use my last half pound for this delicious muscle-building recipe. I think you guys are really going to enjoy this as it contains 70 grams of protein, antioxidants, BCAAs, complex carbohydrates, omega fatty acids, and healthy fats.

This is a really powerful muscle-building breakfast that contains everything your body needs to build muscle and maximize energy levels. It’s also really easy to cook and only takes me about 10 minutes to prepare.

Let’s dive into my mass building breakfast recipe. Try this one out. It’s the perfect breakfast for a “clean bulk” period in which you are trying to maximize lean muscle gains and minimize fat gains. In fact, I have a fitness modeling shoot in 3 weeks and I still enjoy this breakfast 1-2 times a week leading up to my shoot. This is a “six pack abs” approved mass building breakfast perfect for any naturally skinny guy.

Let’s dive in and I will share how to cook this up quickly.

Mass Gaining Diet: High Protein Breakfast Recipe

Here is a list of ingredients you will need for this recipe:

1 carton of liquid egg whites (you will be using about ½ of the carton)

Approximately 1 chicken breast (cut into pieces) – leftover chicken breasts are ideal for this recipe

Chopped veggies of your choice (about ½ Cup) – I usually do spinach, broccoli, red bell peppers, and yellow onions

½ cup of whole grain rolled oats (AKA Oatmeal)

2 tbsp of ground flax seed

Seasoning and spices of choice (I use cayenne pepper for the eggs and cinnamon for the oatmeal)

Optional: flavored BCAA beverage (I prefer Xtend)

This may sound like a lot of things, but keep in mind that these are all things you can buy and use for many different meals. I’m all about saving money as much as you are, and when I buy things like egg whites, chicken breasts, flax seed, and oatmeal, I use them for many different meals. I highly recommend you guys do the same!

Mass Gaining Diet: How to Cook This Up in 10 Minutes

Believe it or not, this meal only takes me about 10 minutes to prepare. Here’s how you can whip this up quickly!

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of coconut or olive oil in a skillet (you can also use cooking spray, but I prefer to get my healthy fats in during breakfast).
2. Throw on the chicken breasts and veggies and sprinkle with your favorite seasoning. Let everything cook and heat on low-medium heat for 3-4 minutes.
3. During this time, you can prepare your oatmeal in a bowl. I usually microwave mine as it only takes 3 minutes. Place ½ cup of oatmeal in a microwave-safe dish and add 1 cup of water or milk. Sprinkle with cinnamon and place in the microwave for 3 minutes.
4. While your oatmeal is cooking, you can pour the liquid egg whites into the skillet. The liquid egg whites will cook fast, so this is the final step. Heat everything on low-medium heat for another 5 minutes and your egg, chicken, and veggie scrambler will be done!
5. After the oatmeal is done in the microwave, mix the cinnamon and add 2 tablespoons of ground flax seed.
6. After only 10 minutes, your breakfast is done. This is an incredible mass building meal and fits into a bodybuilding diet perfectly.

Total Macronutrients:

Protein: 82

Carbohydrates: 58

Fat: 22

Total Calories: 758