Personal Trainer Shares The High-Protein Air Fryer Breakfast That’s Helping Her Lose 50 Lbs: Loaded Frittata Burritos
June 8, 2024 by Faith Geiger
In the quest for effective weight loss, breakfast is crucial. This meal sets the tone for the day. A healthy, high-protein breakfast can fuel your metabolism, keep hunger at bay, and provide sustained energy—but there are a lot of unhealthy options out there.
Luckily, personal trainer Makayla Thomas, known on Instagram as @makayla_thomas_fit, has shared a game-changing breakfast recipe that has been instrumental in her postpartum weight loss journey. Her delicious and easy-to-make Loaded Frittata Burritos are not only nutritious but also perfect for meal prepping, ensuring a great start to each day.
Makayla’s recipe, which she details in an Instagram reel, involves a straightforward process that results in a week’s worth of breakfast meals. She begins by preparing a base with low-calorie tortillas and hashbrown patties, mashing the latter to create a layer of texture. For the frittata mixture, she combines six eggs (a great source of lean protein!) with salt, pepper, bacon bits, and shredded cheese, then adds crumbled sausage patties for an extra protein punch. This mixture is cooked in an air fryer at 400 degrees for 15-17 minutes. Once cooked and cut into squares, these frittata pieces are wrapped in tortillas and topped with a drizzle of chipotle, hot sauce, or salsa.
“High protein breakfast meal prep that’s helping me lose 50 lbs post partum,” Makayla explains in her post. She emphasizes the simplicity of the preparation: “Easy as 1, 2, 3 just a tiny bit of prep will set you up for a GREAT week!” The flexibility of the recipe is another highlight, as Makayla encourages her followers to “change up fillings, add veggies, salsa, etc. these are so easy to modify.” The Loaded Frittatas are from the Good Food Mood cookbook, which Makayla recommends for those looking for more realistic, easy meals to help crush their fitness goals.