I’ve always had a hard time getting in my daily allotment of protein. In high school, I did a health project where I tracked what I ate for a few weeks – and while my calorie intake was fine, the amount of protein I ate was seriously lacking.
So I recently decided to work on my protein intake (yeah, yeah, 10 years late …) I googled how much protein I need to eat, and got all kinds of answers. The most official answer, though, seemed to be 65-70 grams. Yikes. Over the last few days, I’ve only managed to hit 45-60 grams a day. And that’s with me trying really hard.
I’d like to not have to cheat by eating 3 protein bars every day to get to my desired protein intake. So I need other tricks and tips on increasing my protein intake. Preferably besides eat more meat – I order happy meal burgers because I will not eat an entire quarter pounder. I promise. If I get a quarter pounder, I will stop half-way through. Oh, and also besides eat more dairy. Even with lactase pills, great amounts of dairy still don’t, um, go unnoticed by the ol’ digestive tract.
And also – I haven’t died yet, so do I really need all that protein? I mean, I seem to have a natural aversion to lots of meat. And my body has decided that dairy is for the cows. Is a 50/50 mix of carbs and fat really all that bad?
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Have you tried protein shakes? Some aren’t bad, and some are pretty good (Robek’s smoothies are best, but some of the make at home ones are decent).
I also like Morningstar Farms veggie sausage patties. Rob and I went to a vegetarian place for lunch the other day and the textured soy protein there was pretty good.
Beans beans good for your heart, the more you eat the more you….
http://www.annecollins.com/protein_diet/protein-beans.htm
LOL, thanks for the tips! The husband and I are slowly coming to the realization that we may need to eat separate things for dinner as our tastes and dietary needs don’t mesh. Beans, unfortunately, are on his list of instant heartburn foods, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have them. 🙂
I do like Robeks, I often wander in when the husband is at Maggie Moos. It works out pretty well as Maggie Moos is full of things I shouldn’t eat (and the two non-dairy smoothies just don’t do it for me), and Robeks is full of things the husband doesn’t like (though he was adventurous and tried a banana smoothie there one time).