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anyone have suggestions on how to increase protein without feeling overly full?!
lbrown1428
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Today is my 2 month mark from surgery. I am supposed to start a regular diet (was pureed before.) I have been eating 1 oz of protein for each meal & 1 oz of fruit/day, 1 oz starch/day, 1 oz of veggies/day. Now I'm supposed to up my protein another oz each meal so a total of 2 oz of protein a meal. I'm not sure how to do this because anytime I have took even a small bite more than I should have I feel awful. I wI'll have a horrible stomach ache for about 30-40 minutes. Should I try just taking am extra bite of protein each meal til I can increase it more?
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I will add that my surgeon & nutritionist consider puree anything you can cut with a butter knife. So any tyou of eggs, canned meats all that I could already have.0
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As you continue to heal it gets easier and you will eventually be able to eat more at one time. So here's my suggestion. At your point I couldn't get all the protein in daily if I only ate 3 meals, so I was eating 5-6 really small meals a day. Up your protein by adding a couple of all protein snacks. If you can only eat 1 ounce at a time and you need to add 3 ounces to your day, then you add 3 additional all protein meals. Make sense?0
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I realized that now that I was back to work I was having a hard time getting in my protein (I am aiming for 100g). I realized that I was into my pre-surgery routine of breakfast at 7ish then lunch at 11:00 or 11:30. I couldn't afford to not eat protein for that 4 hours, so i added a protein snack around 10am. For now, that has been a tuna packet because that is what is in my desk, but I need to find a good breakfast-y way to get protein in at 10am.
Look at your schedule and find a gap where you are not eating and add a hunk of protein there.
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If doubling your solid protein is too much, I would add just a half ounce (or even a quarter ounce) at each meal for one week, then try adding a little more. If your overall protein is too low, you can end your day with a protein shake. As you are able to tolerate more and more solid protein, you can drop the shake. Also, greek yogurt is pretty protein dense and I found it did not fill me up as fast as things like chicken or beef.0
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pawoodhull wrote: »As you continue to heal it gets easier and you will eventually be able to eat more at one time. So here's my suggestion. At your point I couldn't get all the protein in daily if I only ate 3 meals, so I was eating 5-6 really small meals a day. Up your protein by adding a couple of all protein snacks. If you can only eat 1 ounce at a time and you need to add 3 ounces to your day, then you add 3 additional all protein meals. Make sense?
What Pat said!! I am 10 months out and still doing this!! 3 small meals and 2-3 snacks, all (most
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Okay, thanks for the tips! I will try these out. They already wanted me eating 1 oz of protein between meals since I haven't been getting enough a day.0
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I sometimes add unflavored protein powder to foods. It works well in greek yogurt and dishes that mask the added sort-of-dairy flavor that comes from the powder. Note that the powder mixes best with cool/cold foods; I find it clumps if I put it directly into something hot.0
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Isopure Zero: 20oz bottle, 40g protein isolate. Lived on these for the first few moths, blew protein goals out of the park. Sipped two bottles per day - covered protein and fluids.0
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I sometimes add unflavored protein powder to foods. It works well in greek yogurt and dishes that mask the added sort-of-dairy flavor that comes from the powder. Note that the powder mixes best with cool/cold foods; I find it clumps if I put it directly into something hot.
I do this as well. I ate a lot of mashed potatoes/cauliflower/sweet potatoes in this statge and added the unflavored protein powder for extra protein. Sounds weird but I also added it to my jello and pudding mixes too.0 -
Even at 13 months out, I still use supplements and probably always will. I'm just more comfortable when I can eat less and not worry too mugh about protein grams in my food. I STILL choose protein first, but I don't have to stress about the volume when I do one or 2 supplements as snacks. I have a scoop of whey in my coffee every morning for a boost and often in the afternoon I do a powercrunch or a quest bar as a snack. Those along with whatever I'm eating get me to 80+ most days.1
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According to my NUT--eat the protein 1st--if you are full "STOP" (you could up the protein portion) and not eat the veggies or eat the protein and veggies--but skip the starch0
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I was having trouble getting the protein in so I took one recipe I found.
Use isolate whey powder and water to make pancake batter and fry as you would a pancake.
A little sugar free syrup and it tastes good. Adds about 35 g of protein for one small pancake.0 -
Thanks for the ideas! I think I will buy some of the unflavored protein powder.0
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While we're talking about unflavored protein powder.. What is everyone's favorite? I'm having a hard time finding unflavored brands that aren't heavy on carbs.0
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The clinic I go to said there were a lot but they did not want to research more than one
They had us take the one offered by GNC and Walmart
Allmax - Isoflex - Whey Protein Isolate
I personally liked Chocolate With Real Chocolate Chips
I also like the one Costco offered ( found out it had a little more sodium in it than the other)
Leanfit - Whey Protein Shake0
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