Soooo hard to eat enough protein!!

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  • Torontonius
    Torontonius Posts: 245 Member
    I'd avoid protein bars, by the way. They're generally glorified candy bars and most of them contain soy protein which is inferior to whey, casein, egg and meat.
  • crashchamp
    crashchamp Posts: 147 Member
    Learn to love cottage cheese. 1 cup of 2% contains around 26g of protein, 5g of fat, and 8g of carbs. for around 190 calories.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,078 Member
    EmotionalEater84 wrote: »
    You don't need protein, you need amino acids .. Eat raw foods and you'll be fine.
    Protein is broken down to amino acids. Foods aren't broken down in to "amino acid" count by macro nutrient value. They have either carbs, protein, or fat in them.

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  • ninerbuff
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    To the OP, a good whey protein shake can help with supplementing protein if you can't eat enough of it.

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  • EmotionalEater84
    EmotionalEater84 Posts: 311 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    EmotionalEater84 wrote: »
    You don't need protein, you need amino acids .. Eat raw foods and you'll be fine.
    Protein is broken down to amino acids. Foods aren't broken down in to "amino acid" count by macro nutrient value. They have either carbs, protein, or fat in them.

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    Hence why I cannot speak to macros .. All I can suggest is eating raw, as done. Thanks for the clarification!
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    40's pretty high unless you're an athelete. I aim for 30. 1g/lbw. For me that's 103g.
  • harmar21
    harmar21 Posts: 215 Member
    I find it hard, because I have about 180lb of LBM. no way am I eating anything close to 180g of protein. Typical day is probably about 100-120, if I really try I might get to 150ish
    Think Ill have to start going the route of protein drinks, especially when I start hitting the weights.
  • kyta32
    kyta32 Posts: 670 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    It seems all the great proteins are tied to fat. PB2 (defatted Peanut Butter) sounds great until you find out that all the vitamins are extracted along with the fat. Vitamin A for instance, is found in fat.

    Unless you are getting your protein from legumes (beans, lentils), or protein rich veggies (spinach has 3 grams of protein per 100 grams, with 1.4 "net carbs") where they are tied to carbohydrates. Sigh. Well, at least some of the carbs in lentils are fiber, and fiber doesn't count, right :p

    If I just want straight protein, I end up with chicken (I hate seafood) or my whey isolate powder. Eating more protein means eating less carbs (and some of my favorite things) to stay in a deficit (and costing more money.... boo hoo). Oh well.
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