Personal trainer and nutritionist

GrenadeRachel

Hi guys, I'm Rachel Laura trainee nutritionist and personal trainer if anyone would like or need any help with their nutrition and dieting or even workout tips I'm always happy to help. I'm just a message away!

teamvic

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

bellabonbons

I studied nutrition in college. Very unusual that a nutritionist would offer assistance here. What is your training and your degree?

TavistockToad

teamvic wrote: »

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

Protein powder is actually cheaper than meat or dairy but obviously you need a larger initial outlay for a tub of the stuff!

JoshuaMcAllister

bellabonbons wrote: »

I studied nutrition in college. Very unusual that a nutritionist would offer assistance here. What is your training and your degree?

It does say she is a trainee, if you'd bothered to read the post before making a judgement. I'd imagine she is offering assistance here to put what she has learned into practice before qualifying and moving into the paid world?

GrenadeRachel

bellabonbons wrote: »

I studied nutrition in college. Very unusual that a nutritionist would offer assistance here. What is your training and your degree?

It's the personal trainers choice if they would like to help people for free or not out of the goodness of their hearts. My personal trainers I don't pay for. Gather your information before you cause a debate.

GrenadeRachel

teamvic wrote: »

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

Like Tavistocktoad said whey probably is the cheapest bet but you can't just get all your protein from shakes that wouldn't be healthy. Eggs, are pretty cheap, make sure not to eat too many yolks just the whites, nuts, seeds etc fish also! Salmon, tuna, cod without batter etc. But I'm sure if you shopped around you could find some decent lean meat for a good price.

GrenadeRachel

JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »

bellabonbons wrote: »

I studied nutrition in college. Very unusual that a nutritionist would offer assistance here. What is your training and your degree?

It does say she is a trainee, if you'd bothered to read the post before making a judgement. I'd imagine she is offering assistance here to put what she has learned into practice before qualifying and moving into the paid world?

Accurate Josh thank you!:)

TavistockToad

Rachellwbu wrote: »

teamvic wrote: »

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

Like Tavistocktoad said whey probably is the cheapest bet but you can't just get all your protein from shakes that wouldn't be healthy. Eggs, are pretty cheap, make sure not to eat too many yolks just the whites, nuts, seeds etc fish also! Salmon, tuna, cod without batter etc. But I'm sure if you shopped around you could find some decent lean meat for a good price.

How many is 'too many' egg yolks?

StealthHealth

teamvic wrote: »

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

As @TavistockToad says, powders work out the best bang per buck per g or protein. I did have a spreadsheet which compared powders and other food types but I can't find it now (must have deleted it) but from memory cottage cheese and Greek yoghurt were next cheapest. Eggs were cheaper than any meats and fish. And the cheapest fish per g of protein was canned tuna.

Note that I only considered the foods I was willing to eat regularly and those which did not also contain large amounts of carbs and fat (because I often found myself hunting for protein but up to my limit on the other two macros).

Also interesting to note that there was a large variation in the price of protein powders and (not surprisingly) the less well known brands and internet retailers did better than the supermarket/health food store brands.

Best wishes.

GrenadeRachel

TavistockToad wrote: »

Rachellwbu wrote: »

teamvic wrote: »

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

Like Tavistocktoad said whey probably is the cheapest bet but you can't just get all your protein from shakes that wouldn't be healthy. Eggs, are pretty cheap, make sure not to eat too many yolks just the whites, nuts, seeds etc fish also! Salmon, tuna, cod without batter etc. But I'm sure if you shopped around you could find some decent lean meat for a good price.

How many is 'too many' egg yolks?

Depending on your cholesterol level i wouldn't eat more than 4 yolks a day.

abadvat

TavistockToad wrote: »

teamvic wrote: »

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

Protein powder is actually cheaper than meat or dairy but obviously you need a larger initial outlay for a tub of the stuff!

^that^ or adding protein rich legumes / vegetables to the daily diet - can in some cases hit between 20 & 30 gr. of protein with a cup of cooked beans.

solidtrunk

teamvic wrote: »

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

I get my protein powder from Costco. Around 6lbs of muscle milk for 31.99 last I checked.

Curvy1Gezel

I'm doing intense boxing classes on a Tuesday and Thursday for 1hour burning roughly 700 calories and on a Saturday for 1.5hours burning roughly 1050 calories I try to stay around 1500 calories on days I don't train and around 2000 on days I do is this ok?
I do need to loose around 1stone in weight but also need to tone up.
Also my sodium Intake is always low apart from maybe onece a week where it's really high is this ok? Or should I try to even it out ?
Thank you in advance

GrenadeRachel

Curvy1Gezel wrote: »

I'm doing intense boxing classes on a Tuesday and Thursday for 1hour burning roughly 700 calories and on a Saturday for 1.5hours burning roughly 1050 calories I try to stay around 1500 calories on days I don't train and around 2000 on days I do is this ok?
I do need to loose around 1stone in weight but also need to tone up.
Also my sodium Intake is always low apart from maybe onece a week where it's really high is this ok? Or should I try to even it out ?
Thank you in advance

Sounds brilliant to me, it sounds like you have everything all worked out for yourself

Curvy1Gezel

Rachellwbu wrote: »

Curvy1Gezel wrote: »

I'm doing intense boxing classes on a Tuesday and Thursday for 1hour burning roughly 700 calories and on a Saturday for 1.5hours burning roughly 1050 calories I try to stay around 1500 calories on days I don't train and around 2000 on days I do is this ok?
I do need to loose around 1stone in weight but also need to tone up.
Also my sodium Intake is always low apart from maybe onece a week where it's really high is this ok? Or should I try to even it out ?
Thank you in advance

Sounds brilliant to me, it sounds like you have everything all worked out for yourself

Woohoo lol thanks for the reassurance I was worried I was doing it wrong

Rick_1953

teamvic wrote: »

Hi Rachel, thanks for the kind offer. Trying to eat healthily and also increase my protein intake but meat is so expensive. Whats the cheapest source of protein I could start introducing?

Chicken or turkey