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How can I improve my prospective diet?

25lbsorbust
25lbsorbust Posts: 225 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hey y'all.

I'm trying to eat less junk (candy, energy drinks, Jose Ole Chimichangas...) and move my diet in a better direction. For today in MFP I've laid out an idea of what my diet is going to look like the way I have it planned out.

I'm looking for ways I could get more protein without going over my calorie limit, maybe leaving a little wiggle room in case I want to have a beer or two at the end of the day, or it's wine bar trivia night :wink:

I have an 'apple' for lunch because I'm going to make some roasted apple chips (I have Oral Allergy Syndrome for basically any raw food, so I couldn't have a raw apple. I would love it if I could..) and it's such a small amount of food for snacks/lunch because I'm on ADHD medication so if I bring a big meal, or anything that has to be further prepared, I don't want it and won't touch it, instead skipping lunch and going home starving. Cue eating everything in the kitchen while I make dinner!

On a normal day I hit around 10k steps, and I'm expecting to earn at least 150-200 back from doing PIIT28 every day starting tonight. So in theory, if I manage to do that..

How can I easily get more protein into my diet, without bumping up the calories a ton? I'm not convinced I can add more chicken breast and still eat the entire meal. Thoughts?

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    As you know, your calories are low. For calories that low -- are you sure 1200 is really appropriate for you with 10K steps? that's not sedentary -- your carbs are high. What worked for me when I first started and was doing 1250 was to build each meal (I eat 3) around a source of protein and vegetables. If I wanted oats for breakfast, I'd often add protein powder. If you are going to take lunch completely off the table as a source of protein, you'd need to switch up breakfast and snacks to be higher protein and/or increase your serving of chicken at dinner (decrease other things to make room, but chicken is low cal).

    I don't think it's realistic for most people to get most of their protein in one meal, though, so I'd try to spread it around more.
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