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What's your go to protein?

Josiahaldo
Josiahaldo Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Tuna here
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  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    Chicken. I like tuna too, but couldn't eat it everyday like I could chicken.
  • katiesmom_99
    katiesmom_99 Posts: 87 Member
    Chicken and Greek yogurt. I have one or the other pretty much every day.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Chicken mostly. Also protein powder.
  • k8eekins
    k8eekins Posts: 2,264 Member
    edited July 2019
    Beef, lamb, chicken and eggs.

    ETA and turkey.
  • Lolalikeslolagets
    Lolalikeslolagets Posts: 142 Member
    Chicken, tuna, cottage cheese, egg whites, sirloin, salmon, whey powder, tofu, um... I’m hungry
  • Lolalikeslolagets
    Lolalikeslolagets Posts: 142 Member
    Ground turkey, lamb, peameal, pork loin, shrimp, and Greek yogurt. That’s about it I think
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I eat chicken and whey on the daily.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    Cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, tuna, eggs, salmon, chicken thighs, pork loin. Pork loin is one that I rarely see fitness buffs mention, but it’s very lean and low calorie and easy to prep a whole one for a week.
  • mcemino2
    mcemino2 Posts: 427 Member
    Tuna, chicken and cottage cheese
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
    chicken, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, & quest bars (sparingly/rarely). Real food first
  • aokoye
    aokoye Posts: 3,495 Member
    Chicken - preferably chicken thigh.
  • ECTexan
    ECTexan Posts: 195 Member
    Turkey and cottage cheese
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Eggs, fish, shellfish
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Chicken, greek yogurt, and protein powder pretty much every day.
  • lilygarcia3
    lilygarcia3 Posts: 22 Member
    Ensure, protein powder or Pb. I suck at having protein in meals.
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    - MyProtein Whey Protein powder
    - greek yogurt
    - chicken, pork, beef, sausage
    - eggs
    - Special K Protein is surprisingly good (both taste and protein content) if I'm wanting cereal
  • billkansas
    billkansas Posts: 267 Member
    Wondering how the daily chicken eaters cook their chicken? I'd like to eat chicken daily but can't imagine cooking it often enough to do that. Maybe you're eating (pre-cooked) chicken lunch meat or something like that?
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    Seafood and dairy/eggs
  • slbbw
    slbbw Posts: 329 Member
    seitan, yogurt and egg whites
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    billkansas wrote: »
    Wondering how the daily chicken eaters cook their chicken? I'd like to eat chicken daily but can't imagine cooking it often enough to do that. Maybe you're eating (pre-cooked) chicken lunch meat or something like that?

    We get bags of Frozen chicken breasts from Meijer, defrost enough for required portions the night before, and 9/10 will bake it in our toaster oven. 28-30 minutes at 425F works pretty well. We change of the seasoning day-to-day and will do stir fry veggies/rice, just a vegetable as a side, or chop up and put in a salad. I wouldn't necessarily say we're daily chicken people, we'll mix it up with pork, beef tacos, steak, breakfast-for-dinner, or grill-fare this time of year. Were I single, I'd batch cook dinners for the week each weekend; might be something to try?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    billkansas wrote: »
    Wondering how the daily chicken eaters cook their chicken? I'd like to eat chicken daily but can't imagine cooking it often enough to do that. Maybe you're eating (pre-cooked) chicken lunch meat or something like that?

    I prep several chicken breasts on the smoker on Sunday. Then use them throughout the week.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    billkansas wrote: »
    Wondering how the daily chicken eaters cook their chicken? I'd like to eat chicken daily but can't imagine cooking it often enough to do that. Maybe you're eating (pre-cooked) chicken lunch meat or something like that?

    I buy chicken breast in bulk, bake it in the oven, cut it up/portion it then freeze it.
  • Spadesheart
    Spadesheart Posts: 479 Member
    servilio5 wrote: »
    Tuna here

    I love tuna, but I'll just put a small warning here just in case. There was a study done recently that essentially found that a lot of college aged people are eating an obscene amount of tuna as it's nutritious, easy, and the least expensive way to access fish. I believe the study said that 7% of the people polled were having it multiple times a week, and some up to 20... Which legitimately doesn't make sense to me, that's basically tuna for every meal, but I digress. The problem with this is tuna often has very high murcury levels, and that degree of consumption is getting to be poisonous.

    Basically try to limit tuna to maybe a couple times a week.


    To answer the question for me, eggwhites are super versatile, cottage cheese can be used to make a ton of stuff creamy, poultry is great and tuna of course. I'll make and freeze seitan every so often as well. And my protein powder supplier basically makes it a no brained; it is so much cheaper, not to mention easy to access. Sometimes you just want really efficient protein so you can have more fun stuff.
  • flowerhorsey
    flowerhorsey Posts: 154 Member
    Chicken, beef, fage yogurt, protein drink, tuna, seafood, bone broth
  • mike_bold
    mike_bold Posts: 140 Member
    chicken, beef, whey and to my work colleagues horror a tub of cottage cheese a day.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    Cottage cheese, salmon, tofu. And sure, chicken.
  • luxduca1
    luxduca1 Posts: 329 Member
    Chicken tuna salmon protein shakes
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    Spadesheart wrote: »
    servilio5 wrote: »
    Tuna here


    To answer the question for me, eggwhites are super versatile, cottage cheese can be used to make a ton of stuff creamy, poultry is great and tuna of course. I'll make and freeze seitan every so often as well. And my protein powder supplier basically makes it a no brained; it is so much cheaper, not to mention easy to access. Sometimes you just want really efficient protein so you can have more fun stuff.

    That’s how I feel about my protein powder. I mean, 24g for 90 calories? Leaves a lot of room in my diet for some fun stuff.
  • Spadesheart
    Spadesheart Posts: 479 Member
    mom23mangos wrote: »
    Spadesheart wrote: »
    servilio5 wrote: »
    Tuna here


    To answer the question for me, eggwhites are super versatile, cottage cheese can be used to make a ton of stuff creamy, poultry is great and tuna of course. I'll make and freeze seitan every so often as well. And my protein powder supplier basically makes it a no brained; it is so much cheaper, not to mention easy to access. Sometimes you just want really efficient protein so you can have more fun stuff.

    That’s how I feel about my protein powder. I mean, 24g for 90 calories? Leaves a lot of room in my diet for some fun stuff.

    where are you getting yours from??? Mine is 24 for 127 and I thought that was great. Though I imagine mine is quite inexpensive comparatively.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    eggs, beans, chickpeas, lentils, dairy products & nut butters are the main ones.

    beef and chicken - consume way less often but I do eat those on occasion.
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