Trying to increase protein and lessen carbs.

kjnsweets

I don’t eat a lot of pasta right now and so far eating one piece of wheat toast in the morning. I’ve been doing smoothies to get in 5 servings of vegetables and fruits but it’s driving my carbs up. My protein has been less than what I want it to be. Someone mentioned jerky? How is it fat content wise? Does it have that much protein?

deannalfisher

most jerky's are going to be about 60% protein/40% fat in my experience - but for me the sodium isn't worth it. I've prefer to up my protein by adding a few oz here and there of meat or other (i.e. greek yogurt)

kshama2001

kjnsweets wrote: »

I don’t eat a lot of pasta right now and so far eating one piece of wheat toast in the morning. I’ve been doing smoothies to get in 5 servings of vegetables and fruits but it’s driving my carbs up. My protein has been less than what I want it to be. Someone mentioned jerky? How is it fat content wise? Does it have that much protein?

Can you post a screenshot of the macros for the ingredients in your smoothie? Are you adding protein powder to it?

Because bananas are higher calorie fruits, I only put about 2 oz / 60 g in my smoothie. I also add about the same amount of low calorie/carb strawberries. The veggies I add are all low carb like kale and Swiss chard.

Chicken breast and shrimp are great high protein options. If you want something more snacky, try cottage cheese.

briscogun

Or just add a protein bar or protein drink daily/as needed?

ExistingFish

Add Greek Yogurt (unsweetened/plain) to your smoothie (the fruit will provide the sweetness). Protein and creaminess.

I put honey in mine, it doesn't kill my calories/macros. You might use stevia/spenda/whathaveyou if you want it sweeter.

moscosos412

Peanut butter has been the best thing I have come across. It skyrockets my protein percentage.
Edamame is great low calorie high protein snack.

Anabirgite

I add pasteurized egg whites or nonfat greek yogurt or cottage cheese and a scoop of protein powder to my smoothie each morning. As Kshama2001 mentioned bananas are higher cal, so I only add 40 grams then freeze other half for next day.

netitheyeti

Personally I love fruit (like berries) with plain low fat greek yogurt (either blended or just mixed together) or low fat cottage cheese, smoothies can be nice but unless you're adding a source of protein to the fruit and veggies then yeah, they're gonna be adding mostly carbs (obviously also fibre, vitamins and minerals etc, but still).
I also love big salads (lots of greens) and typically throw in some beans, lentils, lean meat, or feta.

youngmomtaz

Protein powder, cottage cheese, eggs, skyr yogurt is awesome if you can find it, all the meat, etc for protein. I recently read and tested a neat trick for getting my protein shakes thick and milkshake like with less sugar from fruit(I eat low carb) add some frozen cauliflower. You don’t taste it, it replaces a large chunk of the fruit to help with the frozen thickness and was great. If that is how you like your smoothies in the hot months. You can cut the fruit quite a bit by doing this. I also have always put spinach in my smoothies as it hides well and adds more veg to my day without me eating another salad.

munda_jamesSWP

Here’s an example of a low carb meal day/week from a program I always jump to for examples.