High in protein/low in Fat

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khamilton1995
khamilton1995 Posts: 1 Member
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Food to grab that is High in protein but low in Fat?? I am having a hard time getting my fats down and my protein up! Please help this girl out!!!! Thanks in advance

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 33,944 Member
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    Poultry, seafood, non-fat Greek yogurt.
  • Speakeasy76
    Speakeasy76 Posts: 961 Member
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    Low-fat cottage cheese, protein powder. I used to buy turkey lunchmeat and snack on that, but since I can't have that right now (and probably shouldn't be eating that everyday, anyway), I buy a rotisserie chicken and will have some of that as part of a snack.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
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    Any low/no fat dairy or low fat meat (including most seafood and lean cuts of beef and pork or game meat, as well as the usual chicken/turkey breast).
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,876 Member
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    poultry, fish/seafood, lean cuts of beef and pork, jerky, low or no fat greek yogurt...
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,070 Member
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    The thread below links to a spreadsheet that lists many, many foods in order by protein efficiency, most protein for fewest calories. The foods near the top of that list will inherently be lower fat (and carb) foods, because they're getting relatively more of their calories from just the protein. There's a column that lists the carbs/fats besides.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10247171/carbs-and-fats-are-cheap-heres-a-guide-to-getting-your-proteins-worth-fiber-also

    As a side note, I hope you're realizing you don't have to hit macro goals exactly: Close is good enough. If your protein is persistently low, that's worth working on. Absent relevant medical problems, higher fat intake within calorie goal isn't necessarily a problem - certainly won't affect weight loss. Both fat and protein are essential nutrients, perhaps best considered as minimums rather than maximums, while working toward a reasonable calorie goal.

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