Hitting my protien macro

eimaj5575

I was having a very hard time hitting my protein bc I don't like protein drinks and I could not drink enough of it bc it was gross. What I found was a large can of chicken in a can and 1 cup of low fat greek plain yogurt was 390 calories and 77 grams of protein. Yay! so easy to hit my protein now and stay within calories. I just snack on it all day. Mix up some onions and celery and such and its a nice chicken salad and yummy. Can use tuna as well. Just a happy post that I can finally feel confident in eating my protein and not just drinking gross stuff to hit it.

kcmcd

Good for you! I'm glad you've found something you like.

medaide1

I'm having the same problem. I'm only eating between 1200 and 1400 calories a day. I could probably hit the protein easier, but I have this mental block that says I have to eat something AND something. Like a sandwich and chips or egg and potato. This eats up my calories on fats and carbs and never enough protein. Which also leads I think to not enough iron. I'm glad this works for you but I really don't care for the taste of canned chicken. Maybe I can get some chicken breast, cook them and have the same concept. Just hard at this calorie level.

eimaj5575

I'm having the same problem. I'm only eating between 1200 and 1400 calories a day. I could probably hit the protein easier, but I have this mental block that says I have to eat something AND something. Like a sandwich and chips or egg and potato. This eats up my calories on fats and carbs and never enough protein. Which also leads I think to not enough iron. I'm glad this works for you but I really don't care for the taste of canned chicken. Maybe I can get some chicken breast, cook them and have the same concept. Just hard at this calorie level.

I am the same way when it comes to I want to eat something and something. Most of the time its a sandwich and special k cracker chips which are low calories and yummy. The sandwich usually consists of turkey and mustard or the chicken salad I mentioned on 40 calorie a slice bread. I am in the 1450 cal a day range and I know its hard to keep protein up and stay within calories. You can definitely cook your own chicken breast and do it that way. Its prob healthier that way also. I just like the fast and easy part to just opening the canned chicken and mixing the stuff. Greek yogurt alone I find is not very good but mixed as a salad taste yummy to me.