How do YOU get your protein?

DietPep1978

Just looking for some ideas!
Thank you!

Lyadeia

omelets for breakfast with turkey sausage
protein shakes after working out
chicken breast, fish fillets, lean beef (etc) for lunch and dinner
Greek yogurt or cottage cheese as snacks

I typically eat around 40% of my calories from protein by starting my meals with the above, and then just adding fruits, veggies, etc. to the protein.

albinogorilla

meat, meat, and more meat, and eggs and egg whites too
chicken is best, lean steak is ok, but much higher calorie
if you can't eat it all, protein shakes ahoy!!!!

Jeneba

I'm a vegetarian, so this is always a problem.... Almonds, hemp seeds, egg whites, goat cheese, lactaid....

sbrouillet

Chicken, Eggs, Peanut Butter

fromaquasar

Eggs for breakfast
Yoghurt and protein powder
Cottage cheese (with fruit and honey)
Cheese, milk, blackbeans, nuts, lentils
Peanut butter
Protein shakes

Most things most days, I'm a vegie so no meat

JennLifts

Cheese, tempeh, greek yogurt, soy milk, nonfat plain yogurt, protein powder, beans, cappuccinos, peanut butter, and minute amounts from other sources, like my bread!

misscfe

Mostly milk, protein shakes, fish or chicken

RedHotRunner

eggs, chicken and greek yogurt top my list. Pork tenderloin is really high in protein too and low in calories.

jbug100

Protein shakes, nuts, lean meat, eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese, hummus, skim milk

gooberr4

chicken, turkey, greek yogurt, nuts, protein drinks/bars.

Kohadre

I get mine from natural sources like eggs, lean chicken breast, peanut butter. I'm not a huge fan of the protein drinks because most of them taste like &*#$ and are so loaded up with aspartame and carbs that its (IMO) doing more harm than good to my system.

arbonnefit

I use Arbonne's Vegan Protein Shakes ~ I also use farm fresh eggs and organic meat

Elizabeth_C34

eggs, fish, chicken, some red meat

Heather75

Too easy...

Cheese, egg whites, chicken and Greek yogurt.

curlytop89

egg whites, lean pork. I like the special K protein shakes which are convenient when I am in a hurry (10gms) and I also like the special K protein plus cereal. Fairly lowcal and I usually eat 1 1/2 portions at a time and that is 15 gms of protein not counting the milk you add to it and 150 calories. Good luck.

Thriceshy

Just looking for some ideas!
Thank you!

Builder's Bars--they're a multi-tasking wonder for me--high protein, low glycemic, with fiber and some potassium in there, they fill me up, and they satisfy my desire for chocolate. I haven't had (or craved) a candy bar in months since I started having a Builder Bar every day. I also do a good bit of fish and boneless, skinless chicken, beans, tuna, and have been known to have an omelet with cheese and salsa now and then. Oh, and cheese. Sometimes I just nibble on a bit of cheese.

Kris

lectersmeal

Shakes -- Oh Yeah! brand. I'm really picky about the taste of protein shakes, and these are the only ones. They have about 32g of protein

Kanzaki3

My protein intake mostly comes from whey protein + milk, egg whites, and fish. I always seem to overdose on protein but it doesn't bother me one bit.

noogie98

I don't eat a lot of meat; red meat is out since I have problems digesting it. I do chicken once in awhile; I get my protein from tuna, beans, legumes, yogurt & occasionally protein powder. I will set up my crock pot in the morning with some dry beans, seasoning (no salt ~ Mrs Dash) and water & let it go. When I get home from work or my workout, the beans are usually ready to go & I have controlled the sodium count by doing it myself. I rarely use canned beans because of the sodium.

One pouch of Chicken of the Sea light tuna in water has 17 grams of protein; I love it wrapped in lettuce leaves with a little spicy mustard and dill pickle on it. It fills me up & I do not even miss the bread; plus, it is around 100 calories!

JoeyC07

omelets for breakfast with turkey sausage
protein shakes after working out
chicken breast, fish fillets, lean beef (etc) for lunch and dinner
Greek yogurt or cottage cheese as snacks

I typically eat around 40% of my calories from protein by starting my meals with the above, and then just adding fruits, veggies, etc. to the protein.

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mamagooskie

Quinoa, fat free greek yogurt, protein shakes, tofu and other soy products, beans and some of my dry cereals I like to snack on are pretty high in protein as well.

I'm vegetarian so I had to find ways to up my protein intake but now I have no problems with it what so ever and on any given day I'll have 75-100 grams a day.

DietPep1978

Thank you so much for all the great ideas!!

Cheers to Protein!

maemiller

Protein shakes, low fat cheese, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, lots of fish and chicken, lean hamburger 96/4, beans. I try to get 130-150 grams of protein per day(40%)/1400 calories. What i do is i do my food diary for the next day and I tweek it if im low on protein or over on my calories.

anhaab

I love, love, love the Think Thin protein bars (can get off drugstore.com or amazon.com) - especially the chunky peanut butter & white chocolate chip. Each has approx 20g protein & 0g sugar.

JMun

Fresh local fish
Farm fresh eggs
Cottage cheese
Greek yogurt
Protein shakes

arw060310

Mostly from Total Lean shakes, eggs, and metamucil.