protein overload

kittylala

I have been on MFP for about 3 weeks & have been losing weight but I am consistently under my calories, expecially when I have exercise calories, but am always at or over on my protein. If anyone knows how I can increase my calorie intake without increasing my protein please let me know.

kittylala

I have been on MFP for about 3 weeks & have been losing weight but I am consistently under my calories, expecially when I have exercise calories, but am always at or over on my protein. If anyone knows how I can increase my calorie intake without increasing my protein please let me know.

Hannah_Banana

Eat carbs...

Pasta, bread, potatoes etc. :flowerforyou:

kittylala

Thanks so much Hannah, I just looked back thru my diary for past days & noticed pasta & potatoes where fairly high in calorie & low in protein. I guess I need to make some adjustments in what I've been doing but it shouldn't be hard I LOVE PASTA!!!

Hannah_Banana

Hehe, yes so do I. :laugh:

When I started out I had the opposite problem you are having now, I've never been much of a meat eater so I had to find things that were high in protein that I liked. Now I go over protein by 20g a day on average and I generally have a few carbs left over. Its all about finding that balance. :bigsmile:

MattySparky

here's my idea!

One plain quaker rice cake with one tablespoon of natural unsalted crunchy peanutbutter (from bulk barn) has 135 Calories and only 5 grams of protein... heck eat two... I use these as a great snack or to get in some extra cals.

MattySparky

PS.... you would get a lot more response if this was in the right section (not that I care, cause trust me I dont) try putting it under Food and Nutrition.