Upping my protein

geordiegirl27
geordiegirl27 Posts: 307 Member
in Food and Nutrition
hi there

I noticed from my macros that I'm not getting enough protein, I dont eat a lot of meat/fish but struggling to know what else I can try to help increase my intake?

thanks

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  • hannydee
    hannydee Posts: 246
    Eggs, nuts, cheese, milk, yoghurt etc.

    You could also try protein powder. Even if you don't like drinking it as a shake, you can bake it into stuff or add it to porridge etc to get an easy protein boost.
  • Sam3622
    Sam3622 Posts: 172 Member
    I use Bio-Synergy skinny protein powder, it has 31g of protein per scoop and the vanilla flavour is delicious!!! I mix mine with skimmed milk and ice and blend it and it tastes just like a creamy vanilla milkshake!
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    Many beans have lots of protein
    Greek yogurt (love). I usually get plain and flavor it myself.
    Most dairy
    Nuts
    Various veg have higher protein then others.

    I tey to get all my protein in at every meal...not a big fan of acarfing back several chicken breasts.
  • TheTrimTim
    TheTrimTim Posts: 220 Member
    Meat and fish are probably the biggest contributors so you may need to re-look at your intake of these. If you don't like "fishy" fish, perhaps tuna is OK for you.
  • geordiegirl27
    geordiegirl27 Posts: 307 Member
    Meat and fish are probably the biggest contributors so you may need to re-look at your intake of these. If you don't like "fishy" fish, perhaps tuna is OK for you.

    I love fish but don't eat large amounts of food and if I have meat/fish they're never in large quantities.

    Thanks for the other replies I'll work on trying to increase overall with less bulky foods, will look at shakes as well.
  • kehuizenga
    kehuizenga Posts: 151
    My tracker thing often says I go over on my protein allotment. I'm not sure if that's good or not. It's also odd because I don't eat much meat. I do eat oatmeal (specifically the quaker weight control variety--it has a lot of protein and I make it with milk), greek yogurt, salad with chicken in it, tofu, and eggs fairly frequently. As far as meat goes I pretty much stick with chicken or ground turkey.
  • TheTrimTim
    TheTrimTim Posts: 220 Member
    What about protein bars? I use these to get my protein and my chocolate fix! :-)
  • sunshinesquared
    sunshinesquared Posts: 2,733 Member
    What about protein bars? I use these to get my protein and my chocolate fix! :-)

    I like these, too. My favorite are the Pure Protein. 20g of protein

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