What do you eat to make your protein macro?

kiku76

Since we are all at high calories, I'm pretty sure everyone's protein count is fairly high.

So what do you eat? I need ideas.
I suppose I could have 2 shakes a day. I have a unflavored pea protein powder that tastes like *kitten*, and a vanilla protein powder that I apparently gives me a headache. I think from the fake sugar in it. So, I want to find a substitute for the vanilla.

and another question, if you use unflavored powder, what do you add to it?

knitbytes

I'm currently eating 1-2 protein bars and a green smoothie with a scoop of protein powder in it on most days. I also have meat or nuts with every meal (peanut butter or pecans with breakfast, meat with lunch and dinner).

Honestly I'd like to find a way to get more protein without so much supplementation (bars and powder) since it feels really unsustainable to me and the bars have quite a bit of sugar.

kiku76

that's kind of how I feel too. I'd like to be able to hit the high protein numbers without having 2 shakes a day.

CMB1979

I use protein powder to get my protein at least close to the goal. Meat is really expensive here in Korea and I don't want to eat fish or squid every day.

jennagoogles13

Lots of peanut butter!! Also egg whites, turkey burgers, and lately, a lot of the Yoplait Greek 2x Protein yogurt

twinmomtwice4

Cottage cheese, greek yogurt, nuts, nut butters, unflavored whey protein powder, turkey jerky, cheese, beans, quinoa, whole wheat cous cous.

Another great way to increase your protein is to eat a larger than normal portion size of lean meat or fish. Like, instead of having a 4 ounce chicken breast, have a 6 or 8 oz chicken breast. Eat a huge piece of fish! Eat an entire can of tuna or salmon!!

Not only will that help you increase your protein intake, but it'll also help get your calories up there (with healthy foods!!!)

elleryjones

I don't like cottage cheese, but will eat it mixed in with Greek yogurt (good dose of protein there). Tuna fish is also a new recent fave - high protein and low calories. I hardboil a huge mess of eggs and keep them in the fridge, and will eat 6-8 chopped up egg whites at a time (with a little butter and salt, or mayo and mustard). And I do a lot of food prep on the weekend - I'll make up a batch of hamburgers to bring to work for lunch each day.

I recently invested in some Trutein protein powders and they are quite yummy (I have cinnabun and chocolate peanut butter cup).

holleysings

I don't try all that hard to meet mine and I meet it almost every day WITHOUT eating meat (most days), eggs, dairy, or tons of protein powder. I only shoot for 20% protein, or around 110g. There's a good thread about calculating how much protein you need per day. You should check that out! Maybe you're aiming too high for your calorie goal.

laccy40

I was quite low on my protein today so just stood in the kitchen and ate 60g of chicken before bed. I sometimes wonder if it really is as important as we think...

kiku76

I don't try all that hard to meet mine and I meet it almost every day WITHOUT eating meat (most days), eggs, dairy, or tons of protein powder. I only shoot for 20% protein, or around 110g. There's a good thread about calculating how much protein you need per day. You should check that out! Maybe you're aiming too high for your calorie goal.

thanks. I'll look for it. I just used the suggested numbers and ended up with 143g of protein

edit: after looking around and using the equations, I've come up with 116g. IDK which to follow. 116 is definitely attainable and I mostly go over that, but 143 is proving to be a bit much

holleysings

I don't try all that hard to meet mine and I meet it almost every day WITHOUT eating meat (most days), eggs, dairy, or tons of protein powder. I only shoot for 20% protein, or around 110g. There's a good thread about calculating how much protein you need per day. You should check that out! Maybe you're aiming too high for your calorie goal.

thanks. I'll look for it. I just used the suggested numbers and ended up with 143g of protein

edit: after looking around and using the equations, I've come up with 116g. IDK which to follow. 116 is definitely attainable and I mostly go over that, but 143 is proving to be a bit much

So set the percentages that put you just over 120g. See how you feel. If you feel fine, stick with it! Not everyone does well with 30% of calories coming from protein. I get physically ill with more than 140g a day if it's from animal sources. So I don't do that to myself! No need.

KatieDuvall612

Greek yogurt, sunflower seeds, black beans, eggs, cheese.

When I used unflavored protein powder I always made sure to blend it with a very ripe banana and a few other things like spinach and coconut milk. Bananas seemed to cover up the bad taste more than anything else. Not sure if you can tolerate stevia but now I use chocolate or vanilla Plant Fusion which has pretty minimal ingredients and a good flavor.

fruitninja93

fat free greek yoghurt! The type I eat is 57kcal per 100g and 10g protein per 100g. So you can eat loads of it for not too many calories and its delicious with a teaspoon of honey or some dried fruit!

nothingwithoutHim

Lentils. Soooo many lentils.

bfitgirl

If i find I'm going to work out low I usually include either a homemade protein bun or a protein pancake. Especially the pancake as sometimes I just don't want a savory snack.

Protein Pancake; 3 tbsp vanilla protein powder + .5tsp baking powder + 1 egg + drop of water if not mixing well - fry like pancake.

tashaa1992

Meat or chicken, cheese, milk, greek yoghurt, bread(mine has 7g per slice), deli meat, nut muesli, I don't use protein shakes or bars, and I don't eat eggs or fish as I don't like it, I can easily get in 150g of protein:)