Protein Suggestions

Other than tuna, you covered the more common ones. I suggest considering the protein shakes your trainer suggested. It isn't something you need to have every meal. Get a good vanilla protein powder and blend it with 1 cup skim milk and a cup of frozen fruit (I recommend blueberries, strawberries, or red raspberries). Simple and delicious.

I like body fortress, but everyone will have a different opinion on what taste good to them. I think if you up the quantity of lean meat your eating than you should be able to hit your protein goals. I do love my protein smoothies though

drinking your calories in the way of a protein shake is NOT like drinking calories as in a slurpee. Protein shakes are a great addition to your day. I have them for breakfast quite often. It's a meal, not a drink. I like to add beans and canned pumpkin into mine, sometimes spinach too.

I use optimum nutrition's double rich chocolate whey protein powder. I just put a scoop in a cup of milk, shake it up and it's basically chocolate milk except with lots of protein. I love it.

Parmesan cheese has a whopping 35.8 grams of protein per 100 grams of cheese. Soybeans have 64 grams of protein per cup. Lean meat and lean cuts of meat are an obvious and tasty choice. The leaner the better.


Milk has good protein. You can eat nuts and peanut butter. There are also protein supplements and protein shakes. Eggs are a good source of protein and don't forget beans too.


Found on the Internet

eggs and cheese

http://www.livestrong.com/slideshow/556857-20-delicious-protein-powder-recipes-that-are-not-shakes/

Egg, nuts( don't eat too many), tofu,veggie burgers, lentils, beans(kidney/lima beans),soy(too much soy can be bad, so watch out),almond milk (this has an acquired taste; be warned!),protein bars, chocolate milk, peanut butter, spinach, broccoli, brown rice,..hmm that's all that I can come up with off the top of my head. I'm struggling with this a bit too since I'm a vegetarian. If you come across anything amazing let me know!! : )

Check the lanÉls abd shop around! I've found some (the ones that tend to be aimed towards women in my opinion) have an unreasonable amount of sugar and carbs. That's my indication of whether or not it's a "good" powder!

I add unflavored protein powder to my soups or in cereal....so I'm technically eating it still.

Edamame, greek yogurt, and quinoa are a few good sources of protein.

I have had an herbalife vanilla protein drink that was quite tasty! When I mixed it with skim milk, it gives me even more protein. But like you, I so much prefer to eat my food, not drink it. I like tuna, and tilapia and other fish, and scallops and shrimp and eggs, cottage cheese, greek yogurt. And I definitely enjoy a good steak now and then!

Ahi Tuna and Turkey Jerky

I like Advocare's protein. They are very tasty and easy on the tummy! Some of the other brands used to make me feel bloated and give me a tummy ache but so far this has been good.

Do you like other seafood (shrimp, crab, lobster, tilapia, catfish). I use a lot of fish/seafood because it's low cal and a great source of protein.

Get some sort of cold filtered and cold processed whey protein isolate. I really like Intek Nutrition or Nutracore nutrition's proteins. The way to tell if they are truly cold filtered and cold processed is by the way the describe it. The ingredient should be listed first and should say something along the lines of: undenatured cross flow micro filtered whey protein isolate. Or hydrolyzed whey protein isolate.

Yes, consider the protein shakes. My trainer has always recommended them. I go in spurts, but when I add one, it really helps up the protein. The higher protein will help the muscles recover from exercise which will overall make you look and feel better. The calories from a protein shake will not bust a day.

I mix my protein shakes with about 4 oz of skim milk and 4 oz of water. Part skim milk b/c milk with them tastes better than water, but using half water reduces calories. I use Gold standard. I think their chocolate flavors are good.. they have a few types of chocolate.

One thing to watch for in protein shakes is the fat calories. Compare a fews brands, you will see some have higher fat than others. For those trying to loose weight choose the mixes with lower fat calories. I have found Gold Standard and Matrix so far with lower fat calories.

I have even used some of the protein powder and mixed in with my yogurt to add more protein. You mentioned no yogurt, but you can put it other items too. I know someone mentioned no flavor powder. It could be mixed in, sprinkled on, many items you already eat!

Good Luck!