Protein?

dried milk powder, cottage cheese. kale, peas, greek yoghurt

When I up my protein my need for "empty" carbs normally drops quite significantly, so I find that I dont really have to worry about the increased protein calories, as I am eating less calorie expensive carbs....

Egg whites are all protein and no carbs or fat so all of the calories are coming from protein. I eat them everyday to get my protein up since I'm a vegetarian.

Protein bars (I love Quest). Protein powder with almond milk, stirred into sugar-free pudding, mixed with creamer in coffee. Shaved deli meats wrapped in cheese. Add cheese whenever you can to meats and veggies. Greek yogurt, peanut or almond butter, and nuts.

My only suggestion would be load up the veggies. It will get you in extra protein without a lot of calories. Spinach and kale are good sources of green protein. Load up a salad or two a day of these guys with a light dressing. Sound better to me than a protein shake.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2461/2

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2626/2

My only suggestion would be load up the veggies. It will get you in extra protein without a lot of calories. Spinach and kale are good sources of green protein. Load up a salad or two a day of these guys with a light dressing. Sound better to me than a protein shake.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2461/2

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2626/2

Brb, eating 1kg (2.2lb) of spinach to get 30g of protein... Vegetables cannot work as a protein source for a serious strength athlete, especially a male.

265g?

No one needs that much protein. I'm sorry.

Yeah, where are you getting this number from?

I think there are about 4-5 calories in a gram of protein regardless of how you ingest it.

You will struggle to find something less calories than protein shakes, that range from 70-90% protein.

This is true... There are 4 calories per gram of protein (same in carbohydrates, fat has 9 calories per gram).
I found a protein powder that gets pretty much all of its calories from protein called Isopure. It has 210 calories/serving with 50 grams of protein in each serving (4 calories per gram of protein x50 grams of protein per serving = 200 calories of pure protein).
Thats a lot of protein. Most of the time I use only 1/4 of the listed serving and add it to the almond milk on my cereal, add it to plain or vanilla greek yogurt or cottage cheese to up my protein intake throughout the day, not just at one time during the day.

Here is their website just for FYI: http://www.theisopurecompany.com/en/powders

Any suggestions about how to load up on my protein without all the calories? I hit up the protein shakes and eggs but would like to get that protein count up without loading up on calories.

Fat free milk with that protein powder helps. Also, add a little bit of those liquid egg whites to that, too. Delicious.