Protein help

Add a protein shake to your day. I mean I'm a vegetarian and I still get like 80 grams of protein most days.
I use whey protein from either dymatize, pure protein, or ens celebrate (20-30 grams of protein per serving.) Mix it with milk for another 7-9 grams of protein.

You may be a little higher than necessary on the protein. The numbers I've seen are 0.7 g per lb body weight or 1 g per lb LEAN BODY MASS (which is usually pretty close 0.7 per lb of body weight).

You can do higher, but it may not be necessary in your case. I know that some eat more protein who are specifically looking to bulk or body build or are elite athletes. But, for those trying to maintain LBM or minimize its loss in a caloric deficit, 0.7 g seems to be sufficient. It's what I opt for. So you may want to look into that.

I find the way I meet my goal most days is through protein shakes. 2 scoops of my protein powder pack nearly 50 gr of protein. Depending on the day, I'll do one or two scoops to make up the differential. I think I would have a very hard time eating all the protein otherwise.

Here's a little blurb from Mark's Daily Apple on it (and you can go to his cite for the study links if you like):

The Sedentary

The RDA of 0.8 g protein/kg bodyweight or 0.36 g protein/lb bodyweight assumes you are sedentary, uninterested in gaining muscle, and free of health issues that might compromise your lean mass. If that describes you, the RDA is a good baseline from which to experiment. Just don’t go below that.

The Active

Athletes need more protein than the average person, but perhaps not as much as most fitness enthusiasts think (or consume). A 2011 paper on optimal protein intakes for athletes concluded that 1.8 g protein/kg bodyweight (or 0.8 g protein/lb bodyweight) maximizes muscle protein synthesis (while higher amounts are good for dieting athletes interested in preserving lean mass), whereas another settled on “a diet with 12-15% of its energy as protein,” assuming “total energy intake is sufficient to cover the high expenditures caused by daily training” (which could be quite high). One study even found benefit in 2-3 g protein/kg bodyweight (0.9-1.4 g protein/lb bodyweight) for athletes, a significant increase over standard recommendations. That said, I wouldn’t be too quick to discount anecdotal evidence or “iron lore.” A significant-enough portion of the strength training community swears by 1-2 g protein/lb bodyweight that it couldn’t hurt to try if lower amounts aren’t working for you.

The Dieters

Weight loss involves a caloric deficit (whether arrived at spontaneously or consciously). Unfortunately, caloric deficits rarely discriminate between lean mass and body fat, while most people are interested in losing fat, not muscle/bone/tendon/sinew/organ. Numerous studies show that increasing your protein intake during weight loss will partially offset the lean mass loss that tends to occur. In obese and pre-obese women, a 750 calorie diet with 30% of calories from protein (about 56 grams) preserved more lean mass during weight loss than an 18% protein diet. Another study in women showed that a 1.6 g protein/kg bodyweight (or 0.7 g protein/lb bodyweight) diet led to more weight loss, more fat loss, and less lean mass loss than a 0.8 g protein/kg bodyweight diet. Among dieting athletes, 2.3 g protein/kg bodyweight (or a little over 1 g protein/lb bodyweight) was far superior to 1.0 g protein/kg bodyweight in preserving lean mass. And, although specific protein intake recommendations were not stated, a recent meta-analysis concluded that high-protein weight loss diets help preserve lean mass.

Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-much-protein-should-you-be-eating/#ixzz2wtr8aJb1

I guess my question is do you see less favorable results if you don't meet your protein goals? I can only eat so many eggs and chicken and my calories are gone!

I try very hard to get in my 120 and do pretty good...maybe you just need different sources..

Greek yogurt is great, I love yoplait source greek 50 calories for 8g of protien
Cheese (light cheese or low fat to save calories)
Skim milk instead of whole milk
substitute 1 egg for egg whites...I buy whole egg whites (1egg+2egg whites scrambled)
Salmon either broiled or in a sandwich is great, crab meat, shrimp

When I choose my food I look at the calorie to protien ratio...I asked around and was told 1g of protien per 10 calories is great...I try not to go below 1/2g of protien to 10 calories for protien sources.

Try getting a carton of egg whites and using that in place of some of your eggs. Or instead of having two large eggs at 144 cal/12.6g protein, try one large egg+one large egg white at 91 cal/10g protein.