Adding more protein without adding fat and cals too

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  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Greek-style Yogurt and Cottage Cheese are very versatile while providing good amounts of protein at lower calories. Personally, I buy both Fage Total 0% and Total original (full-fat) varieties for various recipes. With those, you can create some rather delicious yet healthy deserts that will fill you up like a meal.

    My breakfast for example is:
    3 Eggland's Best Extra Large Eggs (can replace with Egg Whites to exclude fat)
    1/2 cup Daisy Cottage Cheese
    1/2 cup diced Strawberries
    1/4 diced Ya Pear
    1 teaspoon crushed Hazelnuts
    1/2 teaspoon Saigon Cinnamon
  • bluehenjen
    bluehenjen Posts: 29 Member
    I'm also doing a high-protein diet for 6 weeks while on a heavy lifting program, and it's really hard to consume 150 g of protein per day! I do really enjoy Jay Robb protein powders (whey and egg protein). I also keep hard boiled eggs and sustainably-caught tuna on hand, and I plan to make several batches of steamed shrimp with Old Bay seasoning.
  • cmatthews8074
    cmatthews8074 Posts: 4 Member
    ahamm002 wrote: »
    Just have some turkey or chicken! Or any kind of non-processed meat! It's pure protein and tastes good.

    But then you have the fat....
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    edited October 2014
    Shrimp. 6 oz shrimp (I buy the frozen already cooked kind that thaw quickly under warm water) 1 tsp of horseradish and 1 Tbl of ketchup for the cocktail sauce is 185 calories, 5 g carb, 2 g fat and a whopping 36 g protein. Most of the carbs are in the ketchup.

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  • Basilin
    Basilin Posts: 360 Member
    Lowfat Cottage Cheese
    Lowfat Greek Yogurt

    Pretty much any seafood:
    Halibut
    Tilapia
    Bass
    Crab
    Tuna
    Cod
    Shrimp

    Gelatin
    Game meat (tends to be lower in fat)
    Egg whites
    Tofu

    I've been mixing greek yogurt with protein powder for a "pudding" that works really well. I like the Cottage Cheese Ambrosia recipe!

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