How do you get your protein?

I struggle with getting enough protein while also staying within my calorie goals, so a high protein:calorie ratio is important to me. For that reason, I aim for lean and low-carb proteins. That often includes chicken, Quest bars, and protein powder/shakes. I suppose it could probably include fish too, but I live in the midwest where fish is expensive unless I'm catching it myself (and I haven't had time for that for quite awhile).

I am vegan and get most of my protein from huel shakes. You make them up with water.. They work a treat in providing me with a good amount of protein and are very tasty and filling..

http://huel.com/

I'm a vegetarian, so this may or may not help you:

-Lowfat cottage cheese
-hard boiled eggs in my salads
-protein powders (my fave is Allmax Chocolate Peanut Butter Whey Protein Isolate)
-Plain Fage greek yogurt(it's like 22g protein per cup) in lieu of sour cream or mixed with a little almond butter to dip apple slices in (or I mix berries, almonds, honey, whatever, I just don't really like sweetened yogurt)
-I eat eggs for dinner a lot. I like omelets.
-unsweetened vanilla almond milk
-black beans
-Quorn mycoprotein products
-Cheese
-Thinkthin protein bars

Eggs, beans, meat (chicken, lean pork, venison, fish, seafood mostly), cottage cheese, greek yogurt.

I have had to learn to 'layer' my proteins. It's never a one & done process for me.
Yesterday I had cottage cheese, a hummus sandwich studded with shelled edemame, 7 nut butter on celery, homemade split pea soup with ham, and sunflower studded whole grain bread with brie. All contributed to my 86 grams. That was on the low side too. I average between 100-120 but I wasn't feeling great yesterday so I cut my calories to match my missed workouts better. You've got to think 'where's the protein?' at every meal & snack.

I'm usually well above my Protein intake. Some of my staples are as follows:

Hard Boiled Eggs, Nuts, Fish, Chicken. If you are vegan/vegetarian you could do Beans, Nuts, Tofu, Seeds, Quinoa.

scolaris wrote: »

You've got to think 'where's the protein?' at every meal & snack.

Yep, that's what I'm doing 95% of the time. Protein - Fibre - Fat - Carbs in that order. Which usually means I can fit in something sweet at the end of the day.

Sardines in olive oil

canned tuna in water and all-whites (liquid egg whites). cheap, low(er) calorie, lots and lots of protein

I don't like a lot of high-protein foods (they make me feel sluggish and sick to my stomach if I consume too much) and am a vegetarian, but I try to spread my protein intake out among:

• dairy (skim milk, string cheese, occasional full-fat cheeses, haven't had much cottage cheese or yogurt lately but I like these as well; I usually make my own yogurt from leftover milk)
• nuts and nut butters (the natural ones without sugar added) and seeds (hemp seeds and chia seeds are great but also sometimes pumpkin seeds, etc.)
• legumes (I eat lentils or beans for dinner most nights, and also things like hummus that are prepared with legumes, occasional PB2 (peanuts are legumes, not nuts...)
• eggs maybe once or twice a week (that's really all I can take)
• occasionally tofu
• occasionally Morningstar Farms fake meat products (I don't like the Quorn ones at all, Tofurkey is hit or miss for me, the Gardein roasts are good at Thanksgiving) or veggie burgers at restaurants
• protein powders (I use a small amount in smoothies most mornings, usually whey or else something vegan)
• random protein bars I receive in subscription boxes (sometimes I will eat only half, and I really don't care for the ones with uniform/homogeneous textures)
• whole grains (as well as things like quinoa, which are not actual grains)

So I am rarely getting much protein from any one food item, based on serving sizes, but with a combination of these different types of foods throughout the day, I am getting plenty.