Lean protein ideas?

laura17192015
laura17192015 Posts: 18 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi,

I'm looking for ideas for low calorie proteins that I can incorporate into my diet. I've been eating a lot of seafood (fish and shrimp mostly), as well as deli sliced ham. I'm new to the whole dieting/fitness thing. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks ☺

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  • socalrunner59
    socalrunner59 Posts: 149 Member
    Non fat yogurt
    Peas
    Spinach
    Lentils
    Kale
    Beans
    Quinoa
    Oatmeal (not instant as its full of sugar and crap)
    Non fat cottage cheese
    Tofu
    Eggs
    Nuts
    Low fat/non fat milk

    Be sure to eat vegetable proteins, too much fish, meat, and dairy protein is binding.
  • schairish09
    schairish09 Posts: 8 Member
    Try quinoa. It's great hot for breakfast as a substitute for oatmeal. My 2 cents is to be sure to take vitimines. The first thing I would do is get a blood work and see what you are deficient in. Compare it a chart for a person you your gendar & age abd you can go from there. That makes all the difference. What works for me may not work for you. Vitimines do not work alone. You bust eat the right foods. And your body doest pull a the nutrients from foods without the vitimines and enzymes needed to do the job
  • jeannemarie333
    jeannemarie333 Posts: 214 Member
    I recently started focusing more on lean proteins too, and eat salmon and chicken breast regularly and just started buying organic. I love cashews and nuts, low fat provolone cheese ! yogurt is my buddy :) good luck!!
  • gigatt46
    gigatt46 Posts: 1 Member
    I use almonds, nonfat Greek yogurt, and protien shakes.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Lean cuts of beef and pork:
    http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/beef-considered-lean-beef-2690.html
    Extra lean beef is the healthiest you can buy in terms of fat content. The leanest cut is typically eye round roast and steak with 4 grams of fat per serving and 1.4 grams of saturated fat. The next leanest cuts include sirloin tip side steak, top round roast and steak, bottom round roast and steak, and top sirloin steak.
    http://www.porkbeinspired.com/nutrition/compare-pork/
    Pork tenderloin, for example, is just as lean as skinless chicken breast and meets the government guidelines for “extra lean.” In total, six pork cuts meet the USDA guidelines for “lean,” with less than 10 grams fat, 4.5 grams saturated fat and 95 milligrams of cholesterol per serving. Any cuts from the loin — like pork chops and pork roast — are leaner than skinless chicken thigh, according to USDA data. Pork steaks or roasts from the leg (“fresh ham”) are also lean choices.

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