Trying to increase protein and lessen carbs.

kjnsweets wrote: »

I don’t eat a lot of pasta right now and so far eating one piece of wheat toast in the morning. I’ve been doing smoothies to get in 5 servings of vegetables and fruits but it’s driving my carbs up. My protein has been less than what I want it to be. Someone mentioned jerky? How is it fat content wise? Does it have that much protein?

Can you post a screenshot of the macros for the ingredients in your smoothie? Are you adding protein powder to it?

Because bananas are higher calorie fruits, I only put about 2 oz / 60 g in my smoothie. I also add about the same amount of low calorie/carb strawberries. The veggies I add are all low carb like kale and Swiss chard.

Chicken breast and shrimp are great high protein options. If you want something more snacky, try cottage cheese.

Add Greek Yogurt (unsweetened/plain) to your smoothie (the fruit will provide the sweetness). Protein and creaminess.

I put honey in mine, it doesn't kill my calories/macros. You might use stevia/spenda/whathaveyou if you want it sweeter.

I add pasteurized egg whites or nonfat greek yogurt or cottage cheese and a scoop of protein powder to my smoothie each morning. As Kshama2001 mentioned bananas are higher cal, so I only add 40 grams then freeze other half for next day.

Protein powder, cottage cheese, eggs, skyr yogurt is awesome if you can find it, all the meat, etc for protein. I recently read and tested a neat trick for getting my protein shakes thick and milkshake like with less sugar from fruit(I eat low carb) add some frozen cauliflower. You don’t taste it, it replaces a large chunk of the fruit to help with the frozen thickness and was great. If that is how you like your smoothies in the hot months. You can cut the fruit quite a bit by doing this. I also have always put spinach in my smoothies as it hides well and adds more veg to my day without me eating another salad.