TOO MANY CARBS....

Yes.

Eat more protein and less carbs.

just analyse your dairy. You eat bananas - they are high carb so take em out substiture for a lower carb fruit.
Boost shake - high carb take it out and substitute for a whey protein shake with water
your serving of rice one day is really high - 1.5 cup of rice is too much, sub for brown rice just 1/2 a cup or so and add some more green veges.
a quick way to lower carb content is to get carbs from veges rather than complex carbs, so increase your vege servings and decrease carb servings.
eliminate processed foods.
eat some egg whites with your eggs, grill chicken breast (skinless) and keep in air tight container give yourself one breast as a serving on your main meal, with 1/2 cup; of rice and a cup of green vegies. Low carb. high protein. Easy.

Yes.

Eat more protein and less carbs.

Haha you b*stard. Too tempting a response!

In reality, it is not that easy. I cut out major carb foods a long long time ago (pasta, rice, bread, potato) but I am still creeping over my (admittedly low) carb limits most days. There are carbs in everything, most of mine come from things like yogurts and milk.

Protein however you can never have enough of (well almost) but is extremely hard to eat enough off. I can have 2 whey protein shakes and 2 chicken breasts + my usual meals and still not have enough on workout days.

As Tabinmaine says:

Nuts, meats, protein bars, protein shakes, eggs, cheese....

But nuts are v high in carbs/cals. Get into a routine of lean meats if you are seriously training. Means buying fridge full of chicken breasts. Get into hard boiled eggs too, or omlettes as a snack (i'll sometimes have one when I get home from work before dinner later!)

Its a lot of effort (and/or expense) that is only worth it if you are strength training (as everyone should!)

I've also had a look at your food diary on Wednesday.

Yesterday you had a Bagel which has 24g of Carbs and that Turkey and Crackers meal. To be honest, I would of cut out that Turkey and Cracker meal. Added a second egg to that meal or something. It's also quite high in sodium just to note that.

The Breaded Shrimp Poppers, I would of replaced that with something like Prawns. No Carbs, Protein and low in Calories.

The Chocolate covered Raisins, replace those with Cherries or something. Even raisins on there own are high in carbs and sugar. I found that Cherries are better still taste nice. With the Burger, I either make my own using lean Chicken Breast or you can buy the Quorn Burgers.

Get rid of those Protein shakes or find a healthier protein shake which isn't crammed with carbs and most likely sugar. You might aswell has a regular milkshake and eaten a few eggs. Swap it for some lean ham, a couple of boiled eggs and I always have lettuce to give it a bit of crunch.

i am getting too many carbs and not enough protein

any ideas on how i can change this??
i love protein ... i can see myself easily going overboard with it:ohwell:
i think i am afraid i will go over my calorie goal if i don't watch

you should have no problem making the change, and you will not "go overboard" with this switch...gram per gram, carbs and protein yield the same number of calories (4 cal/g)...so once you see where you can cut carbs and throw in some protein you will have little issue

why not protein bars or protein shakes??

do you like egg whites? they are a quick way to get loads of protein without the carbs or calories ..among plenty of other foods aswell!

I have looked at your diary, and I don't see why you think you are getting too many carbs:

I agree. Could you elaborate on why you want to go lower?

Just cuttinging out bread and breaded foods will help, Also you know that milk also has quite high carbs so you could replace that with almond milk which has less carbs.

i am getting too many carbs and not enough protein

any ideas on how i can change this??
i love protein ... i can see myself easily going overboard with it:ohwell:
i think i am afraid i will go over my calorie goal if i don't watch

I have looked at your diary, and I don't see why you think you are getting too many carbs:

Your current goal is 1800 calories, of which you have set a limit of 40% carbs, 30% fat, 30% protein.

Compare that to my goals: 1830 calories, with 60% carbs, 25% fat and 15% protein.
I set those limits based on the DASH diet guidelines, for healthy heart, etc.

If you want to increase your protein, you could reduce your fat to 25%.
But you already have 30% protein, which is way higher than what the DASH guidelines show.

Of course, this subject is VERY much controversial (you know, the low carbs dieters will tell you to reduce as much as possible the Carbs)

The DASH diet guidelines work great for me.

I would recommend to you to investigate more on DASH, and maybe these percentages would work for you that love protein:
1800 calories, with 50% carbs, 25% fat, 25% protein

I WAS ADVISED TO SET MY GOALS THAT WAY
AND I AM NOT AS MUCH WORRIED ABOUT THE CARBS AS IT SEEMS EACH DAY I AM SHORT ON THE PROTEIN AND I KNOW I NEED THIS AS I HAVE BEGUN TO STRENGHT TRAIN

I DON'T HAVE MUCH KNOWLEDGE OF THE DASH DIET BUT I WILL CHECK INTO IT

THANKS

Great !

Some information on DASH:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf

It was initially developed for people with high blood pressure, etc.
But it has been found to be a very balanced diet, endorsed by many medical associations:
http://dashdiet.org/

It is high in carbs, but you have to notice you need GOOD carbs.
I mostly concentrate on Fruit to obtain my carbs, and whole wheat bread.
For Fat, I try to obtain that mostly from nuts, avocados, etc.

You get the idea. obtain carbs and fats from healthy sources.

Since you are strength training, then yes your protein needs to be higher than what DASH recommends.
But probably not much higher. So I would recommend 25%

Good luck in your journey !