Low Carb - High Protein

I'd love some ideas too. I'm just trying to lower my carb level a bit and getting stuck on ideas.

Are there any carb experts out there? I have found since trying to lower my carbs and increase my protein my fats and cholesterol has gone up. It's been in the red the last few days. Is this bad? My calories are still sitting ok but I've noticed the others creeping up a bit.

I focus on low carb and low calorie, here are some things I eat:
most meat-lean or not
cheese
peanut butter (only some brands are low-carb, be sure to check)
low carb bread and pasta
salads with ranch or Italian, a lot of dressings have a lot of carbs so be cautious
most veggies except peas and corn (my fave of course!)
peanuts
beef jerky
slim jims (watch out for fat and sodium)
eggs (a lot) zero carbs

If you have a sweet tooth, try tic tacs, they have zero carbs and they help with mine! Orange is my favorite.

I made a super yummy cobb salad tonight... lots of protein, almost no carbs.

Romaine,
Spinach,
Avocado,
Cherry Tomatoes,
Sliced Onion.
Turkey Bacon,
Chicken Breast,
Shredded Cheese,
Lemon Viniagrette

Here's a link to the recipe: http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2011/06/07/classic-cobb-salad-with-red-wine-lemon-vinaigrette/

These are AMAZING!!!!

Pumpkin Protein BarsNutrition Facts:


Nutrition (without walnuts): 1 square = 47 calories, .7 g fat, 8 g carbs, 3.7 g protein

Nutrition (with walnuts): 1 square = 63 calories, 2.3 g fat, 8 g carbs, 4 g protein

Ingredients:


■½ C Xylitol Brown Sugar Blend (Ideal)
■1 - 4 oz. jar baby food applesauce
■2 tsp. ground cinnamon
■1 ½ tsp. ground ginger
■½ tsp. ground clove
■1 tsp. baking powder
■1 tsp. baking soda
■½ tsp. salt
■2 tsp. vanilla extract
■4 large egg whites
■1 - 15 oz. can of raw pumpkin
■2 C oat flour
■2 scoops vanilla whey protein
■½ cup almond milk
■½ C chopped walnuts (optional)


Directions:


1.Preheat the oven to 350.
2.Spray a 9 X 13 Pyrex dish with non-stick spray.
3.Combine first 11 ingredients and mix well.
4.Add the final 3 ingredients (4, if adding walnuts), and mix until incorporated. Spread batter into the Pyrex dish and bake for 30 min.
5.Makes 24 squares.

These are AMAZING!!!!

Pumpkin Protein BarsNutrition Facts:


Nutrition (without walnuts): 1 square = 47 calories, .7 g fat, 8 g carbs, 3.7 g protein

Nutrition (with walnuts): 1 square = 63 calories, 2.3 g fat, 8 g carbs, 4 g protein

I've had them and they are quite good, but I wouldn't really call an 8:4 carb to protein ratio "low carb."

Are there any carb experts out there? I have found since trying to lower my carbs and increase my protein my fats and cholesterol has gone up. It's been in the red the last few days. Is this bad? My calories are still sitting ok but I've noticed the others creeping up a bit.

This is a perpetual problem for many who actually track it. You're right. By cutting carbs the amount of fat can go up and that can also go up with protein intake (as can cholesterol).

I find supplementation with items that are high protein and/or high fiber and low cholesterol.

Examples:

Jay Robb Whey Protein Shakes - 110 calories per scoop. 25 grams protein. 0 sugar. 0 cholesterol.

Quest Strawberry Cheesecake Protein bar - All Natural - 160 calories. 20 grams protein. 17 grams fiber. 2 Sugar. 5 chol.

Ole Extreme Wellness Tortilla Wraps (Tomato Basil) - 68 calories, 12 grams fiber, 8 grams protein, 0 sugar, 5 net carbs.

Hard boiled egg whites

If you want more suggestions let me know. Moving from 85 percent lean turkey to 99 percent can lower calories from 260 to 120, calories from fat down to 15 from 60 or higher, and lower cholesterol significantly too.


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Great thread, some good meal ideas here!

I'm trying to eat as close to a paleo diet as possible, basically as clean as I can keeping it low carb/high protein, whilst lifting weights, but I'm only managing to eat around 1200 cals and on the days that I run my net is about 800!

I don't want to add junk to my diet just to make up my calories but I'm quite weak even though I have energy. I'm tempted to give up and increase my carbs even though I'm having noticeable results. Does anyone have any ideas especially high protein snacks?

Thanks!

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-100-200g chicken
-200g spinach (cooked)
-Good shake of tumaric
-Good shake of cumin
-Garlic (paste or clove)
-A little ginger paste (to taste)
-100ml water

Pre-cook the chicken (you could grill, oven, dry fry - whatever!). Add the chicken onto a prewarmed frying pan, add the spinach into a pan precooked (frozen stuff is ideal, just micro 200g for 5 mins) and the spices. Add the spices to taste with the water and mix and reduce til in a curry like mixture. Plate it up.

A curry with almost zero carbs and very high protein. Jobs a goodun!

This sounds really yummy! We are definitely going to give this a try.

Grilled chicken
Eggwhites
Protein shakes(some brands are fairly low carbs but check the label before buying)
Turkey
veggies

Last night I had an egg white omelet with sliced mushrooms and spinach. I added 1 chopped pepperochini(similar to a banana pepper) for a kick. It was amazing and it was high protein low carb and low fat.

This site has a low carb group that I am in. It is a great group. Very supportive, filled with tons of information and recipes.

Thats what my diet is like...

Protiens:
Grilled chicken
Eggs, (boiled, scrambles, Fried, Deviled..)
Steak
FISHFISHFISH
Shrimp!
Wings
Ribs

Veggies:
Broccoli
Spinach
Asparagus
Cucumbers

On days where I cant get in 1200 calories, I have the higher fat meats like steak and ribs.

I have found since trying to lower my carbs and increase my protein my fats and cholesterol has gone up.

You should expect to eat more fat if you want to keep the same calories at lower carb intake. There's a limit to how much protein we can use so at some point you'll be exchanging 9g of carbs for 4g of fat and might want to set your ratios accordingly.