Low calorie/high protein vegetarian diet?

I've hit 100 grams of protein on occasion, but not often. If you're eating vegetarian, rather than vegan, that amount should be fairly easy to hit with eggs (or egg whites) and low-fat dairy, I would think.

Anyone here get at least 100 grams of protein on a vegetarian diet? What does a day of food look like if so? Hubby and I want to go meat free for a couple of weeks. Dairy and eggs are fine. Thanks all!!

I do- ~130 g protein a day. I couldn't do it without whey (or whatever type) of protein powder. I'm sure it's mathematically possible to accumulate that much, but it would require eating cottage cheese and eggs with extra egg whites all day long- and I don't have that kind of discipline. Feel free to look at my diary if you like.

I am a vegetarian, but I get in an average of 40-45 g daily. Lots of egg beaters, nuts, and beans. I like brown rice with my beans. I have a smoothie on strength training days and get whey or soy protein added. A smoothie day allows me to get almost 60g of protein in. Good luck!

My favorite vegan protein powder is Life Basics Vegan Protein. It is delicious. I make it with a half a frozen banana and some unsweetened almond milk. Each scoop has 27 grams of protein and about 130 calories (might not be exact - from memory). It tastes sort of like a banana-y oatmeal cookie. It is my 3 year old daughter's favorite smoothie. She calls it her "nana smoothie."

What is your daily calorie goal?
At around 1700, I have a hard time eating 100 grams of protein, even on days that I eat fish (a few times per week). I'm working on it though.
A lot of people recommend eggs and Greek yogurt, I'm assuming because of the calories/protein ratio... but at 6 grams each, I'd have to eat 3-4 eggs in a meal to hit my protein goals! Tempeh and seitan each have around 20 grams per serving, and are easy to use in place of meat in most meals.

I get anywhere from 77-84 grams of protein a day. I only have one serving of nuts because its high calories. I stopped eating yogurt because of the sugar. I like Sun Warrior vegan protein powder with almond milk.

Also, it's a myth that you cannot build muscle and reduce body fat at the same time--you can do this. HOWEVER, muscle gains will be much slower than if you are eating a caloric deficit as opposed to a caloric surplus, or even maintenance calories.

Thanks for this. Been doing a lot of reading regarding calories/muscles/reduced body fat. The whole eat more to weight less philosophy is super appealing to me!

Sorry, but it not a myth that you cannot gain new muscle mass on a deficit (other then very small newbie gains or of you are very overweight). What will happen however, is that you can make your existing muscles more defined (neuromusclular adaptation) when you use them, giving the appearance of them being larger. Also, when you strength train you gain water in the muscles also making them appear larger.

Eating at a reasonable deficit and strength training will allow you to improve strength and 'definition' while still dropping body fat, together with all the other benefits you get, including the fact that it makes you feel like a badass :happy:

But the OP said she is working on decreasing body fat PERCENTAGE, and building muscle, and that she is not actively trying to lose weight anymore. That's not impossible. If she eats at maintenance, or a small surplus, and gains muscle without gaining new fat, her body fat % will be reduced.

I also feel that it is counterproductive, and kind of arguing semantics to say that you cannot lose fat and gain muscle at the same time, with the caveats that you can if it's "newbie gains", or that it may look and feel like you've gained muscle because you've strengthened them, and the fat loss shows them off more.I understand that you're just trying to educate people, and that it can be frustrating to hear people not say what they mean when you know better, (like when my father-in-law describes all computer file transfers as "downloads") but I do think you know what they mean, and saying things like that can discourage people from lifting before they've reached goal weight, because they will think it's a waste of their time.

As for me, maybe I will make some "newbie" gains, but even if I don't, after I lose these 20 lbs of fat, and maintain and strengthen my existing muscles... yeah, I'm going to look and feel like I gained muscle, because my bf% will have gone down, and I will be stronger. And that's what a lot of people mean when they say "I want to build muscle and lose fat." You know? Semantics.

Thanks for all the ideas! I was just going to post on this exact topic, but saw that there was already a stream going any other sample meals, or if youve got open diarys and wouldn't mine me adding you so I can snoop at yours that would be great!