High Protein (> 175g) diets?

High protein is a fad? Get outta here with that

I, personally, would never eat that much protein. protein is hard on the kidneys and it messes with your pH. But I guess that's the fad :ohwell:

Have you flown over the cuckoo's nest?

200g to 230g. Milk Protein Isolate and Whey/Egg/Casein powders; greek yogurt; cottage cheese; grass-fed beef, eggs, grass-fed turkey, mung beans are usually what does it for me.

I don't do low-fat either for most of my products: 90/10 beef/turkey; whole fat greek yogurt and cottage cheese.

cottage cheese, meats & egg whites!

Egg white scrambles with chicken fajitas (chicken strips, fajita seasoning, onions and peppers) is awesome and packed with protein!

I typcially eat >300g daily. My usual sources:

Whey protein shake(s)
1.5 lbs chicken breast daily
Cottage cheese
Greek yogurt

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Holy crap! That's an insane amount of protein! That would be nearly half of my calorie intake! I guess that's a good thing if you're looking to build huge muscles.

I want to be more of an endurance athlete body type. I certainly would never need to eat that much protein. I'd have a higher carb diet.

Although I don't eat quite as much protein as you do, I eat a hell of a lot for someone my size (150g, I'm 92 lb). Although a majority of it does come from meat, greek yogurt, seafood, and eggs, I've found that you can add a significate amount of protein to your diet from non-protein foods. For instance I try to make at least 1 or 2 of my starches a day be beans/legumes (think more black beans than rice) which add an extra 7-8 grams per serving. Choose low carb breads/wraps and whole grain rices and pastas which usually have more protein than the regular versions. Certain veggies really pack in the protein like greens, (which are also just really good for you.)

For an example for lunch yesterday I made wraps using my "Southern Sidecar" (collard greens and black eyed peas, the recipes on my page), a package of tuna (but if you don't like tuna chicken would work just as well) and a little hummus (a couple protein grams there) and hot sauce. Not only was it delicious but it was apx. 350 calories and 34 grams of protein. If I had just had a regular tuna sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and mayo and a side of chips I would be looking at maybe 22 grams protein max (not to mention not nearly as much fiber, vitamins or deliciousness), even though my "protein source" was the same.

Basically one way to look at it is eat like you were a vegetarian who was being conscious about getting protein into their diet. And then also eat a lot of meat. Followed by a protein shake.

Around 200g coming from greek yogurt, eggs, chicken, salmon, casein, cottage cheese, and peanut flour.

Protein powders (like whey isolates, etc.) are not really that expensive when you compare the price of a scoop of protein with the amount of protein you get out of a chicken breast and how much you paid of the chicken.

I don't have the exact numbers but I've heard that you pay about $.90 per scoop of protein and get about 24 grams on average depending on the brand.

I need to recalculate... I generally buy chicken in bulk when it goes on sale (I literally just bought 23lbs of it - each breast is individually wrapped in my freezer right now) so I'm not sure that protein powders really are cheaper for me. but that's a good point, I'll check that it actually IS more expensive. It just feels like it's getting expensive if I'm hitting up a protein shake like 3 times in a day to try and hit my macro.

You had me at 23lbs of chicken.

Currently I'm on 150g at 2300 calories a day. I can easily enough make this up with food and 1 scoop protein powder (that has 24g protein) Most of the time I have 2 main meals a day, these would most include meat (which is actually more expensive to keep eating than it is to supplement with protein powder) These 2 meals would be approx 40-70g protein each. Breakfast would be around 20g (porridge).

When I was bulking I'd usually have between 170 and 200g protein a day, on around 3200 calories. This was a lot easier to achieve because I had 900 extra calories, but only around 20-50g protein extra to make up - basically an large extra meal. During this I usually had 2 scoops a day on workout days, and 1 the rest of the time.

My most favoured protein sources:
Chicken
Turkey
Beef
Protein Powder
Cheese

Other sources:
Nuts
Fish
Pork
Eggs
Cottage cheese

Things that don't have large amounts of protein per serving, but still have a fair amount considering the calories, and can all add up quickly:
Veg such as broccoli or peas
Greek yogurt