Protein suggestions

[Sid the SeaGull]

I drink my fair share of WPI, however my favourite protein is a well cooked BBQ Steak. Sliced into thin pieces with a sharp knife . And then the steak is mixed in whatever salad I can muster . Nice way to end the day and never hard to eat.

 

[Lovedog100]

I add an avocado to my breakfast every morning. I also have a 5g protein shake in the evening.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

I’m addicted to Fairlife protein shakes. I like all the flavors and all the varieties. My “go to” version is the one at BJs since it’s 30g and 150 calories, so this is the lowest calories with highest protein and I like the taste better than the other versions. But I don’t get to go to BJs as often as I would like and that’s the only place I can find that version.

Will have to take a look at these. Thanks for the BJ's mention.

 

[Airborne Daddy]

Dont forget beef jerky

 

[HereKittyKitty]

Make your own!

 

[CandyCap]

If drink a fairlife nutrition plan shake from costco every day which gives me 30g a day in a relatively small volume of liquid. I replaced all sorts of snack type foods with their protein packed equivalent. Quest loaded taco chips are pretty good, Quest bake shop donuts are ok, sour built puff bars are a treat, and I eat quite a bit of Love's real beef jerky which is very pricey but its the best imo and just so happens to have 0 sugar. For meals I just yolo it. Whatever sounds good and however much/little I can get down the hatch.

OMG Loves (Robertsons) beef jerky is the best. I found it 30 years ago when my husband was driving truck. It is the only jerky I will eat. We don't have a Loves anywhere near us now, but when we travel, I stock up on it.

 

[Flexon]

Beef and eggs. Bacon/dried meat. Never needed or tried bars nor shakes. If you need portable solution, sardine cans or boiled eggs. Germans sell mett, packaged minced raw pork seasoned with salt and black pepper, very tasty and handy, they eat it for breakfast. You can spread it on bred, with onions. But I like it as it is, though it's great if you add butter.

 

[anhydrous]

OMG Loves (Robertsons) beef jerky is the best. I found it 30 years ago when my husband was driving truck. It is the only jerky I will eat. We don't have a Loves anywhere near us now, but when we travel, I stock up on it.

It really is head and shoulders above anything else I've tried and I've tried so so many. They do have a website that you can order from if you need. https://www.realbeefjerky.com/

 

[Grogu]

Will have to take a look at these. Thanks for the BJ's mention.

Fairlife milk is great too! I will never ever drink "regular" milk again. Fairlife milk so much better for you. Low sugar, higher protein, and better taste.

 

[Calm Logic]

I'm five pounds from goal, and trying to build some muscle back up because I sure do miss having an ass and I want Michelle Obama arms. I don't want protein powder, I try not to eat birds, and everything that's not a bird is red meat or fish. I'm eating a reasonable amount of fish plus a lot of fake meat (smart dogs, plant based chicken, and the like.) I'm getting there.

Pescatarian meeting is every Wednesday. Bring a Subway sandwich and a water bottle. We will be discussing fish sandwich deals, plant-based pizza, and GBs on vegan meats.

 

[TacoLifter420]

Besides meat and eggs I like chobani no sugar added greek yogurt. They're only 140 calories and 20 grams of protein. Toss some blueberries in there and it's a dessert.

** why does it change e55s to chicken embryos?***

 

[foffspam111]

Eggs, beef, chicken, cottage cheese, and Greek yogurt as the staples for my diet with avocado mixed in.

I use paleo valley bone broth protein powder and perfect aminos mixed berry powder. Both work very well and taste good

 

[Mewgenic]

Cafe late Premier protein shakes and optimum nutrition whey protein for shakes. 88/12 ground beef. I brown the hamburger and keep it in my fridge and eat it with rice. Eggs. Costco rotisserie chicken and large shrimp. Jerkey. That's my basics

 

[Labcat]

I find it very hard to eat enough protein as real food also. I get organic grass fed whey protein, 4 scoops a day in about 1-1/2glasses of lowfat milk plus some water to thin the texture gets me about 55-60gm in an easy to digest, neutral tasting, easy to consume liquid that bypasses my glp induced feeling of complete satiety.
While dieting, it’s very important to have enough dietary fat to avoid protein poisoning, about 15%-20% of the day’s caloric intake.

 

[Calm Logic]

While dieting, it’s very important to have enough dietary fat to avoid protein poisoning, about 15%-20% of the day’s caloric intake.

That's interesting:

https://www.healthline.com/health/protein-poisoning

Excessive protein is defined as greater than 35 percent of total calories you eat, or more than 175 grams of protein for a 2,000-calorie diet. The acceptable macronutrient distribution range (AMDR) is defined as the range that’s associated with reducing the risk for chronic disease while fulfilling the body’s needs of nutrients. The current AMDR according to the Institute of Medicine recommends the following:

• Protein intake: 10 to 35 percent of total calories
• Carbohydrate intake: 45 to 65 percent of total calories
• Fat intake: 20 to 35 percent of total calories

Excessive consumption of macronutrients outside the ADMR may lead to increased risk for chronic disease and insufficient intakes of essential nutrients.

There are exceptions to the AMDR for carbohydrate and fat macronutrients, but not for protein. Diet exceptions include the ketogenic diet, where fat makes up the majority of the diet, or in plant-based diets, where carbohydrates may make up more than 65 percent of the diet. Either of these diets can result in health benefits.

Protein intake exceeding the AMDR or 35 percent of calories doesn’t show these same benefits, and can lead to protein poisoning.

 

[Labcat]

Reducing diets seem to be another exception to the general rules of thumb. Studies show that 1.2-1.6 gm/kg/day protein actual improve weight loss.
And for many of us older people, relatively high protein intakes, in the 1-1.6gm range, are now accepted as necessary to preserve and build muscle (and stimulate healthy mitochondria), especially for post menopausal women.
An interesting aside I learned was that there doesn’t seem to be strong evidence that limiting dietary protein preserves kidney function, as has been long thought by medical practitioners. (I have healthy kidneys, but if anyone does not, I’d recommend investigating this a lot more closely before accepting what happened to come up on an internet search for strangers!)

 

[Vriende]

** why does it change e55s to chicken embryos?***

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Hidden surprises, secret features, treats, symbol laden ;-)
There are many more lurking about ...
Because they are amusing 🙂

 

[GortBong]

Sorry for the silly question but are chicken embryos just egg yolks??

 

[FartfulCodger]

Sorry for the silly question but are chicken embryos just chicken embryo yolks??

I can't answer for what is meant by chicken embryos, but if you're looking for protein, you definitely want to eat the white. The white is a very high quality protein, containing all of the essential amino acids needed by the body.

 

[GrandmaJ]

Beans, beans and more beans. I make a huge batch on the weekend with zucchini, tomatoes and Italian seasoning and eat them a couple times a day. Fiber, protein and a small amount is very filling. I usually have a small slice of homemade sourdough with them.

 

[Chrissven]

I try to avoid bars and shakes as much as possible, since they also contain sugar. I either make shakes from low-fat quark, skyr, and berries, or mainly from cottage cheese, Harz cheese, chicken, beef steak, lean ground beef, legumes, and lots of fish.

 

[Tbagger]

I shoot for 250g a day but usually only hit a little over 200. I do two protein shakes with some collagen powder added. That's 4 sccops of protein and 2 collagen for 120g total. I love Dymatize ISO100 Cocoa Pebbles. I've been drinking them for 6 months straight and am still enjoying them. Protein shakes usually give me bad gas but the hydrolyzed isolate doesn't. I also eat 6 hard boiled eggs a day, 3 with every shake. That gets me to 156g before any meals are even added. I boil all my eggs for the week on Sunday so they are ready to just grab and go. I would alos recommend avoiding bars as a staple source of protein since the macros on them are garbage.

 

[Telecasted]

Protein shakes get boring fast, but I'm living off the Costco brand Nurri shakes are 15 for $25. Pretty good for the money, I get about 90-100 grams just from shakes daily, proteun bars. But greek yogurt, cottage cheez. A 1/2 gallon of Fairlife milk or simething close ain't bad.

There's a ton of formulas for best protein amount, I just use the 1 gram per lb of ideal body weight. 175 for me.

I love those Nurri shakes. They regularly go on sale at my local Costco for $14.99. I bought five cases of the chocolate a few weeks ago.

 

[Hambocommando]

Tuna melts. I love tuna melts. Costco white albacore is the best tuna unless you're European. Ya'll have some crazy canned fish. High fiber multigrain whole grain bread and tuna with avocado oil mayo (baby chicken yolks and oil) and REAL cheese. 42g protein per can.

 

[RubbaDubba1]

I love those Nurri shakes. They regularly go on sale at my local Costco for $14.99. I bought five cases of the chocolate a few weeks ago.

I missed the last sale, I was bumbed out and they're all the 15 pack now. Can't do the chocolate or strawberry, wish I could. Tirz & Covid together ruined almost all Chocolate flavors for me 🙁

 

[Occindemure]

You can use more protein than what was previously thought per serving. Try double scooping your protein shakes in 30% more water.
My morning shake is 50 grams, Creatine, Green banana flour and some magnesium malate.
Keeps me going until lunch time.

I also just down my shakes, and prefer them to be less desert like.
Costco or ON works for me

 

[BNLFL]

Breakfast is usually a hard boiled, homemade sausage patty my wife makes and I cook on my Blackstone, apiece of some kind of toast with nuts on it.
Lunch is a protein power shake with oat bran and collagen peptides. Except Wednesday, that's chicken wing and beer day at the local place around the corner.
Dinner is Chicken (breasts, thighs, never fried), beef, fish/shrimp from a market, not frozen packaged. We might a brat from the local butcher or a hot dog once in a while. We usually have one of these, steamed veggie, cottage cheese, salad and always a sliced tomato. Portions are obviously smaller being on Reta.

 

[Such1943]

I try to get most of my protein from whole foods, but I’ll use protein shakes to hit my macros. My main sources are eggs, beef, chicken, pork, Greek yogurt, and cottage cheese. Optimum Nutrition Caramel Macchiato is great mixed in my coffee.

One rule I like to follow is keeping calories in check relative to protein. I look for foods where the calories are no more than 10 times the grams of protein. For example, if something has 12g of protein, I want it to be 120 calories or less. My cottage cheese is 110 calories with 12g of protein, so it fits.

I also made this Macro calc in excel. Not sure if it's going to make sense at face value because the calculations are not shown.

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[BH_LOVER]

I get tired of eggs after one day.
I don't do daily, so no yougurt or anything like that. (taste, not intolerant)
I don't like any protein shakes that I have found
I 1000% struggle with getting my protein.

 

[Such1943]

I get tired of chicken embryos after one day.
I don't do daily, so no yougurt or anything like that. (taste, not intolerant)
I don't like any protein shakes that I have found
I 1000% struggle with getting my protein.

Real Good Foods has chicken strips with great macros. Calories 180, Carb 5g, Protein 23g /w G Hugh's Sweet and Spicy BBQ Sauce 10 calories, 2g Carb. I've also grown to not like chicken in general, but I enjoy these strips and sauce. For eggs, over easy and Huy Fong Chili Sauce Hot Sriracha to help slide down. Deviled eggs made with guacamole and topped with jalapeno.