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January 2011 Moms
What do your daily eats look like?
A few days ago I started freaking out because I have been getting nowhere near the 70 grams of protein recommended during pregnancy. I've had a total aversion to meat, especially since we're currently overseas where options are more limited and I'm VERY picky about meat to begin with. I don't have a lot of options as far as vegetarian proteins go, either. Thankfully when I went to the store today they, for the first time since we got here two months ago, had ground turkey breast, which I can do. I snatched up all 5 packages but obviously it's not going to last the rest of the pregnancy...
So what are your protein sources-especially those who aren't big meat eaters? I try to drink a couple glasses of milk every day, add low fat cheese where I can, and eat beans or peanut butter when I can stomach them, but they don't pack near the lower fat protein punch that lean meats do. Would love to see a typical day of meals from any of you to get some ideas!
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Re: What do your daily eats look like?
I'm a "meat eater" so I don't have too many but how about some beans?? You could make a vegetarian taco salad or a veggie soup with a couple different kinds of beans.
Eggs are a great source of protein. If I'm eating a lot though I try to just eat the whites. You can make egg sandwiches with cheese or omlettes or a quiche??
That's a good question and something I struggle with, too, even though I do eat meat. My big thing that helps is to make enough protein rich dinner foods (since I find it easier to come up with those) so that I can have leftovers for lunch the next day- sometimes two little lunches spread out throughout the day. In addition, I'm trying to get enough by adding some nuts, cheese, greek yogurt (a very good source!), eggs, and beans to my meals. It's tough, though, especially for breakfast since i don't especially love eggs and they take time to cook!
I used www.sparkpeople.com before pregnancy and still do, mostly to keep track of protein, fiber, etc, and make sure I'm eating enough on the days that I'm not very hungry (like today so far.)
Try this is you like spinach. It is amazing! Some days I eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When you buy the ingredients it makes enough for two so I freeze one for the following week!
https://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1809150
A typical day for me (again, this does have meat)
Breakfast: egg on toast or greek yogurt with fruit
Snack: pretzels and some cheese
Lunch: leftovers from the night before (usually grilled chicken, brown rice, veggies, or some kind of stir fry or pasta with chicken or ground turkey.)
Snack: Milk (in the form of a decaf nonfat iced mocha- it's still milk)
Another snack: granny smith apple with cheese or peanut butter
Dinner: Today will be some kind of crock pot meal.
Of course, today I've been crappy and have eaten nothing but a toaster strudle. Whoops! So I'm going to a grilled kebab shop for lunch.
Have you tried quinoa? It's a grain similar to rice but it's packed with protein. Here's a recipe I've used and loved:
https://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Quinoa-and-Black-Beans/Detail.aspx
As pp said, beans are a great source of protein... add them to soups, or puree them into sauces to thicken them if you don't want to eat them with meals. My favorite way to eat black beans is to saute a little bit of bacon into them, and then seasoning them with cilantro and paprika to accompany a mexican meal.
Also... whole grains are good whenever you can make the swap. The protein is much higher in brown rice, whole wheat bread, etc.
I'm a GD, so protein is my life right now. Here's my average day...
breakfast : 2 eggs, 1 piece wheat sourdough toast, water/crystal lite
snack : peanut butter or lunch meat or sliced cheese
lunch : a roasted zucchini, some kind of meat (usually left over from supper the night before)
snack : a couple of cheese sticks, a peach or banana, whole grain crackers
supper : a steak, salad, whole wheat pasta, a dt. pop
snack: (my splurge for the day) a big glass of milk and a cookie or a bowl of sugar free ice cream.
Lunch meat, if you have it, is a good snack. Easy to grab. spread a tortilla with some kind of flavored cream cheese, lay lunch meat on top, and roll it up. Then slice it. Very yummy! Good source of protein and not high in fat. Watch the sodium though with this packaged stuff.
From 12 hours ago...
https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/40400837.aspx
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I've had that aversion to meat as well. I don't eat much red meat to begin with - I just don't like how it tastes, but I used to love chicken and ribs, but the thought of it disgusts me.
I've been drawn to fruits mainly, nothing else really sounds good. I did a search on a vegetarian diet, to see how they get their protein and since then I've just been drinking a lot of milk and eating peanut butter. I'm prolly not getting as much protein as I should, so I need to see what else I should do. I got worried when I found my ketone levels were too high, so now I really am focusing on hitting all the important food groups.
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