Tips for more protein

Re: Tips for more protein

• cmcards83 member

  October 2014

  Dinner time I can't stomach anything either so I go with a green smoothie. I use Manitoba Harvest Hemp Protein powder and add spinach, 1/2 a banana or berries, and a bit of yogurt. This can also be used for breakfast or lunch as a replacement. Try making chicken breasts on Sunday for the week with steamed veggies and brown rice or quinoa for sides. While pizza may taste good, those fast carbs do nothing for your blood sugar or extra non baby weight. Snacks should be fruit like an apple with Greek yogurt for protein and good belly probiotics that come with it. I buy plain greek yogurt and add my own nuts, Stevia, or berries. HTH!

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• tahitiandreamin member

  October 2014

  I've been the same way... and I LOVE meat.  I've been increasing my intake of protein rich grains like quinoa and hemp hearts.

  
  

  Like @DC2London I have found that hiding meat really works well.  The thought of a hamburger or steak turns my stomach but I have no problem with chilli.

  
  

  

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• blu-eyedwife member

  October 2014

  Quinoa is an excellent source of protein that still seems carby.  I made a quinoa enchilada casserole the other night that was like a baked pasta dish.  Or you could use it to make a baked pasta dish!
  
  Also snacks are a great way to sneak in some extra protein - almonds, hummus and veggies, even quesadillas.  When I was pregnant with my son I used oatmeal as a snack a lot (easy to eat, kept me full a while, nice and warm!) and you can easily stir some peanut/almond butter into that. 
  
  There's nothing inherently wrong with carbs, but if you want to increase your protein, combining them with carbs is a really effective way to do it.  (You know, like pizza!)   So maybe combine your watermelon with some (pasteurized) feta, dip your chips in hummus,  peanut butter and pretzels, (personally I love apple slices dipped in yogurt, but I don't know if everyone is as in to that combination.)  
  
  It also sounds like you veer more to the sweet stuff than salty, so maybe freeze some yogurt and use that like "ice cream."
  

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• runnergirl4 member

  November 2014

  Do you like hard boiled eggs? I eat 1 or 2 hard boiled eggs every morning. Sometimes I chop them up, mix them with avocado and put on grain-free toast (Ezekiel).  Also low-fat cottage cheese has a lot of protein.  Greek yogurt - You could add fruit to the yogurt to sweeten it up and then dip your waffles in it...

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• Sue&Pasquale member

  November 2014

  Breakfast - three blueberry Eggo waffles with margarine and syrup, small cup of coffee with cream and sugar-  Have eggs instead with a piece of whole wheat toast.

  
  Lunch - two slices of pepperoni and cheese pizza, two sugar cookies, mint and honey green tea- have a large salad with grilled chicken or a turkey sandwich with whole wheat bread (yes I know no deli meats but I ate turkey with no nitrates)- a peanut and jelly sandwich. instead of cookies some fruit. banana, apple, etc

  
  Snack - four bite size candy bars, salt and vinegar chips, one sugar cookie, mint and honey green tea, watermelon chunk- Your snacks have no nutritional value. Snack should be some protein and some healthy fats.  Some cottage cheese with some nuts, Greek yogurt with blueberries, hummus and carrots, protein bar, nuts and cheese sticks,  a smoothie made with spinach, fruit, protein powder and 1/2 of avocado.

  
  Supper - nothing yet...no appetite- you need to eat. I would try some eggs, veggies with some protein

  
  

  
  

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• mdupon70997 member

  November 2014

  Thanks y'all. It really has been hard to get more protein and less processed stuff, but sometimes that's all I have an appetite for and if I try to eat other things it's like eating cardboard (especially chicken...bleh!) I've been trying to do better though. It seems like this past week or so I've been more into fruits, salads, and eggs.

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