I am really getting discouraged lately. I eat a mostly plant based diet but will eat roasted chicken in small quantities (a few ounces) if it is in a soup but never just sit down to eat meat anymore. I cook all of my own meals and a typical day for me this week involved oatmeal for breakfast (really lunch around 2pm) that has peanut butter, raisins, cinnamon & cocoa powder. For dinner I make soup (with qunioa, lentils and various vegetables: peppers, spinach, cabbage, carrots, brussel sprouts, onion, garlic, ginger, chili and of course the chicken) or a salad. One day I had baked potatoe with a meat sauce and cheese.
I didn't get my calories up to even 900 on any of these days, not even the potatoe day because it was all I ate that day. I don't feel deprived at all, in fact I feel very full but for the first time since tracking my calories I have seen my carbs were over 50% of my daily intake while fat and protein made the rest...fat was 4% higher than my protein.
I don't typically eat under 1000cals/day, I tend to eat closer to 1200 but I have been sick this week. My question is, how do I raise my protein without adding more fat, more meat and avoiding protein powders? Ideally, is there a way to keep my carbs lower as well or should I be comfortable with them being so high? Other than added sugar in my peanut butter I avoid eggs, tree nuts, excess sugars, soy and sodium. As much as I LOVE soup, now that warmer weather is approaching I want to give up my soups but really get lost on what to cook.
What are your go to, high protein meals?
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