Getting enough protein!!

(deactivated member)
on 9/22/11 4:12 am - Durant, OK
I am a newbie.  Can't find a support group in my area so here is my question.  I would like to know if ya'll have any great thoughts on getting enough protein.  I am already prematurely gray and I would prefer not to also be bald!!  So far I have not had any problems with vomiting or nausea.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated. 
Lisa O.
on 9/22/11 5:00 am - Snoqualmie, WA

Welcome! 

I didn't have a lot of trouble getting my protein in during the first year.  Now it's harder because I've slacked off a bit and also burned myself out on a  lot of my tried and true favorites.  I never used protein shakes during the first year after the liquid diet phase either.  Here are some of my favorites:

FF refried beans wtih diced chicken, melted LF cheese and salsa
turkey or beef jerky
Chinese style BBQ pork with hot mustard
Eggs, poached, hard boiled, deviled
Egg salad made with olive oil or canola mayo
Chicken salad
Tuna salad
Deli ham with a half slice of havarti cheese wraped around a pickle spear
pepperoni
Shrimp ****tail
Black beans with chicken, salsa and a little quacamole and cheese
Turkey meat balls w/ pasta sauce
Turkey meatloaf
Ground turkey browned with sliced mushrooms, add a jar of low cal pasta sauce (like spaghetti sauce without the pasta)
Cottage cheese with tuna

Lisa O.
 

Lap Band surgery Nov. 2008, SW 335. Lost 116 lbs.  LB removal May 2013 gained 53 lbs. Revisied to RNY October 14, 2013, new SW 275.

    

    

(deactivated member)
on 9/22/11 5:43 am - Durant, OK
Thanks.  You had a couple of very good suggestions.  Especially the very first one.  I have been using my food processor to make my own refried beans.  I am also looking for other things to top my cottage cheese.  I typically only used pineapple.  Tuna might be a good choice.  Since I am trying to not use fruit, I have used tomatoes or avocado with a little protein powder sprinkled on there too.  Again...thank you!
knitgirl77
on 9/22/11 10:12 am - PA
Eggs, of course but Beans are one of my favorites. There are so many kinds and you can add a can to almost anything, even spaghetti sauce (the white ones work well for this) to add protein. Plus I love tuna drained and added on top of saltine crackers for a quick snack, or you can roll it up in some lettuce for a carb friendly version. My best advice to to walk the grocery store isles and read the lables of anything that sounds yummy, protein can come in the most suprising places. I have discovered suprising amounts in some of my favorite foods.
Shelley Malskis
on 9/22/11 10:26 pm - NY
One of my favorite treat meals is pasta and meat sauce, But I use Barilla Plus pasta, which has 17 grams of protein per serving, limit to one serving and the additional protein from the meat sauce. 
I also like tuna, or chix salad.  Cottage cheese and yogurt,  when I do have breakfast,  I beat 2 eggs with some picante, and microwave, then top with a little cheddar and melt it for about 18 grams of protein.
My dietician said to wrap mozz. sticks with a slice of deli meat and its around 14 grams of protein. 
Hope this helps, I sometimes have problems getting all my protein in too... don't let it go for too long, I started getting dizzy and almost passed out..  I have gotten better now though..
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