I thought I was doing good, but...

After looking at my stats, NOTTTTT     I'm  having such a hard time getting 65g protein, urghhhhh   I'm going to eat me a hamburger patty tonight to get more in. Any suggestions?



Here is what I have had so far today, stat wise

Fat(g)	Fiber(g)	Sugar(g)	Net C(g)	Prot(g)	KCals
42.35	31.3	37.44	72.05	38.43	891

Fish is low in calories and high in protien, also you could supplement with a protien drink.

Sher

Thank You Sher,

I have fish here, I think I may eat that for lunch today.....I also have protein drinks here with 17g protein I am going to drink through out the day, and Special K2O drink packets (5g protein) as well.

Hi Melissa,

I don't see what you are eating, so it is hard to make any suggestions except to say what you already know, that protein # is really low especially considering you are getting in twice as many carbs as protein...Are you eating protein forward meals?? - this means you should eat the protein on your plate 1st, 2nd low carb vegies and 3rd fruits and starches ( including breads, rice, pasta, cracker, potatoes, etc...)...Also is you struggle to get in a big enough serving at each meal you might just eat alot more frequent small meals, I usually eat 5-6 times a day with the average cals between 100-200 except for lunch or dinner, which is usually 200-400...

I would also suggest you take at least a couple of weeks of daily food tracking on a site like fitday.com or thedailyplate.com - these can help you see what choices you are making and possible help point you in a better direction of what you need to add or cut out during the day...I actually track as I eat ( I sit at a computer all day for work, so I have easy access) so I can modify my choices throughout the day if necessary...

If you need ideas of some protein forward meal choices, just ask, I can make some suggestions...Also the Accountability thread has good small meal ideas used by other posters...

Good Luck, you definately need to get your protein up so you can stay healthy...

Alesia, 5'5", 137

Thanks for your advice. I do track my food daily, on fatsecret.com, but when I put the info here, I didn't copy/paste my food. I am eating protein first, the amounts I had in on here wasn't for the total day, it was what I had eaten number wise when I posted. I actually was able to get in 50g protein by the end of the day. I couldn't get in more due to I started feeling sick to my stomach. I'm also trying to make sure I'm eating higher fiber foods, because if I slack on the fiber, impaction hits me.

So far today at 10:30 a.m. I've had

40 oz water (20 had Special K2O with 5g protein)
10 red seedles grapes 
1/2 cup AllBran Strawberry Medley Cereal with 2% milk

Total Cals. 169, Protein 7.86g


I'm planning on having 1 or 2  protein shakes today with 17g protein and also fish for lunch. Maybe this will help a long with another 20-40 oz. water, and what ever else I decide to eat today.

Hey Melissa,

It is great that you are tracking your intake and keeping it protein forward, I know, you know that can really help to keep you eye on the prize (so to speak)...

Also sounds like you still need to intake a very small amount of food because you have had very little natural expansion of your surgical stomach ( this is probably what make you feel ill, it is a signal you are full and to stop)...So now you have to work around that, so you might try adding a few small meals/snacks ( examples below) to help pump up your protein volume and not make yourself sick...

Try adding fiber to a protein drink, I put benefiber in my daily drink and blend it with ice to mix it all in, helps keep things moving and the ice adds to my water intake...Also how much milk with the cereal, did you count the protein in the milk?bump up the amount of milk some if possible and does the cereal have any ( there are some decent ones on the market that do include protein if this one doesn't have any)...Fruit is yummy and I like it to satisfy a sweet tooth but its all carbs and sugar, no protein at all, so you might save fruit for later in the day once your protein looks better...For the small meals you might try cutting a slice of cheese into 4 pieces and wrapping it in turkey pepperoni, bites size and full of protein...Also babybel lite cheese mini wheel and 10 mini pretzels or 5 saltines...I like lf cottage cheese & sf jello cups too or 2tbsp sf jelly swirled into the cottage...a piece of lunch meat rolled with cheese and rolled into a romaine lettuce leaf is good and adds some roughage too...1 stick of an oh yeah protein bar or 1/2 a power crunch protein bar, I like to spread a tbsp of peanutbutter on top too...a hard boiled egg and 3 slices of ready cooked bacon...ALL of these are regular small meals that I consume on a daily basis for variety between my main meals of lunch and dinner...I usually have a couple cups of coffee a day, to help pump it all up I add a protein ready-to-drink as my creamer so that puts in a few more proteins too and it goes down easy...

Keep working at it, keep asking questions...it will get easier...Congratulation on your weight loss...

Alesia, 5'5", 137 - almost @ my 4 yr surgiversary...
 

 

I had a whole different launch than most, so I see things a little differently.

Can you add up the SUGARS in the food you are eating/drinking, including milk?

Which protein, made how?

I do 180g of whey in water per day, and then 5 small meals. 2 are more meal-like, the rest more snack like. If they happen to be protein, then I've got a bonus.

I wouldn't count the protein in water or cereal or milk. It's so insignificant if you're trying to lose wt.

If I ate what you ate, I'd gain. Too much sugar.

I do eat grapes, now and then, but if I ate them as much as I want: gain

I do occasionally have ceral, but I use a vanilla whey powder (in water) as "milk". I like the no sugar ones, always did. Cheerios, Kix, Shredded Wheat... OK, I WOULD like Cocoa Puffs, Trix & Frosted Flakes, but seeing the sugar grams makes my pants tight.

My day is like:
30g protein supp

30g protein in weak coffee

30g protein in weak coffee
(these are about an hour apart)

1 egg, 1 bacon, 1 sourdough toast

30g protein in water

pieces of fruit with iron

30g protein in water

some kind of food, maybe the rest of the fruit? or string cheese, with slivered meat wrapped? I don't much care for meat, so thin still made me gack, so I got shaved and that works really well.

30g protein in water

normal dinner. Last night was roast pork, with potatoes (or singular potato, to be accurate) and veggies in it. Tonight will be chicken cooked all day with some veggies + Uncle Ben's Wild Rice

If I am remotely interested, I might have yet another protein drink. Since i like them, I'm not worried about how many OVER the 180g I get.

To make your protein of 17g into closer to 30g, use 2 skimpy scoops, if it's whey powder? Designer?