Question:
Needing help finding proteins besides peanut butter, nuts, chewy bars and drinks.
I have tried real meals, unjury, and the protein bars. Nothing "tastes" good. I eat peas, have dried powder milk in hot cerals. I am 4mths post op and have 70 lbs. now. Losing about 10 lbs. a month/also exercising and trying to get the water in. But need more protein ideas. — Maryjean (posted on December 12, 2003)
December 12, 2003
Do you eat cottage cheese, pork, chicken, beef, seafood? I have cottage
cheese with diced onion, cucumber, bell pepper, salt and pepper for lunch
five days a week (work days). I love it and it's and easy high protein
lunch for work - 1/2 cup had 13 g of protein and at two years out, I eat a
cup so I get a whopping 26g of protein at lunch. String cheese is good. I
particularly like hot pepper cheese. Have you tried any of the soy
"meat" products if you can't tolerate real meat. Wendy's Chili
is wonderful -especially this time of year. Those are just a few ideas -
read food labels. Tuna and salmon both are full of protien.
— Patty_Butler
December 12, 2003
Tuna is a great source of protein and remember Skim milk and 8 oz. cup has
a lot of protein. You can supliment this by adding SF Carnation packets
which I believe are 6g of protein per packet. You can also mix the
carnation vanilla flavor in with some yogurt for a boost of protein.
Keep up the Great WL.
— gina L.
December 12, 2003
In addition to the suggestions below, what about eggs? Scrambled eggs with
melted cheese and a dollop of veggie chili on top has been my breakfast
every day. If you can't eat meat or seafoods, try soy products. And you
can always do a search online under "protein" for more ideas...
— Cindy R.
December 12, 2003
Seafood is a great source of protein. I love those little shrimp
cocktails. Crab is a great source of protein as well. How about tuna
fish? I use beef jerky as well.
— Cathy S.
December 12, 2003
I loved (and still love) canned corned beef - not the fresh stuff. The
canned is already chopped into tiny tender morsels - steamed with a bit of
finely shredded cabbage. I also love tiny pieces of steak or shrimp
stir-fried with olive oil and garlic, dump some frozen broccoli in it and
steam until the veggies are soft. Top with jarred Alfredo sauce. Jerky,
string cheese and Wendy's chili were mainstays for me early out.
— [Deactivated Member]
December 12, 2003
You can also try beef jerky. I like "steak bites", which can
usually be found with the beef jerky.
— rleffler
December 12, 2003
Cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, black beans smashed then fresh salsa and a
smidge of low fat sour cream eat with tortilla chips (great dip and
filling), eggs, tuna fish, egg salad, canned chicken, canned ham made into
ham salad with low fat mayo, cooked meats like chicken, beef, ham, pork,
fish. There is a bevy of foods out there that have protein in them that you
can get a variety of meals from.
— ChristineB
December 12, 2003
Well I went through the same thing as you and couldn't stand any of the
"protein drinks" I spent alot of money ordering over the internet
for these so called good drink, YUK!!! I have however found one at walmart
that I like, it's called CARB SOLUTIONS and it has 21 grams of protein also
Chili is good for protein. hope this will help! I get the drink already
mixed, the power is much cheeper but it's nasty. 8/4/03 239LBS. now down to
162LBS.
— Jeri L.
December 13, 2003
Go to Susan Maria's website called www.bariatriceating.com as she has
SEVERAL items you can order samples of... I too had trouble finding
palatable, good-tasting protein drinks, but her ProPlete Gold name brands
are DELICIOUS and not at ALL like drinking something that's
"good" for you!! Best wishes & God bless!! Amy
— Amy G.
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