Guest guest Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 In my meat eating days they would work for a brown for me. But no longer LOL. Lately I have been feeling more tired so I have been looking into eating extra protein to see if that helps. I'm training for a triathlon, and although I'm eating more food overall I wonder about protein for muscle building. The past few days I've made an extra effort to pay attention to protein and feel much better! Typically I aim for 80 grams of protein a day, but with the training I thought I'd focus on a minimum of 100. Breakfast is always great, I have shake and get at least 30 grams of protein there. Lunches so far have been a homemade Cincinnati chili with Quorn crumbles and beans, brown rice as my brown and green beans. I get a good 25 grams of protein there. Adding cheese bumps it up over 30. Dinners have been eggs with a side of protein shake for extra protein to get me to 35 grams (with various browns and veggies). For snacks during the day (and I need at least one snack, usually 2 with all the training) I've been having a sugar free soy jerquee, goat milk yogurt, or goat milk cheese with crackers. Today for lunch I have a slice of homemade pizza, it's low in protein, only 10 grams, so I brought some pea protein isolate protein powder and will add it to a bowl of spinach soup to get my protein count up to 30. Haven't decided on dinner yet, but it will probably be eggs and a small shake with brown rice cereal and fresh green beans . I love how much better I'm feeling and will keep up with the extra protein! Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ mel8239 <shaggypoo.chaos Wednesday, July 1, 2009 6:28:48 AM Re: New to the Steps! I have only ever counted beans as protein, never as a brown. Mel, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb@. ..> wrote: > > This is funny, I do the same thing picking protein source first! I feel much steadier when I only count things like beans as either brown or protein, but not both. It usually takes a bit of experimenting to figure out what your body needs. Jessica, how are you doing with breakfast? It is my favorite meal these days, I like to have a shake with rice protein powder, whey protein powder, vitamin powder, cocoa powder, flax oil, almond milk and a piece of banana. Sounds like a lot of ingredients but it comes together quickly > > Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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