High protein snacks

[mommyatty]

I’m having a heck of a time getting enough protein. Other than jerky, what are some good high protein snacks?

[rere]

Cheese, lean meat, nuts, almond butter, eggs, beans. They have the prepackaged protein packs, but it would be just as easy and cheaper to make yourself.

[mae0111]

Greek yogurt is loaded with protein too.

[2chatter]

I eat straight peanut butter off the spoon. Some days I am low on fat, calories and protein so I eat a bowl (4 tbsp) of PB in bed reading.
Protein shakes (I like the Whole Foods brand chocolate).
Kodiak cakes for breakfast.
Tuna pouches as a snack.
Perfect Fit Foods (Kroger) for lunches

[sunbutter]

Chickpea products - hummus, Hippea snacks
Eggs
Soy crisps
Cottage Cheese
Beans
Greek yogurt
Nuts

[sweetptater]

My go tos are:

Egg whites
protein shakes
protein bars
cottage cheese
greek yogurt
tuna creations

[madringal]

Hummus, hard boiled eggs, sliced lunch meat, pasta salad made from chickpea pasta, raw almonds, greek yogurt

[mommyatty]

It seems like every high protein thing I pick also has fat or carbs. Like today I’ve had strawberry Greek nonfat yogurt, pinto beans with some multigrain bread on the side, and I’m having homemade beef stew for dinner. I am about out of carbs for the day, but I still need a boatload of protein and fat.

Plus I’m either almost over my calories and squeaking by or going way under. I’ve logged all my meals for the day including dinner and I’m 700 calories under today. Wtf.

[mustardseed2007]

mommyatty, nuts will help get your calories up.

Every thing I think of that has protein has sodium, which is a serious pain.

Applegate Turkey Pepperoni is not that bad. Lunch meat has protein but it is a sodium issue. Baby bell cheese is a good source of protein. Nut butters. Greek yogurt.

[2chatter]

Carbmaster yogurt
The tuna is very low carb
I buy extra protein PB
I avoid protein bars because of fat and carbs

[campermom]

I tend to stick to lean meats and eggs for protein sources. I think of nuts as fats rather than proteins (in terms of how they fall into macros categories). If I need something portable I tend to go for protein shakes. I don’t mess with little ones or bars that can only give me 6-9g, I go for the 20-30g per serving kind. How many g are you aiming for? My program has me on 102g per day and it can be hard if I’m not focused.

I do eat oikos triple zero greek yogurts.

My life hack contribution is that my morning “fancy coffee” is to get a double shot of espresso, poured over ice in a venti/large cup full of extra ice. Then I pout a premier protein shake (or Walmart brand) into it. It’s like a latte, but with protein.

[mommyatty]

campermom- 114 grams of protein a day. And I don’t even come within spitting distance of that! And even the high protein snacks and meals have carbs. Like my yogurt with 3 tbsps high protein granola today was 62% carbs and 28% protein. Unless My Fitness Pal is just jacking with me.

[2chatter]

Yeah, skip all the carbs (most of mine are incidental, with the exception of Kodiak cakes and veggie muffins) and focus on protein. I also have turkey burgers as snacks (zero carbs, high protein). I won’t eat a meal unless it nets me 20-30g protein for lunch/dinner and 15-20g for breakfast. When I started I had to drink two shakes a day to hit the macros, and it got easier as I got used to it.

[campermom]

Apr 2, 2019 8:17:16 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

campermom- 114 grams of protein a day. And I don’t even come within spitting distance of that! And even the high protein snacks and meals have carbs. Like my yogurt with 3 tbsps high protein granola today was 62% carbs and 28% protein. Unless My Fitness Pal is just jacking with me.

Today here’s what I ate, and I reached 140g protein

Breakfast: my espresso w Walmart brand protein shake
Lunch: 4 Oz pulled chicken, steamed brocolli and 2/3 cup quinoa
Snack: banana and almond butter, oikos triple greek yogurt
Dinner: meatloaf muffins, white rice and roasted brussel sprouts.

Macros were 37/24/39 (I aimed for 40/30/30)
So I actually went over in protein. Oops.

[erinshelley21]

If you like canned tuna and cottage cheese, I mix those for a quick lunch. Sometimes I'll throw in a handful of grape tomatoes cut into 4ths or some red pepper. I use tortilla chips (hint of lime or roasted red pepper) to dip.

If you are looking for a good protein shake, dymatize is delicious. Chocolate peanut butter and fudge brownie are our favorites. I use about 4oz 1% milk and 2oz water.

Egg whites are good as well. I do 1/2 cup of whites with 1 egg and 1/2 T of shredded cheese every morning.

[drjeep]

As a vegetarian I sometimes struggle getting as much protein as I would like as well. I try to pack small healthy snacks in my lunchbox that I can graze on throughout the day when I get a chance like during my lunch or planning period. My go to snacks are hardboiled/deviled eggs, almonds, carrot sticks with peanut butter, and apple slices with peanut butter. They all take just a small amount of prep, but it's worth it to me to have something fresh, healthy, and high in protein when I can.

[mustardseed2007]

For the training I'm doing my nutritionist has me eating very few carbs. Like if I want Ezekiel bread or fruit, it has to happen at breakfast. My breakfast has to have 30 grams of protein.

Normally I do eggs, ezekiel toast with guacamole, and 3 applegate chicken and maple sausage links.
Lunch this week is chicken sausage and peppers most days. Usually I'll do a salad with meat.
Dinner is a protein and a vegetable on the side.

Snacks are 100 cal packs of nuts, baby bella cheeses, turkey pepperoni, deli meat, 72% or more square of dark chocolate with peanut butter (my nutritionist isn't a fan of this but...shut up and leave me alone), and then I have vegetables like carrots, salad peppers, cucumbers with a dip like guacamole or cream cheese or peanut butter.

This on paper seems crazy low carb for what I'm doing, but nothing else was resulting in weight loss for me. My body was hanging on to every carb for dear life and converting it to fat in the form of a round stomach and big boobs.

My nutritionist would like me to do more shakes, she has one where you combine plain protein powder, chia seeds, beets, spinach and almond milk. My blender is loud and the family complains, plus the mess of a shake is just too much for me. I don't know why it's such a mess compared to making eggs which results in a dirty pan, but it is...I hate cleaning blenders with a passion. And I know I know: Just put in soapy water and turn the blender on. It's still a Thing.

[2chatter]

mustardseed2007 - the bullet was life changing for us with shakes. But it is still loud enough that there may be complaints. I just like the multiple cups, actual cup blender container that’s dishwasher safe.

And what you are doing makes sense to me - I lose fastest with super high protein, low fat, the rest carbs. I live best at 40 percent protein, 30 percent carbs and 30 percent fat.

In FB memories a pic of DDs and I camping two years ago when I was doing super high protein popped up. I was way skinny. I have about 7 pounds on that now and am happy with the middle ground. At the time of the pic I didn’t see how extremely different it was. Mild rounding in your stomach may only be noticeable to you, FWIW.

[mustardseed2007]

Apr 4, 2019 8:02:16 GMT -5 2chatter said:

mustardseed2007 - the bullet was life changing for us with shakes. But it is still loud enough that there may be complaints. I just like the multiple cups, actual cup blender container that’s dishwasher safe.

And what you are doing makes sense to me - I lose fastest with super high protein, low fat, the rest carbs. I live best at 40 percent protein, 30 percent carbs and 30 percent fat.

In FB memories a pic of DDs and I camping two years ago when I was doing super high protein popped up. I was way skinny. I have about 7 pounds on that now and am happy with the middle ground. At the time of the pic I didn’t see how extremely different it was. Mild rounding in your stomach may only be noticeable to you, FWIW.

oh no not in my case this time, ha ha, but me and body dysmorphia are friends for sure. 

No right now I'm down to about 10 pounds over weight, and when I started on this way of eating I was at 25 pounds over weight. Basically when I stared doing long distance triathlon training, I really gained a lot of weight and my old stand bys like weight watchers or calorie counting were NOT working for me. 

[2chatter]

I feel that mustardseed2007 - after my stupid femur objected, I switched from running to hiit workouts. I gain when I run and shed when I do hiit. On paper and according to my trainers, it should not be that way, but for some people it is.

If this doesn’t work, try a month of hiit and see what happens. I drop 6-10 pounds in the first month of hiit like magic.