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Adding extra protein

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Ikeameatballlunch · 28/07/2023 15:01

I'm starting to include weights in a fitness regime that I was going to start anyway but now must due to breast cancer diagnosis. I'm following a prehab routine to surgery.

I know I'm not eating enough protein. I can also loose weight and muscle easily, I'm a hypermobile skinny type.

Whey is making me a bit windy so I'm re introducing more slowly to see if I can adapt. However I have been noticing the difference in general energy.

What other things can I try?

Eg babybels light, halloumi, I'm using pea milk. Skyr on porridge for breakfast and eggs a few times a week. I often nibble on almonds

Some meat upsets my stomach but chicken breast may be ok. I had moved away from meat a bit but probably need to come back to it.

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Ikeameatballlunch · 28/07/2023 18:55

MistyTrains · 28/07/2023 18:52

Meant to add a bean based homemade soup is great for lunch along with a salad. Can be prepped ahead. I've recently been making houmous from chickpeas and beetroot, and dipping in homemade harissa marinaed chicken fillets. Plus homemade beanburgers. All of those are good protein wise.

I eat a lot of hummus but adding bean meals was my next plan. I make a lot of vegan curries/ stews with chick peas but want to find some with beans.

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Ikeameatballlunch · 28/07/2023 18:54

Thanks for the tips; I can certainly work with that. And re the yogurt. V happy to go back to yeo valley.

Could the pea protein be better stomach wise? Only thing is I don't think I can go ott on phytoestrogens; pea milk is probably ok but not sure about powder.

i sometimes loose my appetite when stressed so the whey is to try to fill a gap if I need to.

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MistyTrains · 28/07/2023 18:52

Meant to add a bean based homemade soup is great for lunch along with a salad. Can be prepped ahead. I've recently been making houmous from chickpeas and beetroot, and dipping in homemade harissa marinaed chicken fillets. Plus homemade beanburgers. All of those are good protein wise.

MistyTrains · 28/07/2023 18:49

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis.

I eat fairly high protein (120g-150g a day), typically I might have:

Oats with 10g protein powder, milk, Fage (slightly better than Skyr as has good bacteria which Skyr does not, even better would be Yeo Valley organic super thick yoghurt- I ate Yeo Valley for years then went to Fage but switched back as I definitely felt happier in my gut on Yeo Valley!), pumpkin seeds, pea or almond milk.

I then have a second breakfast of scrambled eggs, usually 1 large egg, after I have scrambled them I mix in 70-100g cottage cheese. Recently been adding flaked cooked salmon. Might try tuna. Often have it on seeded (more protein in seeded) toast or with homemade baked beans. Mushrooms and brocolli are higher protein veg so have those with it too.

Snack wise, favourites are apple and peanut butter, or pear and cottage cheese, more yoghurt.

Lunches and dinners I have chicken, salmon, tuna, ham, mackarel seabass, prawns, 5% mince beef, steak, carbs are usually quinoa or beans/lentils, brown rice. Sometimes pea pasta. I eat a tonne of greens as find that pretty essential to digest protein.

I try to eat the minumum 45g of protein by midday as I am less likely to snack and also my brain functions better.

I use a pea protein to make a smoothie, the one I use is actually Fast800 as it has only a few ingredients. It's not really necessary to have protein shakes unless weight training though and wanting particularly high protein.

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