How to eat more protein

[New2thisshizzle]

I keep reading I should eat more protein to help lose weight/maintain muscle but I’m struggling for ideas behind chicken or salmon for dinner.

I think what you are eating sounds like a good balance @New2thisshizzle , it's probably just about choosing a good high protein option with the kinds of foods you are having. So for breakfast things say:

Greek yogurt (Fage type) 11.5 protein per 125 g
Skyr 13g
Quark 15g

40g porridge oats - 4.4g protein, 3.3g fibre
100g (two thin slices) rye bread 5.2g protein, 7.7g fibre
Granola about 6g/3.5g per portion
Hovis Granary Wholemeal (2 slices) 9.3g protein, 6g fibre
45g All Bran 6.3g protein, 12.1 fibre

Pears - large conference pear = 5.5g fibre
Berries (80g) - 3g fibre

What I ate yesterday: 1600 calories, 82g carbs, 90g protein, 32.7 fibre, 8.5 portions of veg/fruit.

Breakfast: 4x Ryvita with soft cheese, two boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes

Lunch: Hot smoked Salmon and avocado salad

Snack: Quark

Dinner: Pancetta and bean stew (BBC Good Food recipe, I used streaky bacon and more than the recipe said, plus more carrots!) with wholemeal bread.

Oh gosh me neither!

I like your protein and fibre shake, do you find the quark bitter?

Do you mean full fat milk?

I would prefer savoury so I suppose I could put watercress or someting like that in it, with perhaps cucumber or prunes?

Hi, no the quark isn't bitter and there are a few sweet things in there but mostly natural sugars. I don't have it very often but it gives me a lift after the gym sometimes, or before if I haven't eaten.

Eat the protein element first, and have the fiber as an extra.

Breakfast, bacon and eggs.
Berries and greek yogurt if you are hungry between meals.
Lunch, steak with a fried egg, and a side salad if you are still hungry.
Dinner, grilled salmon and a side salad or veggies.

What suprises me is that when I eat more meat, I am much less hungry.
I also eat tinned fish, sardines, mackrel etc as a snack now. And always have boiled eggs in the fridge.