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Rocsteady wrote:Anyone have good recipes for high protein, low calorie meals? For the first time in my life I'm unintentionally putting on weight.

Any luck with this?

I eat far too many carbs. If I want something easy with a lot of protein then my go to is scrambled eggs, because I'm lazy as gooseberry fool.

That's not a growth wrote:I eat far too many carbs. If I want something easy with a lot of protein then my go to is scrambled eggs, because I'm lazy as gooseberry fool.

Tuna for me. (Which I wouldn't advise given mercury levels of tuna/fish in general?) Or porridge oats.

Something I found recently re porridge oats: I'd been eating 1 cup (!) of whole rolled porridge oats (Sainsbury's, not Quaker, as Sainsbury's are slightly chunkier) for ages but still found myself hungry af. Then, thanks to all the panic buying morons, I could no longer get my regular porridge oats and had to settle for cut / Quaker's "whole rolled oats". (Whole rolled oats are said to be more nutritious than cut oats.) And what I have found is that where before 1 cup still left me hungry, the stodginess of the cut oats leaves me feeling plenty filled... even at HALF A CUP! How crazy is that?! I instantly cut about 150+ cals from my daily diet, all thanks to freakish happenstance

I've gone way off the whole high protein thing. Now I'm into high vegetable intake.

Eat as many clean carbs as you want, make sure you're taking in at least 10-15 'portions' of vegetables a day and tell me you don't feel much better!

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:I've gone way off the whole high protein thing. Now I'm into high vegetable intake.

Eat as many clean carbs as you want, make sure you're taking in at least 10-15 'portions' of vegetables a day and tell me you don't feel much better!

What veg are you having?

I do have some veg steam bags in my freezer (from my last veg obsession) but I always find it lacking in the satiety department. Maybe I wasn't having enough...

15 portions of veg?! The strawberry float are you eating?

Scrambled eggs are my go to every day for lunch and have been for years. Generally have 4-5 a day, which means I have up to a couple of thousand a year

I've just started cutting the amount of carbs for my meals so, e.g., less rice with my curries, less spaghetti with my bolognese. Still using stuff like full fat coconut milk though, strawberry float compromising on the taste!

How many eggs do you use per scrambled eggs lunch?

I'm a long way off from scrambled eggs leaving me satiated But again, as with the veg, I could have 'em every now and again to add to the variety of my diet...

Saint of Killers wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:I've gone way off the whole high protein thing. Now I'm into high vegetable intake.

Eat as many clean carbs as you want, make sure you're taking in at least 10-15 'portions' of vegetables a day and tell me you don't feel much better!

What veg are you having?

I do have some veg steam bags in my freezer (from my last veg obsession) but I always find it lacking in the satiety department. Maybe I wasn't having enough...

Whatever I can get my hands on. I make a lot of vegetarian hot pot dishes like bolognese, curry, chilli etc and I just chop/blend as appropriate whatever's fresh in the supermarket (within reason!) to create a ragu + chopped veg.

Really basic example:

Dice onion, celery, carrot, pepper
Blend mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach
Pick florets of broccoli, cauliflower

Fry onion, add carrot, then celery
Add whatever herbs/spices you're going for
Evaporate something vinegar-based
Add your blended mushroom/tomatoes/spinach mix and bring heat down to simmer
Throw in pepper, broccoli, cauliflower and cook to taste

You can then have it with whatever you want. Rice, pasta, roast potatoes, wedges, chips etc.

Benefit is it's really suitable for big batch cooking, so you can easily put together 8-10 portions if you've got a big enough pot.

Saint of Killers wrote:How many eggs do you use per scrambled eggs lunch?

I'm a long way off from scrambled eggs leaving me satiated But again, as with the veg, I could have 'em every now and again to add to the variety of my diet...

Surely 5 and a slab of brown bread will leave you satisfied? Use 4 or 5 normally.

Rocsteady wrote:15 portions of veg?! The strawberry float are you eating?

I've just started cutting the amount of carbs for my meals so, e.g., less rice with my curries, less spaghetti with my bolognese. Still using stuff like full fat coconut milk though, strawberry float compromising on the taste!

Can't eat too many vegetables, that's what I say .

Embrace the carbs. Just avoid the simple sugary/refined variety.

Rocsteady wrote:

Saint of Killers wrote:How many eggs do you use per scrambled eggs lunch?

I'm a long way off from scrambled eggs leaving me satiated But again, as with the veg, I could have 'em every now and again to add to the variety of my diet...

Surely 5 and a slab of brown bread will leave you satisfied? Use 4 or 5 normally.

I was thinking one, maybe two Yeah, 4 and brown bread (with the brown bread maybe even 3 would do it...) would be plenty. *adds to list*

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Saint of Killers wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:I've gone way off the whole high protein thing. Now I'm into high vegetable intake.

Eat as many clean carbs as you want, make sure you're taking in at least 10-15 'portions' of vegetables a day and tell me you don't feel much better!

What veg are you having?

I do have some veg steam bags in my freezer (from my last veg obsession) but I always find it lacking in the satiety department. Maybe I wasn't having enough...

Whatever I can get my hands on. I make a lot of vegetarian hot pot dishes like bolognese, curry, chilli etc and I just chop/blend as appropriate whatever's fresh in the supermarket (within reason!) to create a ragu + chopped veg.

Really basic example:

Dice onion, celery, carrot, pepper
Blend mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach
Pick florets of broccoli, cauliflower

Fry onion, add carrot, then celery
Add whatever herbs/spices you're going for
Evaporate something vinegar-based
Add your blended mushroom/tomatoes/spinach mix and bring heat down to simmer
Throw in pepper, broccoli, cauliflower and cook to taste

You can then have it with whatever you want. Rice, pasta, roast potatoes, wedges, chips etc.

Benefit is it's really suitable for big batch cooking, so you can easily put together 8-10 portions if you've got a big enough pot.

Okay, this is much better than strawberry floating steam bags! This is getting done soon.

Ta for the suggestions everyone

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:15 portions of veg?! The strawberry float are you eating?

I've just started cutting the amount of carbs for my meals so, e.g., less rice with my curries, less spaghetti with my bolognese. Still using stuff like full fat coconut milk though, strawberry float compromising on the taste!

Can't eat too many vegetables, that's what I say .

Embrace the carbs. Just avoid the simple sugary/refined variety.

That amount of fibre would leave me really bloated and uncomfortable. It's all about calories in Vs calories out.

I'm coming to end of a cut (currently at 178lbs down from 201lbs after New Year) and switched to 3 eggs + 150g egg whites and now 500g egg whites + 3 pieces of bread for French toast. In my opinion the best low carb high protein meal is thick protein shake/ice cream, you get a big filling meal for 300 calories and 30-60g protein.

Shakes are a good shout, the farts though

Rocsteady wrote:Shakes are a good shout, the farts though

Better or worse than 15 servings of vegetables

Has anyone else tried intermittent fasting? I'm not strictly fasting but I've found moving meal times really helpful for shift work, the fact me and the missus normally eat late and being able to have one big meal a day.

Hime wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:15 portions of veg?! The strawberry float are you eating?

I've just started cutting the amount of carbs for my meals so, e.g., less rice with my curries, less spaghetti with my bolognese. Still using stuff like full fat coconut milk though, strawberry float compromising on the taste!

Can't eat too many vegetables, that's what I say .

Embrace the carbs. Just avoid the simple sugary/refined variety.

That amount of fibre would leave me really bloated and uncomfortable. It's all about calories in Vs calories out.

Everybody reacts differently but I can assure you I have the exact opposite problem .

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Hime wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:15 portions of veg?! The strawberry float are you eating?

I've just started cutting the amount of carbs for my meals so, e.g., less rice with my curries, less spaghetti with my bolognese. Still using stuff like full fat coconut milk though, strawberry float compromising on the taste!

Can't eat too many vegetables, that's what I say .

Embrace the carbs. Just avoid the simple sugary/refined variety.

That amount of fibre would leave me really bloated and uncomfortable. It's all about calories in Vs calories out.

Everybody reacts differently but I can assure you I have the exact opposite problem .

To be fair there might not be that much fibre in what your eating, I track fibre for that very reason and I'm amazed how much fruit and vegetables you can eat for not a huge amount of fibre. I would imagine must people massively underestimate how much they eat, I have a friend who famously only gooseberry fools one a week ago swears he eats a ton of fibre but must be talking bull gooseberry fool.

Hime wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Hime wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:15 portions of veg?! The strawberry float are you eating?

I've just started cutting the amount of carbs for my meals so, e.g., less rice with my curries, less spaghetti with my bolognese. Still using stuff like full fat coconut milk though, strawberry float compromising on the taste!

Can't eat too many vegetables, that's what I say .

Embrace the carbs. Just avoid the simple sugary/refined variety.

That amount of fibre would leave me really bloated and uncomfortable. It's all about calories in Vs calories out.

Everybody reacts differently but I can assure you I have the exact opposite problem .

To be fair there might not be that much fibre in what your eating, I track fibre for that very reason and I'm amazed how much fruit and vegetables you can eat for not a huge amount of fibre. I would imagine must people massively underestimate how much they eat, I have a friend who famously only gooseberry fools one a week ago swears he eats a ton of fibre but must be talking bull gooseberry fool.

Can you have too much fibre? Back when I was stupidly eating too many kidney beans I would poo only once a week! And it would take ages. Legs going numb was the worst. I'll spare you all from the worst of the details though

One of the other things which I think helped me (you know, other than quitting the kidney bean overdose) was swallowing a tablespoon of oil for a week to lubricate my innards. I don't really know if that helped but things did improve around that time. Thank god. (I've now been going once a day for years )

Saint of Killers wrote:

Hime wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Hime wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:15 portions of veg?! The strawberry float are you eating?

I've just started cutting the amount of carbs for my meals so, e.g., less rice with my curries, less spaghetti with my bolognese. Still using stuff like full fat coconut milk though, strawberry float compromising on the taste!

Can't eat too many vegetables, that's what I say .

Embrace the carbs. Just avoid the simple sugary/refined variety.

That amount of fibre would leave me really bloated and uncomfortable. It's all about calories in Vs calories out.

Everybody reacts differently but I can assure you I have the exact opposite problem .

To be fair there might not be that much fibre in what your eating, I track fibre for that very reason and I'm amazed how much fruit and vegetables you can eat for not a huge amount of fibre. I would imagine must people massively underestimate how much they eat, I have a friend who famously only gooseberry fools one a week ago swears he eats a ton of fibre but must be talking bull gooseberry fool.

Can you have too much fibre? Back when I was stupidly eating too many kidney beans I would poo only once a week! And it would take ages. Legs going numb was the worst. I'll spare you all from the worst of the details though

One of the other things which I think helped me (you know, other than quitting the kidney bean overdose) was swallowing a tablespoon of oil for a week to lubricate my innards. I don't really know if that helped but things did improve around that time. Thank god. (I've now been going once a day for years )

From a comfort point of view definitely, it's why eating vegan can be a problem as the protein sources also have a gooseberry fool load of fibre.

Anyone who's made the mistake of high protein low fibre will attest that there are few things worse. It still haunts my dreams.

Yup. It really was a living nightmare. (I'm shocked the toilet and pipes survived )

Saint of Killers wrote:Yup. It really was a living nightmare. (I'm shocked the toilet and pipes survived )

In every sense.