Planning Your Targets for Protein Power - do you?

flaminghotsauce mama · 03-29-2008, 06:31 PM

I've been having trouble hitting my targets for PP. I'll do well for a meal or two, but miss on one of them (usually lunch, sadly).

I usually use Fitday online, but it's sort of a time black hole for me.

So today I bought the Fitday PC program, and thus far it is really nice. Easier to use, quicker, with drop down scrolling choices for foods... It has a lot of the same things, just much better layout and functionality. I do wish it could interface with the online program to get all my old info. But I'm considering this a fresh start.

All that to say, I set up my targets in the program, and I did well today!

How do you all plan your Protein Power day? Or do you wing it?

peachy · 03-30-2008, 07:22 AM

I had a hard time at first, too.

Now I plan everything on fitday at the beginning of the day. And I divide up my food into 4 or 5 smaller meals. It's easier for me to stomach that way. I look at the protein for the whole day when I'm on fitday. I usually get more than enough! But each meal will vary.

Gr82bthin · 04-08-2008, 07:38 AM

I use Fitday, too, and had a few problems hitting my protein requirements. I started having a smoothie with whey protein powder in the mornings and either a tuna or chicken salad at lunch. Those two items kept my levels up. Then for dinner I add a meat and a vegetable. I usually end up the day somewhere close or over my protein requirements.

dlloyd · 04-08-2008, 09:32 AM

I don't do much planning at all to meet my protein requirements, which is likely at least part of the reason I haven't lost anything past the initial 10 pounds.

Lunch for me most days is a salad with some turkey cold cuts shredded on top and an oil-based dressing to get some fats into the mix; I did actually guesstimate early on how much of the turkey I would need to fill a single-meal protein number, which, at my size, means the lettuce is hidden under the meat. For other meals, there are so many variations in what and when I eat that I almost never try to keep track of anything but the carbs; I just try to toss back a whey protein drink of some sort once or twice a day to help boost my protein intake overall.

flaminghotsauce mama · 04-09-2008, 06:53 AM

I don't do so well with protein shakes. I think I add too much stuff.

I've been eating cottage cheese lately when my levels aren't where they should be. I've been ill, so sometimes getting in the meat is a chore.

Gr82bthin · 04-09-2008, 07:27 AM

When I started making the shakes I added too much stuff and way to much DaVinci syrup. Then I didn't add enough stuff and they tasted bland. So, I played around with them for a while in order to find something I like. I also add a teaspoon of Fibersure to my smoothies to boost my fiber intake. Sometimes I make them with the Jay Robb Whey powder and water with 2 Tbsp. of cream. I have also made them with cottage cheese, berries, and powder. You just have to figure out what works for you.

flaminghotsauce mama · 04-09-2008, 11:13 AM

Hmmm, putting cottage cheese IN my protein shake sounds pretty good. That would be a huge protein boost. Thanks for your thoughts on this. I used to put in too much fruit and sweetener, but some of those powders are pretty bland.

03-29-2008, 06:31 PM	#1
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dlloyd Junior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middletown, DE Posts: 41 Gallery: dlloyd	I don't do much planning at all to meet my protein requirements, which is likely at least part of the reason I haven't lost anything past the initial 10 pounds. Lunch for me most days is a salad with some turkey cold cuts shredded on top and an oil-based dressing to get some fats into the mix; I did actually guesstimate early on how much of the turkey I would need to fill a single-meal protein number, which, at my size, means the lettuce is hidden under the meat. For other meals, there are so many variations in what and when I eat that I almost never try to keep track of anything but the carbs; I just try to toss back a whey protein drink of some sort once or twice a day to help boost my protein intake overall. __________________ It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. -- A.C. Clarke There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. -- Carl Sagan

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03-30-2008, 07:22 AM	#2
peachy Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: WindyCity Posts: 472 Gallery: peachy WOE: Protein Power Start Date: Too Long Ago	I had a hard time at first, too. Now I plan everything on fitday at the beginning of the day. And I divide up my food into 4 or 5 smaller meals. It's easier for me to stomach that way. I look at the protein for the whole day when I'm on fitday. I usually get more than enough! But each meal will vary.

04-08-2008, 07:38 AM	#3
Gr82bthin Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 94 Gallery: Gr82bthin Stats: 215/163/135 WOE: Atkins Start Date: April 1, 2007	I use Fitday, too, and had a few problems hitting my protein requirements. I started having a smoothie with whey protein powder in the mornings and either a tuna or chicken salad at lunch. Those two items kept my levels up. Then for dinner I add a meat and a vegetable. I usually end up the day somewhere close or over my protein requirements.

04-09-2008, 06:53 AM	#5
flaminghotsauce mama MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My Own Private Idaho Posts: 1,283 Gallery: flaminghotsauce mama Stats: 196/158/125, 5'5" WOE: Protein Power LifePlan Start Date: January 2006	I don't do so well with protein shakes. I think I add too much stuff. I've been eating cottage cheese lately when my levels aren't where they should be. I've been ill, so sometimes getting in the meat is a chore.

04-09-2008, 07:27 AM	#6
Gr82bthin Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 94 Gallery: Gr82bthin Stats: 215/163/135 WOE: Atkins Start Date: April 1, 2007	When I started making the shakes I added too much stuff and way to much DaVinci syrup. Then I didn't add enough stuff and they tasted bland. So, I played around with them for a while in order to find something I like. I also add a teaspoon of Fibersure to my smoothies to boost my fiber intake. Sometimes I make them with the Jay Robb Whey powder and water with 2 Tbsp. of cream. I have also made them with cottage cheese, berries, and powder. You just have to figure out what works for you.

04-09-2008, 11:13 AM	#7
flaminghotsauce mama MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My Own Private Idaho Posts: 1,283 Gallery: flaminghotsauce mama Stats: 196/158/125, 5'5" WOE: Protein Power LifePlan Start Date: January 2006	Hmmm, putting cottage cheese IN my protein shake sounds pretty good. That would be a huge protein boost. Thanks for your thoughts on this. I used to put in too much fruit and sweetener, but some of those powders are pretty bland.