PSA: Save a Carb...Ride a Protein...

ok...so....i have been reading blogs here and there the past couple days and i keep wanting to make the same comment/friendly nudge but i don't want to be a pain in the ass on a bunch of blogs....so, i will do it here.   and really, more to nudge myself than anything else....because i too am getting too comfortable with eating "normal"....

i read a lot of blogs where people feel "prepared" for the day with their food...but their menus include nutritional bars, salads, carrots, etc.   very little proteins are being listed.   and i know that the specific nutritional bar being listed is a "high protein" bar.  but it also has 30grams or so of carbs! 

my surgeon's office preaches the following:

always go for full protein first.   then a protein shake. and then worst case scenario a protein bar.   and that worst case scenario is because of the carbs.

we are taught to have a minimum of 70grams of protein a day.   and limit ourselves to 30 -40 carbs a day.

whole foods are preferred over processed foods.

good go-to high protein/low carb items are: cottage cheese, greek yogurt, tuna, hard boiled egg, a slice of deli meat rolled up with cheese (i do a slice of turkey with a half of laughing cow cheese -- you wouldn't believe how filling that is for a "mindless" snack).   cheese is always a debate at support group.  i say a cheese stick can keep me away from the snack machine.  so i will go for it and sacrifice the fat content.

i do not want to sound preachy.  i just see a lot of frustration with stalled or slow weight loss and a lot of menus with very little protein...so i thought i would point it out.

yana asked me once to share a menu.  i always try to plan my full menu out the day before.  i travel in my car a lot for work.  for years i used this as my excuse not to follow weight watchers.    now i bring my lunch almost everywhere with me.   no one seems to mind....fancy that!  lol.....

this is what i hope tomorrow will look like....as long as i stay away from the cookies i baked for the office....

breakfast: protein shake with a teaspoon of peanut butter -- 30 grams protein.

morning snack:  cheese stick 7 grams protein

lunch: canned salmon mixed up with light mayo, goat or feta cheese and a couple sliced olives 16 grams of protein

afternoon snack:  (will not be eating dinner until 9ish) 1/2 cup cottage cheese.  i like california style -- it is thicker and more filling to me.  15 grams protein

dinner:  i am having dinner with Electric Stephanie M. (!!!!).  we are going to a restaurant called Stir Crazy.  i have checked out their menu since i was only there once, and i think i am going to get the Wok Seared Tuna Sashimi this time.  last time i got an ahi tuna on a fried wonton tower and ate one of the 3 wonton crisps it came with.   i will guess i will get in 2-3 ounces of tuna so that will be 14-21 grams of protein.

i personally need to work on getting all my liquids in during the day.  i have been slacking. and coincidentally getting stuck a lot lately.   lube the tube, heidi.  lube the tube.  <---- that is also something else my surgeon's office likes to say....lol....


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