What is your biggest source of protein?
 

Hello all, I am now tracking my macro nutrients, and was wondering what is your biggest contributing factor to protein? I was astonished to discover just how many carbs I was taking in, and found most of my sources of protein also largely contribute to my carbs.

Chicken, lean beef, pork tenderloin, ground turkey breast, greek yogurt, and egg beaters/egg whites...all of these are big parts of the protein in my diet.

I'm not a big meat eater so on a daily basis plain yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, whole wheat products, and nuts and legumes provide most of my protein. I do have either a chicken breast, some shrimp, salmon, or sardines 1-2x a week.
If I were seriously trying to build muscle, I'd probably need more protein.

Mine are egg whites, turkey, chicken, tuna (and other fish), ff cottage cheese, ff yogurt, lf cheese, lean pork , some whole grains and some beans. I also love peanut butter and almond butter. (eat both daily).

Salmon, meat replacements like tofu and seitan, cheese and peanut butter to a lesser extent. Hey, mariarose, I noticed you included whole wheat products. Is there really that much protein in it? I'm afraid I have never looked. How curious!

Not a TON of protein, but it seems like most of the breads I eat have 4-5 grams a slice, and the english muffins I like have 6 grams. Whole wheat pasta has protein too. None of them have a whole lot, but it all adds up.

EDITED to add: oatmeal, many cereals (kashi go lean especially!), quinoa, barley, and other grains have protein too!

Seafood, definitely. Turkey breast runs a close second. My protein grams are generally 100+ per day. When I run short I do a protein shake. I'm burnt out on chicken at the moment. Bawk!

Seafood, chicken, yogurt!

soy protein, eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt and sometimes meat.

Yoghurt, Egg and Tofu.

My protein intake looks like everyone else's -- poultry, seafood, beef, nuts, dairy, soy...but there is one thing which I LOVE which I didn't see mentioned!! It must be because I'm in the Mile High City but I love a good Bison burger. They have less fat than regular beef and as a result are incredibly lean and rich in iron! So yummy! If you can...check them out...it makes for an interesting BBQ!

You know what I want to keep in the car as a protein snack? Salmon jerkey! It sounds sooooo yummy. But I can't find it anywhere around me and the prices on-line are crazy high.

turkey breast, chicken white meat, halibut, salmon, yogurt, cottage cheese, chick peas (in hummus), and apparently according to others I get bonus protein points with whole grains! *blush* I didn't know that!