I've been hearing a lot about the Kashi Go Lean from the gals here at 3FC and I went to the grocery store this weekend and checked it out. But for me and this is just me personally, don't kill me - it has too many calories. I've got a real lot of weight to take off and after living with this excess weight for soo long, I am more then a bit anxious to get rid of it, so I am trying to cut my calories wherever I can. When I put my mind to something, I'm not exactly the most patient of people. Although I must say it looked yummy. I've been eating Quaker Essentials Cruncy Corn Bran cereal. It has 90 calories for 3/4 cup serving and 5 gms of fiber. I eat about a cup of it, maybe a little more sometimes. With a 1/2 cup skim milk. I find it very satisfying.
But I also agree, trial and error, you have to find what YOU like.
I agree with you, Rockinrobin...Kashi Go Lean does have a lot of calories. I still have it when I'm at home sometimes, but I have to plan for it.
If you're looking for a cereal in the morning with high fiber try All-Bran Buds. I talked about them on another thread (I really don't know where)... But they 12g of fiber, are about 80 calories...but you only get 1/3 cup. I know that sounds small, but honestly...you drink some water with that amount of fiber and you FULL. One of my friends likes to put them in her yogurt, I dunno, I've never tried it. They're also ok sprinkled on top of another cereal, but I like them plain.
Oh, and a suggestion to Mami about snacking and stuff...try more fruit! The day you gave as an example seemed to be lacking in the sweet stuff. It works for meeee.
OK, I ordered the Kashi cereal as you all recommended, will arrive tomorrow (in NY we have this online grocery store which delivers the next day). Unfortunately, here we go again tonight. After already eating 1394 calories, I am literally (OK, perhaps again not literally) biting the head off of [poor] DH because I am once again starving. I just had 2 slices of Arnold diet high protein/fiber bread at 40 calories per slice to calm me down, but I'm still hungry. I did work out at the gym pretty hard though, so hopefully there will be some weightloss tomorrow morning. Will let you know when I've tried eating the Kashi, though that smoothie Jill recommended sounds *yummy*.
Personally, eating two plain pieces of bread when I'm starving would just make me hungrier.
A better snack for me would be string cheese and an apple or a handful of trail mix or hummus with veggie dip. Everyone's body is different of course so your mileage may vary! Plain carbs make me hungrier, carbs + protein seem to fill me up better.
Mami, I agree with Glory, 2 pieces of bread just ain't gonna cut it as far as the hunger factor goes. I eat a no-fat, no sugar 60 calorie yogurt and maybe 5 almonds. It doesn't always fill me right away, but if I wait a mere 10 minutes it really does fill me.
OK fellow FC's, this morning I changed my breakfast to 2 packets of oatmeal (one is high protein), with total protein of 19 grams, plus a high protein cocoa with 15 grams of protein (total calories this morning = 290). My kashi is to arrive today by delivery, and I don't mind the relatively high calorie count because I noticed I have very little energy at the gym if I don't eat enough calories in the morning (which is why I was eating the high calorie bagel). I will let you all know how it goes this evening, my usual starving time. Thanks for your advice
What do you use for a protein snack when you aren't crazy about meat and can't have calcium because of an ongoing high blood calcium problem? Aren't nuts rather high in calories to be eating on a daily basis?
What do you use for a protein snack when you aren't crazy about meat and can't have calcium because of an ongoing high blood calcium problem? Aren't nuts rather high in calories to be eating on a daily basis?
I depends on what else you eat and how well you plan. Lest week, I had macadmia nut butter on toast every single day for breakfast. That mac nut butter is even higher in calories than peanut butter, but by planning out my days, I was just fine with my total calories.
Have you tried tofu instead of meat? I haven't had it, but from what I hear, you can use it as meat in a dish, and it will take on the flavor of whatever you cook it with.
Have you tried vegetarian meat products (like MorningStar Farms or Boca products)? I LOVE their meatless "chicken" patties.
Some whole grains are also pretty high in protein. I have whole-wheat couscous and quinoa usually instead of rice, and that packs about 9g protein per serving.
Have you tried any protein powders? The one I have is vanilla flavored, and I mix it with skim milk and a banana in my Magic Bullet, but the directions on the can say to just mix it with water (since you can't have the milk). I haven't tried that yet, but if that's what the directions say, and the powder is vanilla-flavored, I wouldn't think it would be too bad. The kind I have is a soy/whey protein combo, and it has something like 14g protein and 80 calories in 2 scoops (which is 1 serving).
Beans have some protein and fewer calories than nuts. 1 cup of black beans is about 230 calories and 15g protein.
Well I only eat nuts like with my morning yogurt, I like texture and so after I have my smooth yogurt I like the crunchy almonds. Only 5 and not every day. They are high in calories but it's a healthy fat that they have and they are high in protein. And they are filling.
As for high protien not meat, do you mean only red meat? Like a vegetarian thing? Do you eat chicken and fish? Because there's white meat chicken and salmon and other fish. A 3 oz can of tuna in water has only 90 calories and 20 gms of protein. Tofu, veggie burgers and similar products - I eat Morning Star Farms products. Egg whites. Peanut butter, but go easy it TBSP has 100 calories.
Jilly, we were posting at the same exact time. I too love, love, love the Morning Star Farms Chicken patties. That and some veggies is my lunch at least 3 or 4 times a week.
What do you use for a protein snack when you aren't crazy about meat and can't have calcium because of an ongoing high blood calcium problem? Aren't nuts rather high in calories to be eating on a daily basis?
What about chickpeas? Someone had a recipe for taking canned chickpeas and roasting them with some herbs and spices for a snack. Although I wouldn't recommend eating a whole cup of them, 1 cup is 8% calcium and 31% protein (according to fitday).
The internet has loads of high protein snacks to order; they usually have about 10 to 15 grams of protein per serving and maybe 80 to 160 calories. There are protein bars (try crisp n' crunch), my favorite cocoa (I think its by Dietwise), and Fred's muffin's; check out the website ishophere.com, they have a good selection of things.
You've gotten a lot of great suggestions here, Mami! One other thing I might add: be very careful about sugar-free sweeteners - nutrasweet and splenda make me absolutely ravenous!
Here is a sample menu based on what I ate yesterday. I was a little hungry when I got home, but my dinner was in the crockpot, so no big deal.
Breakfast:
Kashi GoLean Oatmeal (very yummy, 150 cal/pack, 7 g fiber, 9 g protein)
Coffee with 2 T International Delight Eggnog flavored creamer 70 cal
snack:
Fruit bar, made from only dried fruit. 140 cal, approx the same amount of fruit as 2 apples
lunch:
sandwich with 2 oz ham, on diet bread 150 ish cal
Trader Joe's ff yoghurt 130 cal
apple 50 ish cal
snack:
100 calorie snack pack, Chex Mix
Dinner:
2 glasses red wine approx 200 cal
3 cups beef barley stew approx 400 cal
coleslaw made with vinaigrette approx 50 cal
slice of bread 120 cal
Snack:
1 candy cane 50 cal
Total: around 1610. I ate at 9:00, 11:00, 12:30, 3:00, 7:00, and 8:30
I eat meat but it's not my favorite........that would be bread!!!! Most protein powders are fortified with calcium. In fact, I even have to watch the bread labels because some of them now have 30% calcium.
