Veggie protein
Check out Eat.Drink.Better blog for a good read on debunking the protein myth (plus 6 sources of vegetable protein).
The reality is that only around 15 percent of daily calorie intake should come from protein. This means for most of us eating a 2000 a day diet, we only need around 300 calories worth of protein…There are many options that contain the same amino acids that you can find in animal protein. If you would like to cut down your animal protein and increase your consumption of plant-based proteins, try some of these options:
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That breakfast sammich kept me full all morning. I made myself eat lunch at 12:30pm despite barely even being hungry. Holla.
Time for some pics for the husband (away on business)…
Any chance he won’t notice that Hillary is up in the bed with me?! Pardon the boring cube picture. Hey, you can see my little Steelers pennant! Go Stillirs!
Lunch was great. Leftover creamy veggie soup (with curry) from last night’s dinner.
On the cheapie plate…
- Banana
- Carrots & Babybel cheese wheel
- 2 small squares Green & Blacks organic espresso chocolate
- (In the cheapie bowl), leftover soup
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March 24th, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Meg says:You look mucho serious in that picture!!!
I’ve read that vegetarians consume about twice as much protein as they actually need and omnivores, well they consume a lot more than that. I try to keep my servings of meat and meat alternatives to the recommended two a day!