I've been doing really well with Protein post-op. I almost always manage 80-90g of protein a day (a bad day for me would be 75g), but since I'm a vegetarian, I hadn't yet had that really long term full feeling people talk about having with meat. Well, today I was ecstatic to find that my local vegan grocery shop started selling Beyond Meat* and of course I bought some of the chicken so I could try it! I made a chicken salad and dished out my usual 3-4 tablespoons. It took me about an hour to finish (ate half, waited 40 min, ate the other half), and now two hours later, I still feel (almost uncomfortably) full. Now I get what everyone means about the full feeling that comes with dense protein! Like I said, I haven't had trouble getting in protein, but tofu and chickpeas (and even other meat substitutes) definitely sit differently.

*If you're curious about Beyond Meat, have a look at this video from the TODAY Show:

Or read the wonderful Mark Bittman's op-ed from 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/finally-fake-chicken-worth-eating.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Oh, and I might just add, the chicken salad I made was AMAZING! If I hadn't made it myself, I wouldn't have eaten it because I would have been convinced there was really chicken in it.

I'm not a vegetarian but I love veggie burgers and some other vegetarian imitation foods so I will definitely try these products when I'm on solids. Thanks for sharing.

Edited July 17, 201412 yr by lifestartsnow4me