Is anyone else struggling with trying to get in all their Protein while not exceeding their daily calorie allowance?

I'm having a really tough time. I use a protein drink in the morning, but don't want to have to use it more than twice a day. If I eat regular food, I don't can't get 65 to 70 grams of protein without going over the 1000 calaries a day.

Can someone please HELP!!!! :help:

I don't think there is a mathematical way to do that. If you have two drinks (even using water) they are going to be about 200-300 calories.... then that would leave 700 for food.... I don't know what state you are in... but, that's about 350 for two meals. It's a tough struggle. I have two drinks a day... then I eat twice... but, I try to stick to about 200 calories per meal. It's tough.

I have a terrible feeling that Lap banding is just another way to slowly starve without the hunger pangs. What sort of a life do we have when we spend it drinking protein shakes then not being able to eat real food?

Cleo -Is it starving if you don't have hunger pangs though? That was the whole reason I got the lap band! I was tired of having it feel like my stomach was chomping on itself and I could just cut back the food without being so danged hungry all the time. My suggestion to you regarding the protein is ALWAYS eat your protein first - be it tuna,chicken, cottage cheese, etc. And find some supplement that is higher in protein. I use several different things when my days are low and one is Isopure from GNC. The taste isn't great but I add part of a Crystal Light on the Go and it makes it better. Best part - 40 grams o protein in that 20 ounces of liquid that i spread throughout the day. There are also several other choices at bariatriceating.com that I like....explore and I hope you can find that balance for you.

cleo... you seem to have a really bad attitude

My doctor only recommends 45 g of Protein for me a day (I'm 5'2). I have a Starbucks FF cafe au lait (12 g), 1/2 cup of cottage cheese (12 g), and either a piece of fish or a high protein yogurt (either 16 g) almost every day. Total calories for these 3 items = 250 cals, for 37 g of protein. Then I can eat almost anything else I want for the other 750 cals and I'm going to meet my protein goals.

If I were a taller person, I'd eat a little more fish or cottage cheese and I'd still meet my goals on very low calories.

Try a strained yogurt like Fage Total and/or a "whipped" cottage cheese like Friendship 1%. I loathe normal cottage cheese, but whip it (or blend it at home) and it's one of my favorite foods.

Good luck!

I'm eating about 1100-1300 calories a day and I'm still hungry. My stomach just churns and growls. Sometimes this happens even after I eat...I still feel hungry. It really gets me late at night. Needless to say, my weight loss is slow. I've had 2 fills, do I need another one? I can get really stuck while I'm eating if I eat to fast or too big a bite, so I'm not sure that making the band tighter is really what I need. Please advise.... thanks!

One thing I have found that helps me with the hunger pangs is to drink some Ice Cold water. It shrinks the band and helps me get through the times when I feel hungry!

hi ginger,

there are these test tubes called:

whey Liquid Protein-42

they have 42 gms of Protein. there is also ones with 25 gms of protein

they come in grape, fruit punch, orange, blue raspberry

i buy them on a website called A1supplements.com

they have low calories and low carbs.

i put them in a glass of ice and pretty much this fills alot of my protein requirements without the calories.

hope this helps

learn how to cheat your brain...

Add Protein to your cottage cheese.

Mix protein into your omlette.

Add your protein into a smoothie

I love Protein nectar and I drink that with my crystal light...

It's all about twisting your minds way of thinking about food.

Hope that helps

I have a terrible feeling that Lap banding is just another way to slowly starve without the hunger pangs. What sort of a life do we have when we spend it drinking Protein shakes then not being able to eat real food?

Well, I guess if that is what you want to make your diet that is your choice. I don't know of anyone that has to do that but to each his own I suppose.