Weight-Loss New WLF Team Challenge

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I went shopping tonight to find something to help me with this protein challenge. I weigh 180, which means I'm supposed to be taking in 90g of protein each day for this challenge. Quite frankly, I've been borderline freaking out about this challenge all day because increased protein intake = increased calories, too. I don't want to build muscle, just lose weight. But this mini-challenge's goal is to lose fat and not beneficial lean muscle at the same time.

While at Walmart, I looked at all the powdered protein products, comparing calories AND protein per serving of each kind. I found that Body Fortress's Super Advanced Whey Isolate offers the most protein per serving (30g) at the least calories per serving (130). You can mix it with water, but tonight I chose to use the milk I usually drink (1%). Adding 8oz of 1% milk gives 8 more grams of protein with 100 more calories. So 230 calories for 38g of protein.

Three of these mixed with just water, however, would have me at my protein challenge goal. 90g of protein and just 390 calories across three of those protein shakes mixed with water.
 
I got 80 gr protein today! I am really pleased about it - that's like almost double the RDA. I know it's not enough for the challenge. I literally cannot eat more - I was eating the whole day: Non-stop snacking! (on good stuff though) - I have my diet diary on the previous page with the run-down of numbers.
 
Bellinda - you might already have enough protein! Almost all fruits & veg have protein - I was checking them out on google today! Just type in broccoli protein - and it will come up - even gives you options for different portions - it was really useful for me.
 
Justina, I keep getting conflicting nutritional info on the web for produce, that's why I don't like recording them. It's like I can't find one concrete agreement between sites.

I'm not too worried about it today, I'm about to finish up the challenge with lobster tonight which will well put me past my goal (24g of protein in 4.5oz).
 
Bellinda - Yeah - they can be confusing sometimes - I agree - it's some sort of indication though :)

Awesome job on the challenge...unfortunately I have to reach 118 gr... I see whether I can build up to that! :)
I have vegan protein powder (brown rice) - I just detest the taste... I will see how I get on tomorrow!
 
Sunday food:

110g raspberries 1.3g
250g low fat Greek yoghurt from Morrisons 15g (low fat goes better with raspberries)
500g Total 0% Greek yoghurt 51.5g
2 tins apricots 4.2g
500g red grapes 3.6g
about 6 coco pops from the bottom of the cardboard box after the pack was emptied when I threw it away....
180g poached salmon 48g
tomatoes, cucumber, celery, beetroot, orange pepper
350g melon 1.9g
250g low fat Greek yoghurt from Tesco 14.2g
1 box sugar free sweets


1ltr sparkling water - orange
2tlr sparkling water - apple
 
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Sunday food:
B: 3 peaches - 4.5 gr, lemon water - 0.6 gr, 2 tbs organic cacao bliss coconut spread 4gr, banana 1.5 gr = 10.6 gr
S: nuts 5 gr
L:Quinoa tabullah salad (quinoa 8gr, parsley 1gr, mint 0.2 gr, onion 0.5 gr, tomato 1.5 gr) = 11.2 gr protein
S:Soup (including bunch of broccoli 17gr , 1.5 cups of carrot 1.3gr, small white cabbage 10 gr) = 29.3 gr protein
D:Salmon salad (4 oz salmon 28 gr, tomato 1,5 gr, onion 0.5 gr, olives 1 gr, spinach 3 gr, celery 0.3gr) = 34.3 gr protein
S: nuts 5gr

total protein: 95.4gr
 
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Food log (6/16):
Breakfast
High protein Slimfast shake (20g of protein)

Lunch
Small salad: chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, veggie cheese, fat free ranch dressing

Dinner
Salad: chicken, lettuce, tomato, avocado, fat free ranch dressing, carrots, veggie cheese

Snack
Double protein shake with 1% milk (14g of protein from the milk and 60g from the powder)
Chobani vanilla nonfat greek yogurt with strawberries, blueberries, and Special K touch of honey granola

Total Protein: 94g
 
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Justina said:
Bellinda - Yeah - they can be confusing sometimes - I agree - it's some sort of indication though :)

Awesome job on the challenge...unfortunately I have to reach 118 gr... I see whether I can build up to that! :)
I have vegan protein powder (brown rice) - I just detest the taste... I will see how I get on tomorrow!
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Justina, I thought that Whey powder would be disgusting, but it was surprisingly tolerable.
 
Hi guys, this protein challenge is going to be a lot harder than I thought. Considering I am clocking the scales at 273.2 that's 136.6g of protein per day:svengo:. I'm seeing a lot of either seafood or protein shakes in my future.

Saturday

B: kelloggs berry crunch cereal with milk
L: dinner roll, tossed salad, barracuda steak, soda
S: Hershey chocolate bar
D: .5C peas n rice, .25 serving mac n cheese, 1 small chicken thigh, grilled conch.

Well I got in about 150g of protein yesterday thanks to the fish and conch, but that's not a normal occurrence, I went out to a function, I will have to drink about 6 protein shakes today to get my protein for this challenge, don't think that's going to happen, so I'll just try for my RDA, that'll be more feasible for me today.

Until tomorrow guys:seeya:
 
I've already met my protein challenge for the day: 74g of it came from a double serving of that powder mixed with 14 oz of 1% milk. I like this strategy--I feel like I'm not forcing myself to eat to get more protein in. This way I can pretty much eat how I normally would with just the added shake(s).
 
Back ladies. Weighed in just now (after an indian food buffet for lunch!) so I've stayed the same I'm afraid. Couldn't be helped this week, what with going home and all. My Aunt cooked and then my sister cooked and I had no self-control! Back on it now though :) Got my protein for the day already.
 
Well done for working hard and finding extra ways of getting in protein.

I am not surprised that people are finding this challenge to be challenging... I know that I found it tough when I first came across the concept... It does get easier - but it does take up some of our precious allowance of calories...

It is very important though because we all really want to lose fat and not muscle... It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking "any weight loss is good for a fat person" but it isnt if it is muscle lost and not fat...

Belinda - I know quite a few people that swear by protein shakes. It is not something that I do because I am happy with my yoghurt - but it certainly helps a lot of my friends hit their targets...
Also, I would count the protein in that fruit and veg.

When we have discussed discrepancies of nutritional data in the past on the forums - we have tended to the following idea:
- if a package or tin describes a calorie quantity - use that
- if there is a discrepancy between cooked and uncooked values - they may be assuming that you cook the way that they do which maybe adds lots of salt or oil... it is then probably best to use the raw value and add data for the salt, oil etc that you use in the cooking
- if there is no data (e.g. fresh fruit / veg) - use whichever site you normally use for checking nutritional data... I use fitday...

The important thing is that you make an effort to analyse what you are eating and face up to any targets which may indicate a gap in your nutrition.

This is the same whether you are looking at protein or any other nutrient in the food plan.
 
95.4 gr protein today - more than double of the RDA - improvement from yesterday - but I am supposed to have 118gr - so not enough for the challenge.
 
I had a good protein day on Sunday with 139.7g (all from food) without counting the little bit from the salad in my main meal...

The main reason that it went so high is that I had an extra little 257 calorie meal consisting of 250g low fat Greek yoghurt and 110g raspberries... We were up early and we were both very hungry after all the dancing at SalSabado the previous night...



There are even some photos of Rod and me in there...
I was wearing jeans and a black top with sparkly bits at the neck and left hip...
 
Food log (6/17):
Breakfast
High protein Slimfast shake (20g of protein)

Lunch
Sandwich: diet wheat bread (6g of protein), 97% fat free honey ham (10g of protein), veggie cheese (3g of protein), lettuce, light Miracle Whip and avocado.
Dannon Activia strawberry light yogurt (4g of protein)

Dinner
Quarter pounder with cheese (30g of protein)
Fries (4g of protein)

Snack
Double protein shake (60g of protein) mixed with 1% milk (12g of protein)

Total Protein: 149g
 
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