A little advice?

[Ellie143]

I am having a hard time eating all my food. I do journal and plan ahead. That way I can monitor my diabetic DHs diet as well as mine. I feel like I am forcing myself to eat all. Since I need a certain amount of protein is it best to eat that first. Now in the next 2 weeks I will visiting family and I will not be planning my meals ahead like I do now. I think the best way to handle that would be to concentrate on eating my protein first. I will keep a running total of what I eat on my iPad. I can't believe how hard it is for me to eat all this food. And I only have to eat 20 gms. Protein at each meal. It is so satisfying.:rolleyes:

[Ammy]

Yep, definitely eat your protein first.
How is your fat intake? What kinds of protein are you eating? Red meat? White meat? fish? etc?

I notice that I can eat a lot more protein (NEED to eat a lot more) if the fat content is low, but if it is a high fat protein, I too struggle getting it all in (although I DO cause I'm a compulsive eater :o)

[mrsdoug]

It was very hard for me at first to eat as much as I was supposed to. I felt stuffed and was kind of worried how I was going to lose weight eating that much lol. But the weight is coming off and it is easier now to get my protein requirement met. When I am really not hungry, I opt for some turkey slices and cottage cheese just to get the protein. I find that meal doesn't make me feel too full when I'm not particularly hungry. I also make sure I eat my protein first. I plan my meal around that.

[S Bear]

Heavy whipping cream plus whey powder plus cocoa powder plus stevia, whipped up with an eggbeater...that's where I go when I want to toss on a bunch of protein and calories in a concentrated fashion. Decent substitute for chocolate mousse.

Pretty low carb, but don't forget to count the 0.4 carbs per tablespoon in the cream (6.6 carbs per cup); they can add up.