I’m on a program right now where I’m supposed to eat 150 plus grams of protein everyday.
It’s unreasonably difficult to eat enough protein to hit the target. I get full and stuffed, I don’t want to eat anymore, I still have like half the protein to go.
For people who are eating their target protein levels, how do you do it? How do you keep it palatable? How do you prevent satiety from stopping you?
I think maybe I have a useless super power in that I can eat the same meal day in day out for months and sometimes years on end and I don’t get bored of it, on the contrary if I’m into it I look forward to it.
150 grams of protein really doesn’t seem that much to me though, 500g of chicken breast is already nearly at that goal.
In the week I’ll often have breakfast of a protein shake made with 800ml of milk so that is providing me with around 70g of protein, for lunch I’ll eat mostly fruit, a small pot of cottage cheese and some kind of meat, usually ham. That is another probably 15g protein altogether. Then in the evening I’ll have 500g of chicken breast either with a salad or with veg, I’ll add a carb like rice but only on days when I will be doing some more intense cardio so need the energy.
At the weekend I’ll usually eat two thirds of a 2+kg roast chicken to myself.
I don’t really know the answer to your question as I could still easily eat more after eating all of this stuff each day if I wanted to. I feel like some people just find it easier than others and thankfully my boring palette allows me to eat a substantial amount of the same shit.
How much and what kind of exercise are you doing each day?
3 days a week: hour of resistance training, broken up into: chest triceps, back biceps, legs and core… Plus some sandbag dynamic movement
2 days a week: 45m of 150bpm+ cardio
Weekends: swimming sometimes
Perhaps as I keep hitting the protein goal it will get easier to do! You have a good super power.
That definitely seems like you are putting in enough work to make your body hungry enough so the issue can’t be there for reference I do
4 days a week hour of resistance training split up into hip and core, knee and core, horizontal and vertical.
2 hours a week of kick boxing which is pretty intense cardio
10km a day cycle commute
Plus some cycling or skateboarding as more of a hobby as and when I feel like rather than being regular.
Maybe it is just a case of your body getting used to ingesting a lot more than maybe you were used to in the past. Sorry I can’t offer any more insights but I reckon in time your body will get more used to receiving and using that protein where it is needed and hopefully it’ll get easier for you as I’ve been eating like this for quite some time now.
Good luck with your journey!