Myth: It’s hard to get enough protein
Because of protein’s reputation as being something that bulks you up if you eat enough of it, you might be thinking that getting enough in your diet is a hard task.
But if in one meal you eat one chicken breast that weighs 200g, that’s 62g of protein (and 330 calories), and you’ve already met the recommended daily amount of protein for adults.
A lunch of tuna (half a tin – 19.5g of protein) and a baked potato (medium potato, 4.3g of protein) followed by 100g of Greek yoghurt (10g of protein) with a tbsp of honey (0.04g of protein – hey, not everything is high in protein!) puts you at almost 34g of protein, so you can see how it can add up over the day.
If you do find it difficult to reach your protein goals, you may want to think about adding a protein shake or bar to your diet. In our experience, a lot of protein bars taste very artificial, but Battle Bites (glazed sprinkled doughnut flavour – 220 calories, 21g protein), Fulfil bars (chocolate salted caramel flavour – 204 calories, 20g protein) and Grenade Carb Killa bars (white chocolate cookie flavour – 215 calories, 22.4g protein) are all decent. The Protein Pick n Mix is a good site for figuring out what’s good if you don’t want to commit to buying a box of the same flavour.
There’s no need to limit yourself to just shakes or bars either, as you can get all sorts of things that have been designed to have more protein. There are protein crisps, protein energy drinks, protein cookies and even protein-enhanced pasta.
