I’ve been tracking my calories for nearly a year, with occasional breaks to maintain my sanity. The main thing I’m trying to do is hit my protein goal each day. A hundred and sixty grams. It sounds easy until you have to do it day after day without cheating - by, say, scoffing down a whole rotisserie chicken in one go.
Problem is your body can only handle about 30-40 grams of protein every two hours. More than that, and you’re wasting good eatin’.
And if you’re gonna neck that much protein in whatever form—meat, dairy, a big bowl of lentils—you also need to get your fibre up to around 25-30g daily. Another big ask.
By this long and winding path, I’ve slunk back to ye olde Anglo stodge as a valid dining option. A slab of meat and three servings of veggies will hit almost every nutritional goal in the book. Even your micronutrients if you get three different colours of veg.
It’s weird after years, or decades really, of really leaning into my food wankery, to find myself here, going, “I’ll just have the steak, taters, peas and carrots, thanks.”
That looks like my cooking at least twice a week….or more. Nothing wrong with meat and 3 veg!
I hear meat n three veg is a Wisconsin thing.
That's meat-n-three-cheese. Pay attention.
Yeah, but it’s what you do with them!
You can't beat the classics.
I have similar challenges, even if you have a protein shake you are really only getting 30-40 grams.
Meat and 3 veg can deliver protein, iron, bunch of vitamins and carbs. Not to mention it is largely unprocessed foods.
Also easy to cook and if you have a super fussy kid it is plain simple food they will eat
The young ones are wise for ones so young.