What does "protein forward" mean?
People often use this term - but I'm not sure what it means - "protein forward". It was recently mentioned in the thread regarding malabsorption.
I don't count calories - but I do know that protein calories keep me from getting hungry and overeating. If I spent all of my caloric intake on simple carbs - I would end up exceeding my daily caloric requirement (whatever that number is - I don't know) because of the hungry munchies that would be created.
Although, I have to say I did have one weird day at work - we had an information booth all day - and we attracted people to the booth with a big bowl of candy. I ate about 1 candy per hour and nothing else the whole day and was perfectly satisfied. I thought , wow! a candy diet!!!!! But then I had to admit that I'd soon become very unhealthy.
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I don't count calories - but I do know that protein calories keep me from getting hungry and overeating. If I spent all of my caloric intake on simple carbs - I would end up exceeding my daily caloric requirement (whatever that number is - I don't know) because of the hungry munchies that would be created.
Although, I have to say I did have one weird day at work - we had an information booth all day - and we attracted people to the booth with a big bowl of candy. I ate about 1 candy per hour and nothing else the whole day and was perfectly satisfied. I thought , wow! a candy diet!!!!! But then I had to admit that I'd soon become very unhealthy.
TrueNorth
To me it means that when I fix my meals that protein is the main focus of the meal. I measure out my food so when I have eaten all my say chicken I can take a few bites of my veggies if I have room. I dont eat many carbs at this point so they ar enot even on my plate.
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Yeah, Chery is right, it just means get your protein in first, if there is room then you can have foods like fruit or veggies.
Today I had dinner over with friends and I always tell them I am all about the protein....people just don't get that! LOL So we have corn on the cob and chicken soft tacos, I ate one row of the corn and then half a taco shell with the chicken meat. It was good, but not my first choice in a protein forward type of diet.
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Today I had dinner over with friends and I always tell them I am all about the protein....people just don't get that! LOL So we have corn on the cob and chicken soft tacos, I ate one row of the corn and then half a taco shell with the chicken meat. It was good, but not my first choice in a protein forward type of diet.
You can't always be perfect. Just try to be most of the time.
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. ~ Ayn Rand
Ah, protein first - I get that! I thought the "forward" part might be all about pay it forward... preventing hunger in the future.
My plate, at 21 mos out, is always high protein primarily. And I eyeball everything and picture it mashed up in my stomach... to equal about a cup. So I have surprising amount of room for salad veggies that mash up to almost nothing.
Seems that I have weight and activity balanced pretty well - 121 lbs lost and staying right close to that. But I do worry about malabsorption disappearing. I would not like to have to cut back...
My plate, at 21 mos out, is always high protein primarily. And I eyeball everything and picture it mashed up in my stomach... to equal about a cup. So I have surprising amount of room for salad veggies that mash up to almost nothing.
Seems that I have weight and activity balanced pretty well - 121 lbs lost and staying right close to that. But I do worry about malabsorption disappearing. I would not like to have to cut back...
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