How much protein are you eating? (vegetarian)

[Morondava]

So I was wondering how much protein you vegetarians are managing to get in. Just above 100 grams is the the most I can do, and still have some sort of balanced diet which includes fruits and veggies. Any more and I feel like I'm stuffing myself with cottage cheese. I just made up a meal plan for next week, and I think I can do 110 or so a day, which comes to .85 grams a pound. I guess that's okay-ish, but supposedly I should be eating 140 at my weight. Has anyone else managed to eat that much with a vegetarian diet?

[marygrace]

I'm vegan and I haven't kept strict track of my protein intake while on this program. But the couple of times I logged my macros into FitDay out of curiousity, I found that they were basically right on target. I always have a scoop of protein powder with my oatmeal in the morning and make sure at least one of my snacks is a protein bar. Otherwise, I eat a lot of nuts/nut butters, tofu, tempeh, and beans. I know most people on this forum would consider beans more a source of carbs than protein, but I think most vegetarians see beans as good protein. I don't know how many grams of protein I'm getting, but I'm seeing muscle and strength gains, so its working for me.

Being vegetarian seems like it would be easy to get a lot of protein. What about eggs?

Isa Chandra Moskowitz's cookbook, Veganomican, has a great recipe for chickpea cutlets made with vital wheat gluten (the stuff seitan is made out of, it has a ton of protein.) They are really delicious and high in protein. I have one for dinner a couple nights a week.

[InterpreterJess]

I get about 80-125, no animal products here, either.

[GinaKina]

I am a vegetarian, I DO eat dairy and eggs. I get around 150g of protein daily.

If you would like to look at my daily food log, it is on my sparkpage: GINAKINA's Shared Food & Fitness Tracker - Wednesday, January 03, 1900

[InterpreterJess]

I added in local eggs yesterday. Still kind of weighing keeping them in or not.