Eating all the protein

If you are anything like me then you also stock up on stodgy carbohydrates when you should be stocking up on proteins. I am terrible for nomming up a gigantic ploughmans with all of the trimmings instead of thinking to eat my ten soaked almonds or a piece of yummy salmon. I am not even sure why.

You need to ensure that you eat three portions of protein as a minimum. What I do is I ensure that I can tick off all of the food groups that I need to cover before eating up anything else. I am not on a diet, as I have mentioned before, but I really do want to eat properly for my future baby and chances of fertility.

Here are some of the best sources of protein:

1) Eggs

As well as being a great source of protein, egg yolks provide you with 25% of you daily choline quota. It is no wonder that eggs are a super fertile food! I keep a stock hard boiled in the fridge, which I add to my daily salad.

2) Salmon

As mentioned, salmon is a wonderful source of protein. I aim to eat salmon twice a week. I don't even necessarily eat it as an evening meal, I just chuck a piece of salmon, seasoned with sugar and chilli powder and some salt, into the oven and eat it by itself. Anything to fill my weekly quota. I always buy farmed salmon because I have seen first hand the damage that over fishing is having on our World.

3) Dairy Food

Making sure that I eat enough dairy is not a problem for me, I am a milk guzzler. I do try to make sure my milk is full fat now (to get in my good fats) but, generally, consuming milk and yoghurt is easy for me!

4) Chicken

I am actually a pesketarian! If I couldn't get enough protein from other sources then I wouldn't have a problem with eating chicken (organic and from a humane source) though at this time of my life, simply because I want a baby more than anything else in the World.

5) Lentils and Tofu and Nuts and Stuff

These are the type of things that I try to cook with, only to hear complaints from Nick of 'ugh, this is that healthy crap again'. Luckily, I have found a few recipes that he likes but mostly I cook this stuff in bulk and freeze it and eat it myself whilst Nick sorts his own dinner out that night! I do always make sure that I carry almonds around with me and I make sure I eat ten a day!

So there we are - I would love to hear which are your favourite protein sources??

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