Semi-veg. not enough protein-Help!

Hello Ladies!

It's nice to find a board for fitness for women. It seems like I read so many posts on the message boards for men, but most of it doesn't pertain to me. Well, I was wondering if any of you out there who might be more experienced than me would mind giving a little advice.

I've been working out again now for a few months, after not working out (consistently) for quite a while. I have seen some decent results, but the problem is that I need to lower my bodyfat %. I'm not looking to be in competition shape or anything like that, I don't think I have that much dedication. I know one thing that is keeping me from seeing better results as far as fat loss is the fact that I don't eat meat and I don't think I'm getting enough protein. I do eat fish occasionally--tuna fish more often than any other, eggs, and some frozen meat substitutes. I also eat veggies, salads, nuts, beans, and recently I have started to drink protein shakes.

The supplements I have started on - also VERY recently are:
1. CLA Plus with Clarinol (liquid) by PBL-- just got this in
2. Tight by San (fat burner)
3. Yohimburn DF - alternated with Lipoderm (I have seen some results with these)
I also bought some Creatine, but haven't started using it yet.

My workouts are:
Running/Walking intervals on treadmill 3-4x/week (30-40 min)
Weight training (at home - either Crossbow or freeweights)- 3-4 x/week.

My height - 5'7"
Weight - 140lbs.
My main goal right now is to lose body fat!!

OK, sorry for such a long post, but I'm sure these things all come into play, so I didn't want to leave anything out.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks so much!

anyone?

I ain't no lady, but low fat cottage cheese is a great source if you do milk products.

How many grams of protein are you eating a day and whats your calorie intake a day? The fish, and tuna, are all great as long as you are getting enough. Make sure you have atleast 30 grams of protein with each shake and aleast 5 oz of protein with each meal. Try atleast 3 to 4 solid meals and 2 shakes a day. With your meals eat greens. Green beans, brocolli etc. You can eat complex carbs too such as sweet potatoes, or brown rice. I/2 cup rice with meal or 6 oz sweet potatoe. But, if you are looking for a big bf drop then cut out the carbs and only eat the greens with your protein. If you do cut out the carbs you will want some fats. So, you can put whipping cream in your shakes. Only a tsp. And try flax oil with your meals. But, do not have fats and carbs together. I hope this helps some.

Being a semi*veg, you know that all veggies, fruites, grains, seeds & nuts contain various amino acids {which are the building blocks of protein}.

I rarely eat meat, but I do eat chicken on occasion & fish every other day.
The other food sources I pull protein from are;

Grains ~ whole wheat pastas, breads, cereals, flower, etc.
Brown rice, oats in cereals {oatmeal}, granola, corn, barley, millet.

Greens ~ spinach, broccoli, collards

Legumes ~ peanuts, textured soy protein {used in chili, it rocks!} green peas, chick peas, lentils, alfalfa sprouts, beans of all kinds {kidney, lima, navy, soy}

Seeds & Nuts ~ Almonds {I go in the baking isle@shoprite & buy the already shelled nuts used for baking } cashews, walnuts, pistachios, macadamias. Seeds~ sunflower, sesame & pumpkin.

I hafta track down a website for another product that you may be interested in..

I use protein drinks too {slim fast.. believe it or not, but it's for the calories & protein and I like the milk chocolate flavored ones, ensure & boost}

Protein bars ~ clif bars from the grocery store.
They have a website www.clifbar.com if you want to read about them. 80% of their ingredients are organic.. but, you'd be watching carbs & I think they're high..

This is the other protein source I wanted you to see~
I started eating products made with quorn a couple of years ago in London..
Read the pages for the US & England

http://www.quorn.com/