High Protein Vegetarian Diet Plan That Actually Works

Let me tell you what happened

Last week a girl messaged me late at night

She said ma’am I am vegetarian I dont eat egg how will I get protein

I am so tired of eating only dal

I smiled

Because in my twenty two years as a dietitian I get this same question every day

People think protein means chicken or egg

If you are veg you are gone

But that is not true

In my own practice I have made plans for more than fifty five thousand clients who are pure veg and they easily hit eighty gram protein

Without any powder only ghar ka khana

Why veg people feel hungry and tired always

Take Neha as example

She was eating poha in morning

One roti and little sabzi in afternoon

Chai biscuit in evening

Two roti dal at night

If you calculate it is only thirty five gram protein

But her body needs seventy gram

So body is still hungry even if stomach is full

Then you crave for sweet

You think you have no willpower

No you are just low on protein

And one more thing

Veg protein alone is not complete

Dal alone wont do

Roti alone wont do

But dal plus roti plus curd together now you get full protein

What I told Neha no dieting only fixing plate

Morning dont eat only poha

Add peanuts in poha

Or make moong dal chilla

Put lots of paneer inside

Just that one change gives you eighteen gram protein at breakfast

Earlier she was getting four gram

Lunch time she used to eat less dal to avoid weight gain

I told her opposite

Eat more dal

Take one full katori

Take one more katori of rajma or chhole

Put curd and put ghee on roti

Ghee will not make you fat if you eat protein with it

She started eating more and still her weight started going down

Evening time is where we all fail

Samosa biscuit

I told her to keep a dabba in office

Roasted chana plus peanuts plus little makhana

Mix it with salt and lemon

Crunchy tasty ten gram protein

No craving after that

Night she loves paneer

So I said eat paneer

Hundred gram paneer bhurji with veggies

Or tofu if you find it

Or rajma chawal but make rajma more chawal less

Simple

She followed this for two weeks

No powder only ghar ka khana

Her energy doubled

She told me maam I am not feeling sleepy at four pm anymore

Foods that actually have protein in veg

Paneer is best

Everyone has it in fridge

Hundred gram is eighteen gram protein

Tofu is great too

If you get good one

Eight gram per hundred gram

Dal any dal

Moong is best for digestion

One katori cooked dal is seven to eight gram

Rajma chhole

This is power

One katori is fourteen to fifteen gram

Eat it

Soya chunks

Cheapest protein in India

But dont eat daily

Two times a week is enough

Fifty gram dry is twenty six gram protein

Daily will give you gas

Milk curd buttermilk

Five hundred ml milk is sixteen gram

And peanut butter peanuts seeds

One spoon peanut butter is four gram

Add it everywhere

You dont need to eat all this in one day

Rotate

How much you need actually

Simple formula I give to all my clients in Model Town clinic

Your weight multiply by one

If you are sixty five kg you need sixty five gram

If you walk daily need seventy five gram

If you go to gym need hundred gram

Thats it

Neha is sixty eight kg

So we kept seventy to seventy five gram target

Easily done with food

One day what Neha eats now

After waking five soaked badam with water

Eight am breakfast two small moong dal chilla with fifty gram paneer stuffing and chutney

Eleven am one apple and one spoon peanut butter

Two pm lunch dal one big bowl rajma one bowl bhindi sabzi one roti with ghee curd and salad

Five pm handful roasted chana peanuts and chai

Eight pm dinner hundred gram tofu stir fry with lots of veggies and one jowar roti

Ten pm small cup haldi milk

This is like eighty gram protein

And she enjoys it

No starvation

Small mistakes that kill your protein

Only eating salad

Salad has no protein boss

Add paneer or chana to it

Scared of ghee

One to two spoon ghee is needed

Without fat your hormones will not work

Eating soya daily

Dont

Not drinking water

If you eat more protein drink three litre water

Otherwise acidity will happen

Skipping lunch

Then you can never cover protein at night

Final words from me

Being vegetarian is not a problem

You can get full protein

You just need to know how to mix foods

Stop eating only carbs

Add protein to every meal you eat

Thats the trick

For fifteen days just try protein first rule

Before roti eat paneer or dal

You will see your cravings will go

Your weight will start moving

Need a plan for your weight

I have been helping people for twenty two plus years now at Apollo and my own clinic

If you want a plan as per your weight and routine book a free call with me

We will see what you eat now and make it high protein without changing your taste

One call and you will know what to do

FAQs

Can I get full protein without whey if I am veg

Yes hundred percent

For sixty to eighty gram food is enough

Whey is only if you need hundred gram plus or you lift weights

Is soya safe

Two to three times a week fifty gram is totally safe for most people

If you feel bloating or heavy stop

Eat paneer instead

What is best veg breakfast for protein

Moong chilla with paneer

Besan chilla with curd

Paneer paratha

Oats with milk and peanut butter

These give you fifteen to twenty gram in one go

Will I gain weight if I eat paneer daily

No if you eat hundred gram and you are active

Paneer has fat but also protein

It keeps you full so you eat less overall

Is milk good for protein

Yes

Five hundred ml is sixteen gram

But many people get bloating

Then eat curd

Curd is better actually

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