New to Keto

Hi I’m new to Keto, been doing it for 3 weeks and think I’m doing ok.
I’m based in the UK and want to know what is the best protein powder I can use to boost my protein levels if I’m not getting enough from my foods. Someone has suggested putting some in my bulletproof coffee in the morning ?? As I’m not feeling full enough after it. Currently putting tbsp of butter and a tbsp MCT oil in.
I seem to be getting enough fat throughout the day but my protein always comes up short. Any advice would be great.
Also I’ve set my carbs to the lowest and I think I’m ok with them. The majority of my carbs are coming in from my veggies anyway. Veggies I’m eating are salad leaves, avocados, cucumber, spinach, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower (as cauliflower rice ), mushrooms, small amount of tomatoes sometimes. are there others I should be trying to eat

Westley said:

Is there a particular reason why you're looking at protein powders rather than regular food? Are you vegan/vegetarian?

I buy an unflavoured whey isolate with no additives, so I have the option of what to mix it with. I find isolate slightly easier to digest and lower carb. It is a fair bit more expensive than just whey concentrate though, and the difference isn't that big.

I still try and get all my protein from whole foods as often as possible though. I'll have a shake on days when I've trained but not managed to eat as much, but usually I get it from fish, chicken, eggs, nuts, peas and seeds.

As for mixing protein with coffee - I tried once and found it utterly vile!

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Thanks for the quick reply,
No no reason just some days especially if I don’t eat eggs all the time I struggle with getting enough protein. For example yesterday I only managed to get 40 g of protein down me.
Ooooow I’ve only just got used to the taste of the coffee so I won’t be adding anything in that may make it worse then. Someone in another group has suggested adding a raw egg, (was too chicken to do it this morning lol).
I’m managing to hit my fat goals and I think my carb goals are under control, I’m always under 20g of carbs according to the app I’m using.
Maybe I should try getting more nuts down me. I do eat nuts but also aware they can be carby so I weigh what I eat.
Are frozen peas ok to eat cos I would eat them, for some reason I thought they might be higher in carbs.

Outlier said:

Raw egg - what a sadist - cooked eggs would be fine and not gross you out.

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Haha I might aswell eat a couple of cooked eggs separately if that’s the case, what I was trying to do was keep the coffee just as my meal and not eat at that particular time if you get me.
Yeah the thought of chucking a raw egg into my coffee didn’t appeal to me at all