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[quote=Anonymous]What is she shooting for?
I eat mostly vegetarian most days and last year when trying to lose weight I tracked alll my calories and protein pretty closely for a year.  It was pretty depressing for me trying to stay under 1500 calories a day and get enough protein.  The days I ate fish were basically the only days I hit my protein target.  At 1500 calories I was averaging about 5@ grams of protein a day. And I eat a lot of milk, beans, lentils, eggs, etc.  The protein content on meat and fish is just so much more dense.  I guess if I were a teen athlete and could eat 2500 calories a day I could hit my minimal protein targets.  But the whole experience led me to try to increase the meat in my family’s life.  We eat locally produced meat mostly and still have vegetarian meals a few nights a week.  But it sounds like your teen is doing a great job paying attention to their nutritional needs for a 13 year old so kudos to you.

(I’m also surprised by how much protein naan has compared to regular bread!).   [/quote]

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