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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of a teen athlete and we are vegetarian. I’m all for following what our bodies tell us as far as when we’re hungry/full but I don’t think our bodies tell us what we need to eat to stay healthy. Even if they did we are so bombarded by marketing that it’s a struggle for our brains to process anyway.

Pasta is a processed food. If you’re having pasta for dinner anyway, trying a higher protein kind isn’t a bad swap. 
Having a tofu nugget instead of a chicken nugget, also not a bad swap.
Bars full of sugar, and powders, are crap imo. We avoid those. 
I tend to sort of track daily but there are some days it’s lower and I know at the end of the week it’s balanced out.
My kid loves smoothies. Use a high protein yogurt, frozen fruit, almond milk ( more calcium than soy, but if you’re not worried about calcium you can use soy). I also put chia seeds in. This is a snack in our house 3-4x a week and has about 18-26 grams of protein depending on the yogurt/milk you use. 
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