Sirona:
Those who said that you can get enough protein by eating veggies, could you please break that down and explain how I'm going to get 45g or more (whilst pregnant I was told 70g per day) on just vegetables!
I don't normally worry too much about the exact nutritional content of what I eat; my normal eating pattern seems to work fairly well. But breaking down what I've eaten today, for breakfast I had:
2 large eggs, scrambled (with cheese) : approx 15g of protein
1 portion of baked beans: 10g of protein
5 hash browns: 3g of protein
1 Linda McCartney sausage: 11.3g of protein.
1 slice of seven seed bread, toasted: approx. 3g of protein
Approx. 200ml mixed fruit smoothie: approx 2g of protein
That's approximately 44g of protein, just in breakfast!
Since then, I've had a packet of Cheese & Onion Frisps (1.4g of protein) and a banana (1g of protein) to take me over the guideline allowance. And I haven't had dinner yet. (And I pretty much skipped lunch.)
I do not recommend following the above diet (!) but I only eat a breakfast like that on weekends and if I were snacking on nuts instead of a "reformed potato snack" I'd have an even higher protein count now.
I will try to include some actual vegetables in my dinner!
See http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm for more balanced advice.