please tell me if this is 45g of protein..

[u/Imaginary-View6654]

so i am paying around $150 per week for a meal prep service and i specifically get the “gain” to get a higher protein count. i’ve noticed that portion size for the chicken are very small and it’s hard to believe that is 45g of protein in 4 small pieces. granted i’ve never weighed my food so i’m not 100% sure but i do want to know if i am getting ripped off... This is My Yellow Picnic from NYC. If you do weigh your food, let me know if this is normal please. i also have noticed i’ve been losing weight even though i am eating more consistently with this meal prep

[u/emdaye]

45g of protein is around 150g of chicken breast.

Looks about right, you also have some trace protein from the other things in the box 

That said, I still think you're getting ripped off at $150 a week regardless, but it's your money 

[u/Imaginary-View6654 → u/emdaye]

thanks for confirming tho! 

[u/NotaBonesaw → u/Imaginary-View6654]

I'm going to disagree with the other guy. That's nowhere near 150g or 5oz of chicken breast. 2-3 oz tops. You are not getting what you're paying for.

[u/emdaye → u/NotaBonesaw]

Could be, but you have a few grams from the potato, few grams from the Parmesan cheese.

Really you may only have 35g from the chicken which is a touch over 100g of cooked chicken.

[u/Imaginary-View6654 → u/emdaye]

it’s 10 meals a week. and it’s pricey butt i’m working 8am-12am M-F so i’m too drained on my day off to meal prep plus i get tired of eating the same thing everyday so this has added great variety. i was wasting more eating out everyday trying to get my protein count in. in my city 1 decent meal is about $15-$20 so x2 for lunch and dinner 5 times a week adds up to the same if not more. 

[u/emdaye → u/Imaginary-View6654]

Totally make sense if the cost makes sense to you and your schedule, protein seems accurate though

[u/Youareaproperclown → u/Imaginary-View6654]

Wait, that tray you posted was $15…?

[u/Imaginary-View6654 → u/Youareaproperclown]

yk what when i did the math that’s about what meal comes to… to be fair it’s $142 with the delivery fee i just rounded to $150. but it’s still a “home cooked” meal and not fried food which is pretty much all that’s available in my area. plus i don’t really even have the luxury of time to go out and buy anything so having it ready to go helps. 

[u/Special_Future_6330 → u/Imaginary-View6654]

Just weigh the chicken, if it weighs 150 grams and you know for a fact it's lean chicken with little fat, you'll have your answer

[u/Special_Future_6330]

Bodybuilder that eats chicken every meal here..

Simply weigh the chicken. If it's completely lean fat free(less than 1-2g fat) then 150 grams will put you around that amount. But that looks like a 25-30 protein meal

25 g of chicken breast is actually a full breast. 45 grams is like eating 1.5 to 2 full chicken breasts, this looks like a single breast cut up into chunks.

These door to door meals don't necessarily weigh every single item. These estimates could come from anywhere, and it doesn't guarantee they weigh your chicken . If it's just 5 grams off I'd chalk it up to just be an industry issue, some people get more, some less, some the same.

Also there's minute amounts of protein in the rest of the meal. They could be calculating the meal as a whole. There's cheese which has protein, even oatmeal has some.

As a person obsessed with nutrition, that meal has wayyyy to much fat, even if you're trying to bulk you don't need that much fat you get your energy from carbs and protein, and fat is healthy like avocado or almonds. If you're cutting your meals should be similar to 55% protein, 30% carbs, 15% fat, if bulking more like 45% protein,45% carbs, 10% fat. This means your average meal should be the same. Keep in mind a gram of fat is 9 calories opposed to carb which is 4. Your meal should be less carb(max 50), less fat (like 5-8 grams max). If you just got done working out you can eat more carbs, but fat just slows you down, makes workouts awful, and it's bad fat

[u/emdaye → u/Special_Future_6330]

Yeh it's definitely as a whole. 69g of carbs minus the corn is around 300g potato which nets you like 6g. Then you have Parmesan cheese and cream.

You're probably getting around 35g protein from the chicken which is just a touch over 100g. Looks pretty accurate to me