Cutting down on meat/fish and needing more protein

It's worth noting that cutting out meat and fish also cuts out necessary fats from your diet - and every cell in your body needs fat of one kind or another.

I agree with others that cutting carbs is the way to go - get rid of sugar and the weight will drop off. Also you could try intermittent fasting. MrA and I lost a lot of inches in 3 months just by getting rid of most sugars and doing 18:6 (only eat within a 6 hour window).

Consuming meat & fish in moderate amounts rather than becoming totally vegetarian does seem to be what many more of us should be doing. I wonder how you know you are not getting enough protein, is there a magic number, an ideal amount?

Lean meat and fish would be the last things I cut out if I wanted to lose weight. Eating less red meat is good for your health, but fish and poultry are valuable foods.

Protein powder or drinks is the easiest way especially if you are trying to lose weight.

If you do not take in enough protein you will be hungry and tired, not a good combination when trying to lose weight.

Maybe it would be better to lose the weight first on a high protein low carb eating regime then reduce the meat and fish in your diet.

Vegetables are carb heavy, are metabolised by the body and stored as fat! Cut down on your carbohydrate consumption (carrots, potatoes, apples, banana and other starchy fruit & veg) to encourage the body to use up stored fat reserves. Resume eating lean meats and plenty of fish to increase protein intake and maybe use hemp protein powder or pea protein powder stirred into soups, yoghurt, etc.
Hope this helps 👍

Forgive me for being blunt but drastically cutting down on the most high protein foods (meat and fish) and then struggling to get enough protein seems like an oxymoron to me.

If it's about losing weight, why not cut down on carbs which are less useful?