Help!

CUGolfer1994
CUGolfer1994 Posts: 27 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey everyone, I've got two things for you if you're willing to help.

First, I'm going to try a very high protein diet to help retain muscle and make sure I'm losing mostly fat rather than fat and muscle. Any thoughts? My workouts are most cardio because I don't have access to weight lifting equipment for the next 6 months or so.

2nd, shouldn't my daily calorie goal be dropping as I lose weight? Is this something I need to adjust myself? I want to make sure I'm on the right track. I've gone from 325 to 307 so far and my calorie goal has stayed the same.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    edited June 2015
    I don't know how high protein you're talking about (I aim for 1 gram per pound of LBM, which puts me a bit over 100 grams a day), but as for the goal, MFP should have prompted you to update your calories after losing ten pounds.
  • CUGolfer1994
    CUGolfer1994 Posts: 27 Member
    How do I know how much to drop it?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    CUGolfer1994 wrote: »
    How do I know how much to drop it?

    mfp should automatically recalculate it for you after you enter your new weight

  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    Look into body only exercises for strength training. Additionally, yes your calories will adjust as you lose.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,675 Member
    So how is your body deciding to not munch on it's muscles when you heat high protein but not do any exercise for your muscles to go with it?
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