Protein in 1 chix breast = Entire days allowance?

Jonny15121983
Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
Admittedly I couldn't select a weight of 150g rather than 170g so that should bring the protein to about 67g rather than 76g. I have been given a daily allowance of 75g which is more than covered by this one evening meal alone.

Is this correct or am I missing something here?
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  • Ladiebug710
    Ladiebug710 Posts: 133 Member
    I'm confused. Yes chicken breast is high in protein. You should select the weight of what you actually ate don't guess or fudge it to hit or avoid a goal. There really is no downside to going over your protein goal. It should be seen as a minimum unless you have a renal condition.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    ah, the days when topics one posted in also showed up on your feed...
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    Oh great, I have no medical reason to not go over and was genuinely surprised to see the figure go red on the daily goals section. Good to know I can enjoy it, I know the muscle building up will appreciate it.

    Perhaps I am doing something wrong. For the chicken breast I selected 'Add Food' on my food diary page then searched for Baked Chicken Breast. On the right it pops up saying 'How Much' then: X servings of '?'. The question mark is a drop down box offering me 4 choices of. I'll stop there as I see where I have been an idiot haha Sorry about that!

  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Chicken breasts are huge. I bet some people could get their daily amount of protein from one, depending on their goal.

    You should be able to enter the amount you eat, though. If you cannot find it on the entry, do a little math and you can enter what you ate. :)
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    76g of protein is relatively low for a protein level. Is you protein macro set really low, or do you have a relatively low calorie goal?

    I eat about 120-150g of protein daily, and I have had no issues.
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    Thanks kalikel, I found the problem and it was with my own brain, got it figured out now :)

    Hey auddii, I'm not too sure, I just went with the standard set-up. It has given me 1,200 calories a day as a goal (I'm male, 5'7", 165lbs). That is giving me way more than I need for what I have been eating after accounting for exercise but just seems incredibly short on the protein. I'm wondering whether that 76g is a minimum rather than a maximum target and it should just be a green number in the 'remaining' field for when you go over instead of the current red.
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    edited July 2015
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    It has given me 1,200 calories a day as a goal (I'm male, 5'7", 165lbs).
    1200 seems way low.

    Plug your numbers into this TDEE calculator and see what it shows for calories per day.
    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    There is something wrong there. Your TDEE-20% (though I'm not sure why you'd be that aggressive) would still be about 1600. Are you sure you entered male?
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    BigGuy47 wrote: »
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    It has given me 1,200 calories a day as a goal (I'm male, 5'7", 165lbs).
    1200 seems way low.

    Plug your numbers into this TDEE calculator and see what it shows for calories per day.
    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

    1200 is extremely low for a 5' 7" male. I believe there has been a mistake.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    Thanks kalikel, I found the problem and it was with my own brain, got it figured out now :)

    Hey auddii, I'm not too sure, I just went with the standard set-up. It has given me 1,200 calories a day as a goal (I'm male, 5'7", 165lbs). That is giving me way more than I need for what I have been eating after accounting for exercise but just seems incredibly short on the protein. I'm wondering whether that 76g is a minimum rather than a maximum target and it should just be a green number in the 'remaining' field for when you go over instead of the current red.

    That's pretty low; it usually gives males 1500 calories as a minimum. I know at one point their was a glitch in the system, and it was giving lots of people very low calorie goals. You can double check your calories with another calculator like this one (keep in mind they're all estimates): http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    While you might be eating less than that since you exercise, I think it's better to fuel your body and your workouts. Personally, I have problems with binging if I undereat, but obviously not everyone has that issue.

    Regardless of what you choose your calorie goal to be, I would treat your protein goal as a minimum since you have no health issues. If nothing else, protein often keeps people feeling satiated longer.
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    Hey everyone!

    @BigGuy47 I plugged in the numbers there and it gave;

    Your BMR is:
    1673
    CALORIES/DAY
    Your TDEE is:
    2520

    @tincanonastring I just checked and it has Male selected. One thing of note is the 'sedentary' lifestyle option being check as a possible reason it is so low? Apart from that I have it on the 'Lose 2lbs a week' option.

    @auddii That one came out a little higher than the results above though I wasn't sure what to put in some sections. My current calorie intake for today is 1,278 which is still under by 212 after accounting for exercise. So I was going to have a cereal bar too.

    Perhaps I'll throw in a second meal and try to ditch the morning coffee if I can have more protein as that is something I can tell my body wants right now.

  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    I would see what happens when you recalculate your goals. You might have set them up during the time period when the glitch was throwing everyone's goals off. My wife ended up with a calorie goal of 1150, which is absurd. I would try it again. Also, how much weight are you trying to lose. At 5'7", 165lbs, you're just outside of the normal weight range, so 2 lbs a week would be really, really aggressive.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    Hey everyone!

    @BigGuy47 I plugged in the numbers there and it gave;

    Your BMR is:
    1673
    CALORIES/DAY
    Your TDEE is:
    2520

    @tincanonastring I just checked and it has Male selected. One thing of note is the 'sedentary' lifestyle option being check as a possible reason it is so low? Apart from that I have it on the 'Lose 2lbs a week' option.

    @auddii That one came out a little higher than the results above though I wasn't sure what to put in some sections. My current calorie intake for today is 1,278 which is still under by 212 after accounting for exercise. So I was going to have a cereal bar too.

    Perhaps I'll throw in a second meal and try to ditch the morning coffee if I can have more protein as that is something I can tell my body wants right now.

    I'm not sure how much you are logging for exercise calories, but with the numbers you listed from BigGuy's calculator, You could eat about 2000 per day (total) and lose about a pound a week, and 1500 would be to lose 2lbs per week. This is likely close to what MFP gave you since you add in workout calories.

    That said, you only have 28lbs, and you might find 2lbs per week hard to sustain. If you do find yourself really hungry and unable to stay within that calorie goal, realize you have a lot of wiggle room between what you're currently eating and what you can eat to maintain your current weight.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    How much weight are you trying to lose?

  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    What should I do to recalculate my goals on here?

    In terms of weight loss, to be honest it is something I find confusing because if I put on muscle mass that would be a good thing but also more weight. Ideally I'll be pushing in both directions trying to put on more muscle and tone up whilst losing all the fat especially around my mid section!

    I can't say I was making an informed decision at 2lbs a week either, it was just the selected option and sounded low as a number anyway. I would like to tackle my weight loss fairly aggressively, my concern at the moment is really understanding exactly what I am eating as I think I may genuinely be doing it at unsafe levels by eating too little.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    What should I do to recalculate my goals on here?

    In terms of weight loss, to be honest it is something I find confusing because if I put on muscle mass that would be a good thing but also more weight. Ideally I'll be pushing in both directions trying to put on more muscle and tone up whilst losing all the fat especially around my mid section!

    I can't say I was making an informed decision at 2lbs a week either, it was just the selected option and sounded low as a number anyway. I would like to tackle my weight loss fairly aggressively, my concern at the moment is really understanding exactly what I am eating as I think I may genuinely be doing it at unsafe levels by eating too little.

    Just re-enter your stats and see what happens. Try for 1-1.5 pounds per week instead.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    auddii wrote: »

    I'm not sure how much you are logging for exercise calories, but with the numbers you listed from BigGuy's calculator, You could eat about 2000 per day (total) and lose about a pound a week, and 1500 would be to lose 2lbs per week. This is likely close to what MFP gave you since you add in workout calories.

    That said, you only have 28lbs, and you might find 2lbs per week hard to sustain. If you do find yourself really hungry and unable to stay within that calorie goal, realize you have a lot of wiggle room between what you're currently eating and what you can eat to maintain your current weight.

    MFP has given me 1,200 a day in calories plus 290 today from exercise (lazy day as the rain stopped my rollerblading), today is currently at 212 calories left out of the 1,490 allowance including exercise.

    I started my good intentions back at new year by cutting out sugar, chocolate, sweets, crisps. All the obvious crap. It has only really been the last 3 weeks that I have really hit hard into eating only healthy food and dramatically increasing my exercise. I've definitely seen the 'weight' drop with the need to add two more holes to my belt but some of that is also due to the abdomen tightening up underneath I would think. It is only today that I actually joined and signed up for MFP so this is the first day I am seeing the figures underneath what I am doing.

    I do feel a bit like my body struggles to recover from the workouts and have suspected I am not eating enough. MFP confirming I was pretty much on track was a surprise on that front, so what you are all saying about the calculations being under makes sense. Hopefully I can get it recalculated now and maybe get a figure closer to all those you guys have show me and start enjoying a lunch meal too!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    What should I do to recalculate my goals on here?

    In terms of weight loss, to be honest it is something I find confusing because if I put on muscle mass that would be a good thing but also more weight. Ideally I'll be pushing in both directions trying to put on more muscle and tone up whilst losing all the fat especially around my mid section!

    I can't say I was making an informed decision at 2lbs a week either, it was just the selected option and sounded low as a number anyway. I would like to tackle my weight loss fairly aggressively, my concern at the moment is really understanding exactly what I am eating as I think I may genuinely be doing it at unsafe levels by eating too little.

    I would set MFP to lose 0.5lb per week and get lifting heavy *kitten*
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    How much weight are you trying to lose?

    Most of my body fat but I want to put on muscle weight so I don't have much of an idea of the end weight in that scenario.
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    edited July 2015
    tincanonastring wrote: »

    Just re-enter your stats and see what happens. Try for 1-1.5 pounds per week instead.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    This is what it brings up when I changed it to 1.5 pounds, strangely it says at the bottom that I would lose 2 lbs a week lol

    Your Suggested Fitness and Nutrition Goals

    Congratulations! Your personalized diet and fitness profile is now complete. Based on your answers, here are your suggested nutrition and fitness goals.

    Nutritional Goals Target
    Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,340 Calories / Day
    Carbs / Day 168.0 g
    Fat / Day 45.0 g
    Protein / Day 67.0 g
    *Net calories consumed = total calories consumed - exercise calories burned. So the more you exercise, the more you can eat!
    Fitness Goals Target
    Calories Burned / Week 1,110 Calories / Week
    Workouts / Weekends 6 workouts
    Minutes / Workout 30 minutes
    If you follow this plan...
    Your projected weight loss is 2 lbs/week
    You should lose 8 lbs by August 31
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    I would set MFP to lose 0.5lb per week and get lifting heavy *kitten*

    Haha, I'm waiting on money this weds to get set up to start going to the gym. I have to admit I'm a bit nervous about going, I always feel really uncomfortable when I'm there but I'm just going to get my head down and start going.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    I would set MFP to lose 0.5lb per week and get lifting heavy *kitten*

    Haha, I'm waiting on money this weds to get set up to start going to the gym. I have to admit I'm a bit nervous about going, I always feel really uncomfortable when I'm there but I'm just going to get my head down and start going.

    You don't have to go to a gym.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Here is a really good series on why you should strength train, and some of the important how to's. http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2013/02/28/strength-training-101/
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    tincanonastring wrote: »

    Just re-enter your stats and see what happens. Try for 1-1.5 pounds per week instead.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    This is what it brings up when I changed it to 1.5 pounds, strangely it says at the bottom that I would lose 2 lbs a week lol

    Your Suggested Fitness and Nutrition Goals

    Congratulations! Your personalized diet and fitness profile is now complete. Based on your answers, here are your suggested nutrition and fitness goals.

    Nutritional Goals Target
    Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,340 Calories / Day
    Carbs / Day 168.0 g
    Fat / Day 45.0 g
    Protein / Day 67.0 g
    *Net calories consumed = total calories consumed - exercise calories burned. So the more you exercise, the more you can eat!
    Fitness Goals Target
    Calories Burned / Week 1,110 Calories / Week
    Workouts / Weekends 6 workouts
    Minutes / Workout 30 minutes
    If you follow this plan...
    Your projected weight loss is 2 lbs/week
    You should lose 8 lbs by August 31

    I'm at a loss. That's what it gave me when I plugged in your stats under my profile, too, but that doesn't match any of the other calculators I'm using.
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    You don't have to go to a gym.

    I do have free weight at home, admittedly I have done a lot less work with them due to feeling exhausted from exercise and having a trapped sciatic nerve at the moment (Got referred for physio by my doc today). I don't mind working out with the back issues but do feel weights would be pushing it.

    Hoping it is feeling better by next week so was hoping to jump into more weights in tandum with the planned gym join.
    auddii wrote: »
    Here is a really good series on why you should strength train, and some of the important how to's. http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2013/02/28/strength-training-101/

    Thanks mate, that is just the sort of thing I've been wanting to read, I'll give it a good look over during dinner :)
    tincanonastring wrote: »
    I'm at a loss. That's what it gave me when I plugged in your stats under my profile, too, but that doesn't match any of the other calculators I'm using.

    Maybe it is worth me trying to contact support to check for an issue. It seems to be between 70 and 75% of what I thought my BMR calorie burn would be to lose the 2lbs a week.

  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »

    Maybe it is worth me trying to contact support to check for an issue. It seems to be between 70 and 75% of what I thought my BMR calorie burn would be to lose the 2lbs a week.

    Might not be a bad idea. It just seems incredibly low, especially when I can't get any other of the calculators to match it.
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    tincanonastring wrote: »
    Might not be a bad idea. It just seems incredibly low, especially when I can't get any other of the calculators to match it.

    I'll get in touch with them in the morning to check it out. Thanks to you and the others for identifying there might be a problem, I'll let you all know what they say. Great to know I don't have to worry at all about the protein either because I absolutely love eating meat lol
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    tincanonastring wrote: »
    Might not be a bad idea. It just seems incredibly low, especially when I can't get any other of the calculators to match it.

    I'll get in touch with them in the morning to check it out. Thanks to you and the others for identifying there might be a problem, I'll let you all know what they say. Great to know I don't have to worry at all about the protein either because I absolutely love eating meat lol

    Lol. Sorry, I'm a child.
  • Jonny15121983
    Jonny15121983 Posts: 573 Member
    tincanonastring wrote: »

    Lol. Sorry, I'm a child.

    Lol, me too, I saw that one coming as soon as I had written it but there is just no way to describe loving a mouthful of juicy meat without it being taken that way haha
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Jonny15121983 wrote: »
    tincanonastring wrote: »

    Lol. Sorry, I'm a child.

    Lol, me too, I saw that one coming as soon as I had written it but there is just no way to describe loving a mouthful of juicy meat without it being taken that way haha

    Ooh, that reminds me I'm headed to a steakhouse on Friday. I need to start scoping out the menu...
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