Trying to Calculate Needed Protein from Grams to Ounces

kimny72

Serendipity1517 wrote: »

The goal was to be able to get an estimate BEFORE consumption.

Right. So figure out what you are going to eat, say a 10 oz steak, and log it. MFP will tell you how many grams of protein are in 10 oz of steak.

Serendipity1517

Thank you! That's super helpful!

auddii wrote: »

Serendipity1517 wrote: »

Also, if I track a workout it bumps up my calories, thus increasing my protein intake. I don't necessarily want that but haven't been able to find a way to turn it off... I'd prefer to not eat my workout calories!

You can get around this by manually changing the calories burned to 1 (for some reason you can't put 0). I do that because I try to eat relatively consistently each day of the work week regardless of if I workout or not. So, I manually changed my goal to my average daily goal.

I also didn't go by their protein goal for me. I based it off of my weight, and then use that as a minimum. If I get more than that, great, if not, it's not the end of the world, but I should focus on hitting it in the future.

In addition to meat with most of my meals, I usually have peanut butter as a snack (not tons of protein, but some) and greek yogurt. Beef jerky is also a good go to that you can have out and about.

lemurcat12

Serendipity1517 wrote: »

The goal was to be able to get an estimate BEFORE consumption. Without a scale. And all the little "tricks" that we have been taught measure in oz (piece of meat the size of the palm of your hand = 4 oz, a fat the size of your thumb = 1 oz, etc.). Also, if I go out to eat, I can't order a 78 gram steak...

Log 4 oz of various sorts of meat and see the protein count. That's the best way to know. The protein in 4 oz of chicken breast is not going to be the same as in 4 oz of ribeye or 4 oz of ham.

lemurcat12

Like audii, I base my protein goal off my weight. 40% protein is likely overkill for you (it would be for me, at my weight and calories), but if you want to do it, no harm. It just seems like it might be causing you frustration unnecessarily.

One way I get more protein is low fat/skim dairy (mostly cottage cheese and plain greek yogurt). As you log, look at what protein you are getting from your meals. Pretty soon it becomes intuitive.

cwolfman13

just start logging and you will soon be able to clearly see where you need to make adjustments.

personally though, you're obsessing about something that isn't particularly all that important.

senecarr

I feel like someone missed an opportunity to make a potshot joke at core math here.

Merkavar

Serendipity1517 wrote: »

Also, if I track a workout it bumps up my calories, thus increasing my protein intake. I don't necessarily want that but haven't been able to find a way to turn it off... I'd prefer to not eat my workout calories!

Is it a premium option or in free also. But I can set it so exercise calories increase specific macros.

So say I want 160g protein everyday I can make it so exercise increases my carb macro only.

Merkavar

Can you just enter what ever meat you plan to eat into mfp and then increase the number of servings in oz till the macro for protein = 146g or what ever your goal is?

Sued0nim

Whilst I'm going dafuq on da maths...may I ask why you think you need to eat 146g of protein

In defecit, with a decent progressive resistance programme set your protein goal to 0.64-0.8g per lb bodyweight as a minimum..you can choose to eat more but it doesn't prove additionally beneficial even for pro athletes

Do you weigh over 228lbs

jemhh

If you don't want to eat your workout calories don't log them.

However, I would suggest eating them.