Protein

draby2011

I had a pretty intense (for me) bike ride last night and i'm still super sore! I have been eating protein rich foods and almost took a protein shake until I realized I was already over my protein intake by my lunch break. (At work, so I haven't worked out yet today) And I guess I was just curious if that was bad and hazardous to my weight loss?

draby2011

bump!

zoodocgirl

I'm sure there are those here in the "Moar Protein!!" vein who will disagree with me, but if it were me I'd not take in the excessive protein above and beyond your macro goal.

Physiologically, when you eat protein, it gets broken down into its component amino acids. Any of those aa's that you don't CURRENTLY need get processed by the liver and excreted through the kidneys. Your body does not store amino acids as amino acids for later use. This is true of all species, even cats who are obligate carnivores (and why we avoid excess protein in patients with liver or kidney risks).

Now, you worked out hard so your muscles are likely doing some extra work rebuilding and can use protein right now, but if you already hit your macro, chances are it's got what it needs and going above and beyond will just get excreted. Probably won't hurt your weight loss because of the protein itself, but you could probably aim those calories elsewhere.

If you are sore, get some potassium and drink a bunch of water and enjoy the burn

squirrlt

I wouldn't worry, it's just one day, and most excess protein consumed is eliminated from your body (in other words, you'll just pee it out)

WendyTerry420

A good rule of thumb is to do 0.8g protein per pound of lean body mass. For me, that works out to 100g per day on a 2000 calorie diet. One day of eating a bit more isn't going to hurt you at all. You would have to eat *massive* amounts and go over your daily calories on a long term before it will potentially be harmful.

msarro

I'm sure there are those here in the "Moar Protein!!" vein who will disagree with me, but if it were me I'd not take in the excessive protein above and beyond your macro goal.

Physiologically, when you eat protein, it gets broken down into its component amino acids. Any of those aa's that you don't CURRENTLY need get processed by the liver and excreted through the kidneys. Your body does not store amino acids as amino acids for later use. This is true of all species, even cats who are obligate carnivores (and why we avoid excess protein in patients with liver or kidney risks).

Now, you worked out hard so your muscles are likely doing some extra work rebuilding and can use protein right now, but if you already hit your macro, chances are it's got what it needs and going above and beyond will just get excreted. Probably won't hurt your weight loss because of the protein itself, but you could probably aim those calories elsewhere.

If you are sore, get some potassium and drink a bunch of water and enjoy the burn

I agree with nearly all of this. However, some amino acids do remain in the bloodstream over time, though eventually they will be filtered out. This is why it doesn't really matter if you have protein before or after a workout. It is also why vegetarians don't need to focus on getting a complete protein at every meal, so long as they get it throughout the day they should be fine. It's not a "oh, I don't need this immediately, so it is all going out." It's more of a "well, I can get about 20% of this filtered out for now..." sort of thing.

zoodocgirl

I'm sure there are those here in the "Moar Protein!!" vein who will disagree with me, but if it were me I'd not take in the excessive protein above and beyond your macro goal.

Physiologically, when you eat protein, it gets broken down into its component amino acids. Any of those aa's that you don't CURRENTLY need get processed by the liver and excreted through the kidneys. Your body does not store amino acids as amino acids for later use. This is true of all species, even cats who are obligate carnivores (and why we avoid excess protein in patients with liver or kidney risks).

Now, you worked out hard so your muscles are likely doing some extra work rebuilding and can use protein right now, but if you already hit your macro, chances are it's got what it needs and going above and beyond will just get excreted. Probably won't hurt your weight loss because of the protein itself, but you could probably aim those calories elsewhere.

If you are sore, get some potassium and drink a bunch of water and enjoy the burn

I agree with nearly all of this. However, some amino acids do remain in the bloodstream over time, though eventually they will be filtered out. This is why it doesn't really matter if you have protein before or after a workout. It is also why vegetarians don't need to focus on getting a complete protein at every meal, so long as they get it throughout the day they should be fine. It's not a "oh, I don't need this immediately, so it is all going out." It's more of a "well, I can get about 20% of this filtered out for now..." sort of thing.

Right, I guess I was speaking in terms of "today." Obviously you're not going to pee right this very second as you're eating. They don't hang around indefinitely, but sure, it does take some time for anything to be absorbed, circulate, be needed or not needed and if not, make its way to the liver, be processed, back to the bloodstream, to the kidneys, excreted, etc.

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