To much protein?
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Cifucanguess wrote: »tlflag1620 wrote: »I routinely eat at least 100 g of fat per day and right around 100 G protein. It's not as much as you might think (I get 50-80g of carbs per day, so yes, low carb, but not super low). That said, my maintenance is 1900 (without exercise), don't know about peaceout_aly.
What does your 100g protein a day typically look like, if you don't mind me asking?
My diary is open, and tho I don't normally log anymore, I did log today just to give an idea of a typical day. I base my meals on meat, eggs, and cheese, and also get protein from nuts.
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So, what are safe amounts of protein, fat, and carbs percentage wise that help make a healthy life or food profile?
that depends on your goals.
My goals are to help with muscle repair due to tears from lifting heavy so I eat the following:
0.8 grams of protein for each lb I weigh
0.4 grams of fat for each lb I weigh
rest carbs.
I agree with those goals (just about the same as what I do), with one caveat:
Personally, I would've said "0.8 grams of protein for each pound of a healthy body weight/goal weight".
Occasionally, you see someone on MFP who still has quite a bit of weight to lose believing they need 0.8 grams of protein per pound of current weight (and they're maybe over 200 pounds, heading for, say, 135). Protein is needed primarily to maintain your lean tissue; body fat doesn't require protein to maintain it. More protein won't hurt a healthy person, but there's no need to struggle to get some huge amount based on a heavy-for-your-height current weight.)
(You also see people here arguing for 0.8 grams per kilogram of body, and saying that those of us who say 0.8 per pound have all read the USDA/WHO guidelines incorrectly. No. Some of us target more protein than the minimums in those guidelines, believing more is needed by people who are trying to increase muscle/strength, who are in a calorie deficit, or who are aging.)
I treat my protein & fat goals as minimums, track fiber instead of sugar, and use carbs as the balancer to fill out my calorie goal after the protein/fat minimums are set.4 -
100 grams per day is a good amount if that's working for you and you don't have any medical issues with it.
Change your MFP goals to that rather than trying to conform to the MFP default.
This. It didn't take me long to tinker with my protein goals on MFP. It's set to minimum which means you likely will lose muscle mass quicker at that amount of protein. You want your body to burn fat for those extra calories not your muscle, so try to stay at .8g/lb or so of our target weight. A lot of people, like myself, go to 1g/lb or higher per pound of target weight. I easily average probably 170g a day of protein or more. Nothing wrong with it.0 -
deannalfisher wrote: »peaceout_aly wrote: »MFP kinda has odd macro percentages in my opinion. There is a way to customize your diary, but you'll have to forfit the suggested carb intake in order to get accurate protein readings. A lot of people suggest .5 - 1g protein x lb. of bodyweight. I make my goal around 115g of protein and if you look at my diary you'll see the protein goal is accurate, but it allows for 0 carbs, which is not doable for my diet. Basically, get numbers in your head that you feel will suit your dietary needs and just use MFP as a tracker instead of following the percentages suggested.
109g of fat daily? you take in almost as much fat as you do protein?
Nooo, MFP just doesn't allow you to fully customize your diary. That was my point. I have it set to whatever my diary says, but my goals are all written down in my personal log. I just use MFP to track it easier.
I aim for 115g protein, 60g fat and less than 100g carbs. Plus under 40g sugar.1 -
it doesn't allow you to fully customize your diary...what the heck are you talking about...
even with the free plan - you can set percentages, change your calorie counts etc - if you go for the premium you can have different goals for different days etc0 -
peaceout_aly wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »peaceout_aly wrote: »MFP kinda has odd macro percentages in my opinion. There is a way to customize your diary, but you'll have to forfit the suggested carb intake in order to get accurate protein readings. A lot of people suggest .5 - 1g protein x lb. of bodyweight. I make my goal around 115g of protein and if you look at my diary you'll see the protein goal is accurate, but it allows for 0 carbs, which is not doable for my diet. Basically, get numbers in your head that you feel will suit your dietary needs and just use MFP as a tracker instead of following the percentages suggested.
109g of fat daily? you take in almost as much fat as you do protein?
Nooo, MFP just doesn't allow you to fully customize your diary. That was my point. I have it set to whatever my diary says, but my goals are all written down in my personal log. I just use MFP to track it easier.
I aim for 115g protein, 60g fat and less than 100g carbs. Plus under 40g sugar.
you have set your diary to show 0 carbs..109fat and 105 protein...which is all in your setup.
You can custom your diary better than you have...1 -
peaceout_aly wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »peaceout_aly wrote: »MFP kinda has odd macro percentages in my opinion. There is a way to customize your diary, but you'll have to forfit the suggested carb intake in order to get accurate protein readings. A lot of people suggest .5 - 1g protein x lb. of bodyweight. I make my goal around 115g of protein and if you look at my diary you'll see the protein goal is accurate, but it allows for 0 carbs, which is not doable for my diet. Basically, get numbers in your head that you feel will suit your dietary needs and just use MFP as a tracker instead of following the percentages suggested.
109g of fat daily? you take in almost as much fat as you do protein?
Nooo, MFP just doesn't allow you to fully customize your diary. That was my point. I have it set to whatever my diary says, but my goals are all written down in my personal log. I just use MFP to track it easier.
I aim for 115g protein, 60g fat and less than 100g carbs. Plus under 40g sugar.
you have set your diary to show 0 carbs..109fat and 105 protein...which is all in your setup.
You can custom your diary better than you have...
I'll have to try again, maybe they updated it since. I did that over a year and a half ago. Not sure why it matters if I'm just using MFP to "log" and not following the details that it provides...0 -
peaceout_aly wrote: »peaceout_aly wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »peaceout_aly wrote: »MFP kinda has odd macro percentages in my opinion. There is a way to customize your diary, but you'll have to forfit the suggested carb intake in order to get accurate protein readings. A lot of people suggest .5 - 1g protein x lb. of bodyweight. I make my goal around 115g of protein and if you look at my diary you'll see the protein goal is accurate, but it allows for 0 carbs, which is not doable for my diet. Basically, get numbers in your head that you feel will suit your dietary needs and just use MFP as a tracker instead of following the percentages suggested.
109g of fat daily? you take in almost as much fat as you do protein?
Nooo, MFP just doesn't allow you to fully customize your diary. That was my point. I have it set to whatever my diary says, but my goals are all written down in my personal log. I just use MFP to track it easier.
I aim for 115g protein, 60g fat and less than 100g carbs. Plus under 40g sugar.
you have set your diary to show 0 carbs..109fat and 105 protein...which is all in your setup.
You can custom your diary better than you have...
I'll have to try again, maybe they updated it since. I did that over a year and a half ago. Not sure why it matters if I'm just using MFP to "log" and not following the details that it provides...
I don't even log so you are still a step ahead of me!
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peaceout_aly wrote: »peaceout_aly wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »peaceout_aly wrote: »MFP kinda has odd macro percentages in my opinion. There is a way to customize your diary, but you'll have to forfit the suggested carb intake in order to get accurate protein readings. A lot of people suggest .5 - 1g protein x lb. of bodyweight. I make my goal around 115g of protein and if you look at my diary you'll see the protein goal is accurate, but it allows for 0 carbs, which is not doable for my diet. Basically, get numbers in your head that you feel will suit your dietary needs and just use MFP as a tracker instead of following the percentages suggested.
109g of fat daily? you take in almost as much fat as you do protein?
Nooo, MFP just doesn't allow you to fully customize your diary. That was my point. I have it set to whatever my diary says, but my goals are all written down in my personal log. I just use MFP to track it easier.
I aim for 115g protein, 60g fat and less than 100g carbs. Plus under 40g sugar.
you have set your diary to show 0 carbs..109fat and 105 protein...which is all in your setup.
You can custom your diary better than you have...
I'll have to try again, maybe they updated it since. I did that over a year and a half ago. Not sure why it matters if I'm just using MFP to "log" and not following the details that it provides...
I don't even log so you are still a step ahead of me!
I ended up figuring out how to get it closer to my actual goals, thanks @SezxyStef
It's still not spot on but at least it's a tad bit closer so people can gauge my diary a little easier!0
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