Do I eat enough protein? Should I get a protein powder?
Ducks47
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For breakfast I have oatmeal with a little milk and tablespoon of peanut butter
Lunch might be soup with veg and chicken, bean and veg tacos, salad, or perogie
Dinner might be some seasoned lean ground beef (180 cal of ground beef... if that helps) with veg and brown rice or no sugar corn bread with two eggs and veg.
Someone told me they don't think I est enough protein. They're not an expert though so I wanted a second opinion. Usually two of my meals happen to be vegetarian (eggs or beans and veg and grain). Considering buying a protein powder like bobs red mill. Seems weird to me but I guess it's like taking a vitamin.
Lunch might be soup with veg and chicken, bean and veg tacos, salad, or perogie
Dinner might be some seasoned lean ground beef (180 cal of ground beef... if that helps) with veg and brown rice or no sugar corn bread with two eggs and veg.
Someone told me they don't think I est enough protein. They're not an expert though so I wanted a second opinion. Usually two of my meals happen to be vegetarian (eggs or beans and veg and grain). Considering buying a protein powder like bobs red mill. Seems weird to me but I guess it's like taking a vitamin.
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what's your weight and what's your goal losing / maintaining / bulking? If your logging how many grams protein are you hitting the recommended is .8-1.2g per lb of bodyweight unless really overweight.1
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no, what i said was, you might want to consider adding more protein to your breakfast that you posted and that personally, what you had wouldn't satiate me because i need that...but please, feel free to misquote me again17
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Hi! I am 5'6 or 5'7 woman in my 20s. I weigh 190 pounds and am trying to get down to 160. I don't log my food. I just don't snack and add my food up myself and write me weight in a journal weekly. I'm not sure how to tell if I eat enough protein4
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How many grams of protein are you getting? How active are you and what do those activities include? There are many variables as to one's protein needs.
In general it is considered optimal to have a higher protein target while dieting in order to help preserve muscle. I typically have around 0.6 - 0.8 grams per Lb of my body weight...so anywhere from 110 - about 145 grams...usually somewhere in the middle.
I also eat a lot of fish and chicken though...1 -
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Hi! I am 5'6 or 5'7 woman in my 20s. I weigh 190 pounds and am trying to get down to 160. I don't log my food. I just don't snack and add my food up myself and write me weight in a journal weekly. I'm not sure how to tell if I eat enough protein
You're going to want to weigh and log your food, especially as you get closer to your goal. Logging will also help you get an idea of how much protein you're getting.8 -
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Firstly, start logging you food so that you have an idea of how much protein you are getting. Secondly, if you're concerned about your protein intake, add a protein source to every meal.6
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julie_broadhead wrote: »Firstly, start logging you food so that you have an idea of how much protein you are getting. Secondly, if you're concerned about your protein intake, add a protein source to every meal.
That is, of course, brilliant. The woobirds are not to be heeded. Even though your post has not been woo'ed yet, I'm predicting it will be. This is only a test.3 -
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nutrofight wrote: »Protein powder is artificial. Do you really want to have your body try to make itself out of artificial substances? Just stick to natural foods that are high in protein if you think you're not getting enough.
whey is not artificial...whey is a bi-product of cheese making.16 -
Hi! I am 5'6 or 5'7 woman in my 20s. I weigh 190 pounds and am trying to get down to 160. I don't log my food. I just don't snack and add my food up myself and write me weight in a journal weekly. I'm not sure how to tell if I eat enough protein
No one told you that you weren't eating enough protein. You asked if your breakfast was "good for weight loss" and posters told you as long as it was within your calories and kept you full it was fine, but since it was a low protein meal some people wouldn't find it filling.
To tell if you are eat enough protein, log your food and see. It is generally recommended that while losing weight you eat at least 0.6g of protein per lb of body weight to protect muscle. That's just a guideline though.9 -
Hi! I am 5'6 or 5'7 woman in my 20s. I weigh 190 pounds and am trying to get down to 160. I don't log my food. I just don't snack and add my food up myself and write me weight in a journal weekly. I'm not sure how to tell if I eat enough protein
Since you don't give amounts and don't log your food it is hard to answer.
You don't likely need protein powder even if you do need more protein.
Log your food for a week or two as accurately as you can and see if you are getting enough.0 -
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Log what you eat exactly for three days.
This will give you a average of what your protien intake is.
If you are incorporating resistance training to help retain muscle, the guideline for optimal results is a gram of protien for every pound you weigh for a person who is not obese. Being less male, advanced age, having a autoimmune disease or digestion problems, or being vegan/ vegetarian you might néed a tad more.3 -
nutrofight wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »nutrofight wrote: »Protein powder is artificial. Do you really want to have your body try to make itself out of artificial substances? Just stick to natural foods that are high in protein if you think you're not getting enough.
whey is not artificial...whey is a bi-product of cheese making.
I forget where in nature we see see cheese byproducts.
I seem to remember Little Miss Muffet eating her curds and whey. It's not like making cheese is some kind of crazy processing either. And people have been doing it for eons. Dairy occurs in nature and is processed to provide a variety of food goods. Get real...
The whey is simply separated from the casein...it's a pretty easy process.
https://us.myprotein.com/thezone/supplements/how-is-whey-protein-made/10 -
nutrofight wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »nutrofight wrote: »Protein powder is artificial. Do you really want to have your body try to make itself out of artificial substances? Just stick to natural foods that are high in protein if you think you're not getting enough.
whey is not artificial...whey is a bi-product of cheese making.
I forget where in nature we see see cheese byproducts.
You know whey is naturally in dairy, right? They just take the whey out. If a person has the luxury, location, and circumstance to be able to only eat things exactly as they occur in nature, that's great I guess. But it's silly to say your body sees whey as an artificial substance. It sees whey every time you drink milk or eat yogurt. Although I guess you don't eat yogurt, since you can't find it in nature.7 -
nutrofight wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »nutrofight wrote: »Protein powder is artificial. Do you really want to have your body try to make itself out of artificial substances? Just stick to natural foods that are high in protein if you think you're not getting enough.
whey is not artificial...whey is a bi-product of cheese making.
I forget where in nature we see see cheese byproducts.
You know whey is naturally in dairy, right? They just take the whey out. If a person has the luxury, location, and circumstance to be able to only eat things exactly as they occur in nature, that's great I guess. But it's silly to say your body sees whey as an artificial substance. It sees whey every time you drink milk or eat yogurt. Although I guess you don't eat yogurt, since you can't find it in nature.
Today I get to eat snow.5 -
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TavistockToad wrote: »
Agreed. Log your food, either by hand or use the free diary MFP gives you (easier). Bout the only way.0 -
nutrofight wrote: »
You're assuming nutrition is perfectly reductive. Even nutritional science itself would deny this: eating a fat with sugar won't have the same insulin action as eating them separate at different times.nutrofight wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »nutrofight wrote: »Protein powder is artificial. Do you really want to have your body try to make itself out of artificial substances? Just stick to natural foods that are high in protein if you think you're not getting enough.
whey is not artificial...whey is a bi-product of cheese making.
I forget where in nature we see see cheese byproducts.
You know whey is naturally in dairy, right? They just take the whey out. If a person has the luxury, location, and circumstance to be able to only eat things exactly as they occur in nature, that's great I guess. But it's silly to say your body sees whey as an artificial substance. It sees whey every time you drink milk or eat yogurt. Although I guess you don't eat yogurt, since you can't find it in nature.
dude...people have been consuming whey for eons...just in liquid form rather than being dried in a dryer. whey is perfectly fine.5 -
nutrofight wrote: »
You're assuming nutrition is perfectly reductive. Even nutritional science itself would deny this: eating a fat with sugar won't have the same insulin action as eating them separate at different times.nutrofight wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »nutrofight wrote: »Protein powder is artificial. Do you really want to have your body try to make itself out of artificial substances? Just stick to natural foods that are high in protein if you think you're not getting enough.
whey is not artificial...whey is a bi-product of cheese making.
I forget where in nature we see see cheese byproducts.
You know whey is naturally in dairy, right? They just take the whey out. If a person has the luxury, location, and circumstance to be able to only eat things exactly as they occur in nature, that's great I guess. But it's silly to say your body sees whey as an artificial substance. It sees whey every time you drink milk or eat yogurt. Although I guess you don't eat yogurt, since you can't find it in nature.
What in the world does that have to do with taking whey protein? The goalposts just got moved clear across town.
And there's nothing "artificial" about protein powder.9 -
I am trying to lose weight. I tracked my macros. When multiply .38xmyweight =63 grams. I eat about 65 g a day so I think just at maintenance of muscle. Some websites say to eat 1 g per lb of weight Aka more than 100 g. I was confused about .38 vs 1 g per lb and bought a protein powder so now I’m up to about 75 or 80 g. I weigh 176 lbs and am 5’7 woman. Thoughts?1
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Hi! I am 5'6 or 5'7 woman in my 20s. I weigh 190 pounds and am trying to get down to 160. I don't log my food. I just don't snack and add my food up myself and write me weight in a journal weekly. I'm not sure how to tell if I eat enough protein
If you're not tracking your food someplace that does a macros breakdown, then you have no idea how much protein you're actually eating. I'd log your food here in MFP for a couple weeks to get a better idea of where you're at.1 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »julie_broadhead wrote: »Firstly, start logging you food so that you have an idea of how much protein you are getting. Secondly, if you're concerned about your protein intake, add a protein source to every meal.
That is, of course, brilliant. The woobirds are not to be heeded. Even though your post has not been woo'ed yet, I'm predicting it will be. This is only a test.
While I normally try not to post on necromanced threads, I figured I would make an exception this time to note that it's almost 10 months later and no one wooed that post - at least as of 9:30am on 12/17/184 -
I am trying to lose weight. I tracked my macros. When multiply .38xmyweight =63 grams. I eat about 65 g a day so I think just at maintenance of muscle. Some websites say to eat 1 g per lb of weight Aka more than 100 g. I was confused about .38 vs 1 g per lb and bought a protein powder so now I’m up to about 75 or 80 g. I weigh 176 lbs and am 5’7 woman. Thoughts?
During weight loss eating more than the minimum protein can be helpful for muscle maintenance. Generally that means .6-.8 g per lb of a healthy goal weight. So for you that could be anywhere between say 84 g (picking 140 as a weight in the middle of the healthy range given height and multiplying by .6) and 120 g (using a higher healthy weight and .8).
The .36 g/lb is the minimum number for health, but people who are at a calorie deficit or active can benefit from more. This is a good source with references: https://examine.com/nutrition/how-much-protein-do-you-need/4
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