Advice for Protein Intake (Macros)

bryan_m
bryan_m Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I need some advice for regulating protein. Im a mesomorph and trying to hard cut while maintaining muscle. My macros are set at 40,30,30 with 2200 calories apart from movement/exercise. At this level, my chart says I need 150g of protein, (I’m 213 rn), which is fine, I aim between 1-2g/lb. The issue is when I add strength workouts through the health app, it bumps my “necessary” protein to over 260g. I don’t wanna change the macros bc they are pretty standard for my body and weight, but I’m pretty sure that’s an insane amount of protein for anyone to be eating. Would love advice and tips and how to manage this.
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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,826 Member
    How to manage this is to simply ignore the number if you think it's too high 🙂

    You also might want to check out this calculator regarding recommended protein intake, if you're wondering about that:
    https://examine.com/nutrition/protein-intake-calculator/
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Ratios or percentages are just ways to get appropriate quantities in. Which is fine with a same every day calorie goal but doesn't work well with a variable goal.
    You should have seen my suggested goal on a day I needed 6,500cals due to a long bike ride!

    Simply keep your protein goal in grams in mind as a minimum and don't worry about numbers being red or green.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    I agree with the first two replies, and I would add...a strength workout should not be adding 110 extra grams of protein!

    If you are calculating a strength workout as several hundred to a thousand or more extra calories, that's not going to be correct. Strength training should not increase your calories by several hundred to a thousand calories!

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