Increasing protein

reynoldsr586
reynoldsr586 Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am trying to gain muscle and lose fat. I was told that I should eat between 200-250 g of protein a day. How should I get this in? It seems like a lot of protein they also said my calories should be between 2500-2800 based on my BMR .

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  • Retroguy2000
    Retroguy2000 Posts: 1,837 Member
    Who said this? That's a lot. What is your bw and bf %?

    Anyway, protein powder.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,205 Member
    That’s way too much protein. .8 to 1 gram per pound of lean mass (your weight minus the fat) is plenty. You CAN have more if you want for the satiety factor but it’s not necessary
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,928 Member
    The farts, the farts!

    Yes, where did you get these numbers from? They seem way excessive.
  • Sinisterbarbie1
    Sinisterbarbie1 Posts: 711 Member
    edited April 2023
    @yirara laughing …i now understand how weight lifters propel those huge weights upward…
    To OP, you may be much bigger/stronger/more muscular/taller than I am but that is like at least 3x or 4x the protein that MFP recommends for me. I am 5’8” and trying to increase protein intake too
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,928 Member
    @Sinisterbarbie1 This one here is pure gold: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/7o3y67/sacked_for_farting/ but there are so many other good threads on protein and flatulence. :Do:)
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,160 Member

    Profile says OP is male, which makes that protein goal somewhat more plausible, but he'd have to be a pretty tall or already-muscular guy to have 200-250 pounds of LBM.

    OP, who said that? Some sources will say 1g per pound of body weight, occasionally even a little above that . . . but if I person has even a moderate amount of excess fat, that's likely to be an unnecessarily high protein goal.

    Here's another opinion to consider, from an evidence-based site with a generally good reputation for being neutral and up-to-date on the research:

    https://examine.com/protein-intake-calculator/

    . . . and the explanation of their evidence/reasoning:

    https://examine.com/guides/protein-intake/

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