Eating Enough Protein

Sarauk2sf

Eat lots of meat. Check my diary if you're wondering how it can be done. I regularly get 200g a day with no shakes. Make protein sources the main focus of your meals and you will have no problem.

What would you suggest for those folks on a budget that makes large amounts of meat cost-prohibitive, or who have ethical qualms (which I'm loathe to debate) about eating animal flesh?

Eggs

And for vegans, or those who have egg allergies?

Seitan.

QuietBloom

For breakfast I had instant oatmeal, 1/4 cup milk, 35g whey protein powder and 2 TBSP of peanut butter all mashed together. YUM. Total of 45g protein. I aim for a little over 100g a day as I am a distance walker/runner plus work the kettlebell REALLY HARD. I find that with my protein that nice and high I have little trouble staying satiated and have plenty of energy for workouts. I usually do 2 servings of whey isolate a day @ 35g protein each, plus milk, eggs, and whatever meat hubby has on the grill that night.

Edited because I am a dork with the spellingz this morning.

DatMurse

This TDEE calculator is telling me to eat 1g/lb of body weight, which is 186.2 g of protein per day. Will 15-30% prevent muscle catabolization? I don't want to go through the process of losing weight to lose muscle since I can't lift weights until February. Don't get me wrong, I am not super muscular or anything but I don't want to be burning muscle instead of fat.

If you re not lifting, you will not need quite so much. If you are not lifting however and are worried about muscle loss, I would not be at a deficit in the first place. Try to get some kind of resistance training in.

That being said, I get over 165g a day.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/926789-protein-sources

If you arent lifting.. wouldnt you need more to prevent muscle loss? your body has no reason to keep the muscle you do have?

Activity increases your need. No activity = less protein required.

wouldnt it be activity increases need for calories so no activity = less energy required?
well anyway,
I havent seen anything that would say someone would need lower protein for muscle retention without lifting. Obviously no one would ever create a study over such for something so pointless

OP you cant even do body workouts?

Sarauk2sf

This TDEE calculator is telling me to eat 1g/lb of body weight, which is 186.2 g of protein per day. Will 15-30% prevent muscle catabolization? I don't want to go through the process of losing weight to lose muscle since I can't lift weights until February. Don't get me wrong, I am not super muscular or anything but I don't want to be burning muscle instead of fat.

If you re not lifting, you will not need quite so much. If you are not lifting however and are worried about muscle loss, I would not be at a deficit in the first place. Try to get some kind of resistance training in.

That being said, I get over 165g a day.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/926789-protein-sources

If you arent lifting.. wouldnt you need more to prevent muscle loss? your body has no reason to keep the muscle you do have?

Activity increases your need. No activity = less protein required.

wouldnt it be activity increases need for calories so no activity = less energy required?
well anyway,
I havent seen anything that would say someone would need lower protein for muscle retention without lifting. Obviously no one would ever create a study over such for something so pointless

OP you cant even do body workouts?

Check out the Aragon and Helms roundtable vid - they discuss it there. (Sorry on my phone so can't link)

Basically, less muscle used, less muscle damage, less muscle repair and so less MPS

ETA: There are some studies also - will link if I find them