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Protein

healthymissfit
healthymissfit Posts: 648 Member
edited February 9 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm doing the 30 Day Shred, and I just bought a protein powder today (Body Fortress Super Advanced Vanilla Whey Protein)
but now I'm not sure how much protein I want, ideally, in a day. Any suggestions?

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  • Sreneesa
    Sreneesa Posts: 1,170 Member
    Just finished Jillian's level 1 second day( I do it every other day to allow muscles to rest) and use body fortress. One scoop is what I use after.

    For me depending if I need to up my daily calories or protein intake I'll do 2 scoops. Normally one though.
  • climbing_trees
    climbing_trees Posts: 726 Member
    I'm 5'4" 132lb, and I try to eat at least 100g per day. (Around 30% of my daily calories). I used the IIFYM calculator, and it has between 1g and 1.25g per lb of body weight as the default options.

    http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/
  • Mrsallypants
    Mrsallypants Posts: 887 Member
    Protein intakes of 1.4 – 2.0 g/kg/day for physically active individuals is not only safe, but may improve the training adaptations to exercise training.

    http://www.jissn.com/content/4/1/8
  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Lean on the higher level of intake if you are training hard. Don't worry, it would be nearly impossible to "overdose" on protein unless you were literally spooning the powder into your mouth.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,750 Member
    Once you've worked it out, I'd aim to get to the target mostly through food, then add the powder if you're really short on protein.

    I don't think I eat that much meat, and don't use too much protein powder, to get 190g a day...
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Lean on the higher level of intake if you are training hard. Don't worry, it would be nearly impossible to "overdose" on protein unless you were literally spooning the powder into your mouth.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ6fkDMwBCg

    Like this? A couple thousand grams of protein never hurt anyone...
  • zcarpenter91
    zcarpenter91 Posts: 51 Member
    Here go check this calculator out it gives you a p[retty good idea of the range you need then you can tweek it to how it best suits you. Remember to enter your IDEAL bodyweight for the protein goal not your current weight to get accurate numbers.

    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbprotein.htm

    Hope this helps.
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    1g per lb of bodyweight is fairly standard. There is some mild evidence that more might be useful, but it's very mild. Going over doesn't hurt, though, unless you have bad kidneys. And try to get it from whole food rather than protein if possible. Hopefully you're not vegetarian. ;)
  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Lean on the higher level of intake if you are training hard. Don't worry, it would be nearly impossible to "overdose" on protein unless you were literally spooning the powder into your mouth.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ6fkDMwBCg

    Like this? A couple thousand grams of protein never hurt anyone...

    :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:

    That is something that Shoenice would do.
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