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Too Much Protein

rstyles
rstyles Posts: 16
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
What are the effects of going over your protein? I am only half way through my day and I am over my protein by 16? Is this a big deal?

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  • rstyles
    rstyles Posts: 16
    What are the effects of going over your protein? I am only half way through my day and I am over my protein by 16? Is this a big deal?
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    No.

    MFP slightly undercalculates protein needs. It's very common to go over.
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
    I go over every day and I am losing. From everything I've seen, it's ok if it's healthy protein.
  • nursedebra2000
    nursedebra2000 Posts: 26
    No - it is not bad - your body needs that extra protein when you are losing weight so that you are not losing muscle! A big mistake some people make when losing weight is not eating enough protein. Keep on doing what you are doing!
  • lessertess
    lessertess Posts: 855 Member
    Many people have commented that this site's protien guideline is rather low. Unless you have kidney problems there is no real problem with going over protien. I would be more concerned if you are also going over in saturated fats at the same time. I tend to eat low fat so I'm normally way over on protien and under on fat.....not that big a deal.
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    No worries. Protein good. Ug.
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  • rstyles
    rstyles Posts: 16
    Thank U all!!!
  • christelpistol
    christelpistol Posts: 246 Member
    how funny, i was thinking the same thing today!
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