PROTEIN QUESTION

yannasmommy145
yannasmommy145 Posts: 205 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
HI I AM NEW TO THIS SITE AND I WAS CALCULATING MY DAILY INTAKE OF FOOD FOR THE DAY. IT SAYS I AAM OVER 15 IN PROTEIN..IS THAT BAD OR GOOD OR DOES IT REALLY MATTER. I WILL BE DOING THE P90X TONIGHT AND I AM LOOKING TO LOSE ABOUT 40 POUNDS TO 50 POUNDS OVERALL. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME ANSWER THIS QUESTION. THANKS

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  • PBJunkie
    PBJunkie Posts: 652
    It's no brainer as long as your total calories remain in a deficit you will continue to lose weight
  • mrsbgarra
    mrsbgarra Posts: 3
    yannasmommy - if you are doing the supplemental diet, or want to track how you're doing according to Tony's guidelines, you can change your goal settings to coincide. You will probably find that whatever track you're following for P90X requires more protein than the default here. BRING IT!! :-)
  • yannasmommy145
    yannasmommy145 Posts: 205 Member
    THANK YOU..I GUESS IM JUST TRYING TO BE PRECISE ON EVERYTHING ...LOL.
  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    MFP has a very low setting on protein, you want to be over ..
  • afigueroa_pr
    afigueroa_pr Posts: 344
    I always get extra protein in my diet according to this website. It is not significant to be over your protein intake.
    Personally if you're doing strength training, it is good to have extra for muscle build-up.

    Take care!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    P90X want to to get much more protein for phase 1, so you should be at least double the MFP protein requirement if you are in phase 1.

    You can manually go in and change your % carb/protein/fat, by going to goals, click change goals, select custom, make you changes, then click save changes.
  • jtbaddison
    jtbaddison Posts: 134 Member
    Calorie deficit is all the matters right now, and protein is desirable anyway.

    However, I have heard that to transition to the Holy Grail of fitness...the sixpack (from Julian Michaels video), you have to cut out sugar, processed food and watch your sodium.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    THANK YOU..I GUESS IM JUST TRYING TO BE PRECISE ON EVERYTHING ...LOL.

    Please stop YELLING, no need to use caps, it makes posts hard to read the the tone of caps is YELLING.
  • yannasmommy145
    yannasmommy145 Posts: 205 Member
    THANK YOU..I GUESS IM JUST TRYING TO BE PRECISE ON EVERYTHING ...LOL.

    Please stop YELLING, no need to use caps, it makes posts hard to read the the tone of caps is YELLING.

    sorry its cuzim at work and we have to do all insurance documents in caps...lol....
  • jess213tx
    jess213tx Posts: 85 Member
    Hi! I have a health coach at work, and she told me to increase my protein intake so that my daily total is 100 grams a day. According to her, I need to have 20 grams of protein every 3 hours. If you're doing a high intensity workout like P90X, high protein will be good for you too.

    Keep in mind that MFP uses FDA recommended amounts for your daily carb/sodium/protein etc. goals. Those numbers are not specifically tied to you or your calorie goal.
  • yannasmommy145
    yannasmommy145 Posts: 205 Member
    thank you guys for helping me out. : )
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