Protein? What is it good for?

Victoria141090

Hiya!

Sorry if this is a really daft question but I'm trying to create a new lifestyle for myself and I'm a little confused.

Alot of people on the forums talk about protein shakes and needing extra protein but mfp doesn't seem to put alot of emphasis on my page thing. I'm limiting my calories to 1200 a day and do about an hours exercise totalling 350ish calories. I'm on here to lose weight and building muscle is secondary to that.

What do you think? Should I be monitoring/upping my protein? Thank you for you help

sarah44254

this quote from WebMD sums it up pretty nicely

Protein is an important component of every cell in the body. Hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood.

SergeantSunshine_reused

Love the above quote. It honestly is not necessary to be slamming protein shakes all the time. What mfp has set up for you will be fine. If you choose to increase it, then great! If not, you will still lose weight :]

Grokette

this quote from WebMD sums it up pretty nicely

Protein is an important component of every cell in the body. Hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood.

Faster healing and less scarring too if you every have to have surgery.

sarah44254

It is worth noting that your body has no protein storage system. We have ways to store carbohydrates, as well as fat, so that we can use them later when we need to, but protein? Nope.

So making sure you get a bit every day is a very good idea.