Anyone find the protein requirement high?

cagentry

I eat no meat besides fish. I eat plenty of beans and other high protein vegetarian foods....and I struggle to get anywhere near the protein requirement this site shows.

However, I am spot on according to many other websites. I usually get around 40-50 grams per day.

cagentry

I eat no meat besides fish. I eat plenty of beans and other high protein vegetarian foods....and I struggle to get anywhere near the protein requirement this site shows.

However, I am spot on according to many other websites. I usually get around 40-50 grams per day.

Dave198lbs

For me, the protein requirement is way too low......it says I need 62 g a day and I usually come in at well over 100..for carbs the opposite...it says I need 226 and I usually come in just over 100 and I have been losing real close to my goal of 1.5 per week but I have been doing alot of weight training (5-6 days a week) so ,,,I cannot imagine eating that many carbs or that low ono protein...I may be wrong but it is working for me....alot more energy and losing weight...

like any system based on generalities, it wont match you exactly

good luck

Grrowler

Problem is most people don't get enough daily protein. I found a grreat product. it is 100% pasturized egg whites in a liquid form and safe. It's a naturaul protien with no powders or fillers and grreat for vegitareans. also it has no taste or smell so you can make chocolate milk with it:happy:

here check it out yourself.
http://www.eggwhitesint.com/

I have health issues and needed to find a way to eat healthy including protien that wasn't going to make me feel weighd down like alot of meat, beans, and powders do. I just started so I'll keep you up on my success

cagentry

Most of the literature I read says that people actually often get too much protein, unless they are competitive athletes. It can surely get confusing.

All I know is that I feel great with the way I eat now...I just need to eat less of it all!

Thanks, guys.

superduperbandnerd

weird... I"m actually a vegan and I don't have a protein problem at all. Like yesterday I had spinach, nuts, mushrooms, peppers, and some WHLOE GRAIn (not whole wheat .... big diff) tortillas and my protien was just fine.

cagentry

Oh my.

Please disregard my stupidity.

I, once again, was reading the stupid tracker backwards!

Yeah, I'm doing fine.

:laugh:

Winter23

I am having trouble staying under my carb and protien levels. I pre planned my meals and snacks for the day. I am 37 calories under, 37 under for fat, but am 11 g over for protien and 61 over for carbs. I am allowed 228 carbs and 62 protien.

astridfeline

Oh my.

Please disregard my stupidity.

I, once again, was reading the stupid tracker backwards!

Yeah, I'm doing fine.

:laugh:

woops! But did you know you can custom set your goals for specific nutritents, too? Under home, goals, change goals :flowerforyou:

meg0112

Problem is most people don't get enough daily protein. I found a grreat product. it is 100% pasturized egg whites in a liquid form and safe. It's a naturaul protien with no powders or fillers and grreat for vegitareans. also it has no taste or smell so you can make chocolate milk with it:happy:

here check it out yourself.
http://www.eggwhitesint.com/

I have health issues and needed to find a way to eat healthy including protien that wasn't going to make me feel weighd down like alot of meat, beans, and powders do. I just started so I'll keep you up on my success

Most people go UNDER? Where did you get that. I have only ever read that most people consume 2 to 3 times as much as they need. Americans eat WAY more protein than any other country and we're the fatest. You are eating fish, beans, nuts, your golden. Thats all good for you- don't stress about the fact that you aren't eating decaying animal flesh.

thasa001

I think the calculator for protein requirements in MFP is wrong. I read in reputable places that protein requirements should be about .8 grams to 1.0 grams per kilogram of body weight. MFP wants you to use .8 to 1.0 grams of protein per pound. I am 245 lbs, and MFP recommends 214 grams of protein. They are not converting my lbs to KG. If they did, my recommended protein would be 100 - 106 grams instead of 214. Does anyone else think I am right?

AnnPT77

There are two common methods for estimating protein needs: Grams per bodyweight, and percent of calories.

Like you, I prefer grams per bodyweight, but percent of calories is also widely used by dietitians. MFP uses percent of calories. The MFP default percent is 20%. That can be high or low as compared with grams per bodyweight estimates. That 20% is around the middle of the most common recommended percentage range.

My reading suggests that 0.8g per kg is a basic recommendation for an average person to avoid serious under-nutrition. Recent research suggests that protein needs are more situation-specific, and that some subgroups' optimal protein may be much higher than 0.8 g/kg.

There are indications that people benefit from more protein when losing weight, active at work or via exercise, healing from surgery or even illness, aging, and more.

At the same time, since protein intake is mainly to maintain lean body mass, 0.8g per kilogram could be more than essential for someone who is extremely overweight, and challenging to reach if they're trying to fit that in on greatly reduced calories. (NB: I wouldn't recommend severe calorie restriction unless severely obese and under close medical supervision for deficiencies or complications.)

IMO, this site has a good summary of current research, and a protein "calculator" based on research. I believe the write-up suggests that someone who's substantially overweight can use a healthy goal weight in the calculator portion.

https://examine.com/guides/protein-intake/

The site is generally regarded as neutral, and science-based. (They don't sell supplements or diet programs or anything of that nature.) The text includes links to relevant research.

As an aside, this is a thread from 2009. I'm not sure whether you found it by searching MFP, or if a spammer waked it up (but their post has since deleted by moderators). If you found it by searching, I'd suggest caution with old threads: Nutritional science has moved on a good lot over the years, so advice may not be current, and during some time periods there's been a lot of trendy nonsense and diet mythology on the site.

Best wishes!

stianjl

Protein intake really depends on your goal. So if its high or low depends.