One chicken breast and I'm over my protein?

everytree
everytree Posts: 127
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I just entered my lunch and I had one normal sized chicken breast and the only other thing I've had with any protein in it today was the milk in my coffee this morning and that barely counts yet according to my food diary I'm over for protein.

Can that be right?

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  • ashnm88
    ashnm88 Posts: 748
    Chicken breasts are very high in protein. If you were to look at my diary, you would see the chicken breast I had for lunch has 30g of protein.
  • aproc
    aproc Posts: 1,033 Member
    No. You need more protein than that. Check your settings on here. MFP's protein recommendations for a lot of people is kind of low in my opinion anyways but it should definitely be higher than that.
  • medennison123
    medennison123 Posts: 191 Member
    going over on protein is not as bad as going over on fats or carbs IMO

    but one breast usually 6 oz has 36 grams. Some times the database is wrong.
  • Helenatrandom
    Helenatrandom Posts: 1,166 Member
    Don't worry about going over on protein. Many people here WANT to go over on protein.
  • Silverstar46
    Silverstar46 Posts: 187 Member
    MFP is notorious for being low on their protein recommendation. Don't worry about it! I went in and manually upped mine so that I get more of my calories from protein than carbs. I needed to do that because not only did I always go over my protein, but carbs are my worst enemy as a pre-diabetic.

    You can go into yours and do it too. Go to Goals and click the manually change and you can play with your carbs/protein/fat ratio until you're satisfied that it fits your lifestyle.

    Also, from the look of your profile pic, I'm betting you're at 1200 calories, so the more protein in your diet - the less hungry you will be! Just make sure to drink lots of water.

    Hope this helped. :smile:
  • japruzze
    japruzze Posts: 453 Member
    Change your macros. If 1 chicken breast put you over on protien, they aren't set right. I do low carb so I set mine at 30/35/35 for carbs, fat and protien. MFP sets protien way tOo low even if you aren't a low carb dieter.
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    MFP sets protein super low. Most people set heir macros to reflect their personal needs.
  • everytree
    everytree Posts: 127
    Thanks everyone!
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Change your macros. If 1 chicken breast put you over on protien, they aren't set right. I do low carb so I set mine at 30/35/35 for carbs, fat and protien. MFP sets protien way tOo low even if you aren't a low carb dieter.
    It's not "way too low," it's set to the level recommended by the World Health Organization, which is more than adequate for the average human being. Much less adequate for the serious athlete.
  • DrewMaxwell
    DrewMaxwell Posts: 269 Member
    I get a big bag of Tyson frozen breast at Sam's Club with each breast averaging 5oz uncooked. The nutritional info on the package says it 150 cals with 27g of protein.

    You need to look at your macro-nutrient settings there are 3 entries - Carbs / Protein / Fat. May need to adjust it. If you were doing a 1300 cal/day meal plan and 40 / 40 / 20 macro ratios, the following table show you should be getting 130g/day of protein.


    .....................................Carbs.....Protein......Fat.....Totals
    Calories per gram.......4..............4...............9
    Macro ratios................40%.........40%........20%.....100%
    Calories ......................520...........520.........260......1,300
    Grams..........................130...........130..........29
  • everytree
    everytree Posts: 127
    You guys are great - thanks!
  • toriaenator
    toriaenator Posts: 423 Member
    up that shizzz ahaha I'm always wayyyy over the map guidelines! i really don't think theres such thing as too much protein :)
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