Too much protein?

skinnyalison

I recently joined MFP. I am meeting my calorie goal each day and also am eating under the carb and fat goals for each day. However, I am far exceeding my protein portion each day. Is this a problem?

Pandorian

are you exceeding the default MFP numbers for protein of 15% of your daily calories? I had to change mine to 35% to get closer to my "goal" of 1 gram per pound of body weight...

my home >goals > change goals > custom to change your percentages.

Barring underlying health issues such as kidney stones you should be able to increase the protein intake without problem.

skinnyalison

Thanks for your reply!

I haven't changed any of the default settings, so I suppose it is currently 15% and I could change it. MFP says I should only get 47 (grams?) per day (this is before I've entered my workout, so I expect it will go up), but after entering some fish for lunch and chicken for dinner, I'm at 118, which is 71 over! I never thought too much protein could be a bad thing and I don't have any kidney problems. I think I will focus mostly on calories anyway.

Di3012

Thanks for your reply!

I haven't changed any of the default settings, so I suppose it is currently 15% and I could change it. MFP says I should only get 47 (grams?) per day (this is before I've entered my workout, so I expect it will go up), but after entering some fish for lunch and chicken for dinner, I'm at 118, which is 71 over! I never thought too much protein could be a bad thing and I don't have any kidney problems. I think I will focus mostly on calories anyway.

Protein levels on MFP are low, I am over mine daily, everyday.

As you said, you do not have kidney problems, so personally, I wouldn't worry about it x

shylam

I am currently seeing a nutricienist and the protein amounts that she wants me to eat are double what are allowed here. I think as long as you are eating lean protein and limiting red meat, you are fine.

Testosterone

unless youre getting kidney stones it is almost impossible to eat too much protein. 40%p 40%f 20% carbs is the way to go.

silkandsugar

I have read several different articles on this but I just double my weight in kg so 45x2=90. So I try to consume between 80-100 grams of protein everyday.

MrsSassyPants

Good question. Thanks for the information.

skinnyalison

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Very helpful!

I have now lost 7 lbs. in just over 1 month using MFP. Yay!