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Help me... please.

ThatLadyBecky
ThatLadyBecky Posts: 16
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Someone please help me figure out how much PROTEIN I should be consuming?

I am 5'6
122 lbs
20.5% body fat

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  • Loseweight1980
    Loseweight1980 Posts: 94
    Ideally, you should consume 1g protein for each lb of lean body mass. In your case 122 * 79.5% = 97 ish. That is, unless you are trying to build muscle mass, in which case, you do want to increase that slightly.
  • musicianbob
    musicianbob Posts: 12
    Agree with above, but try to make sure it's "complete" protein. Like eggs, whey protein... I don't have time to get a list from google but it does make a difference.
  • runfatmanrun
    runfatmanrun Posts: 1,090 Member
    I have read that protein intake should be less, .5-.6g/lb for active people, most recently in either Mens Fitness or Mens Health. Extra healthy protein isn't bad for you though.
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