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Protein and Diary

Tandksmommy11
Tandksmommy11 Posts: 399 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
According to my diary, I should be getting 76 protein each day. I did one of the calculators to find out how much I should be getting and instead it is telling me:

RDA Recommendations:
Each Day You Should Take In 155 Grams Of Protein.

Average Recommendations:
Each Day You Should Take In 233 Grams Of Protein.

Dr Peter Lemon's Recommendations:
Each Day You Should Take In 349 Grams Of Protein.

The last thing I want to do is burn any muscle that I have. The fat needs to go, I don't want to be destroying muscle along the way.

Which recommendation should I go with? And is there a way to override the amount that MFP diary is giving me so that I'm not "over" every day on protein?

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  • JenAiMarres
    JenAiMarres Posts: 743 Member
    Yes u can modify the mfp setting to whatever u would like ...my protein is at 30%...I had it at 40 but as getting major stomach aches.
    Just to into your goal settings and click "custom" u can change your protein goal..as well as any other goal u would like!!
  • robinskv
    robinskv Posts: 107 Member
    Those all seem like really high numbers to me!
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