ugh too much protein?

wesl3y60

It's 3:11 and I've already exercised today. which put me back at 1,014 calories left for the day, but I have one gram of protein left for the day. What to eat?

Bakkasan

What is too much protein? At least 1 G per LB of body weight is a good place to start.

blessed0910

They say that you could eat something like .88 to 1 for every lb you weigh. I eat way more than MFP suggests.

astrampe

MFP sets the protein way too low.. I eat at least 120g of protein per day - don't sweat it - protein is good for you! Oh, and if you do exercise, it's more than good for you!

JennKie1

Go ahead and eat protein. It's not "bad" for you. It fuels your body and is good for building muscle. Besides, unless you load up on a bunch of fat and carbs (which is kind of pointless), you won't be able to come close to that 1000+ calories - that's a whole lot of veggies. My doctor suggested way more protein than the MFP recommendation (of course we're all different and that's based upon me and my exercise, etc). I'm not even going to pretend like I'm any type of expert - just my opinion.

Chief_Rocka

meat

lasmit4477

What do you have your micros set to? MFP sets protein to low.

wesl3y60

wow! alot of responses already..I wasn't expecting that.. I just set up my profile on here yesterday so I'm still not sure of all the tweaks and whatnot. Also, I'm not sure of protein intake in GENERAL. I just started eating meat again, I was pretty much vegetarian so it's kind of a guessing game for me right now. tips/advice would be very welcomed!!!

Christineab

Agreed----don't worry about too much protein.

baptiste565

if u take in more protein needed for growth and repair the rest goes to energy. if it put u in a calorie surplus it gets stored as fat like everything else.

TheSink

wow! alot of responses already..I wasn't expecting that.. I just set up my profile on here yesterday so I'm still not sure of all the tweaks and whatnot. Also, I'm not sure of protein intake in GENERAL. I just started eating meat again, I was pretty much vegetarian so it's kind of a guessing game for me right now. tips/advice would be very welcomed!!!

Maybe salmon?

Tilran

wow! alot of responses already..I wasn't expecting that.. I just set up my profile on here yesterday so I'm still not sure of all the tweaks and whatnot. Also, I'm not sure of protein intake in GENERAL. I just started eating meat again, I was pretty much vegetarian so it's kind of a guessing game for me right now. tips/advice would be very welcomed!!!

If you are working out, you want to eat 1g of protein per pound of LBM...you can find calculators online to figure your LBM roughly...or you can do a BF% test to figure out exactly.

A good ratio for calorie breakdown is 35% carb 35% fat 30% protein. Some people go 40% carb 30% fat 30% protein

PittShkr

fittiephd

You really can't have too much protein, MFP often sets people very low. I aim for 142 g per day. It's really only bad if you're at like 500g or something. Protein is good for you!

wesl3y60

I work out pretty hard, I ran 2.5 miles today burning 311 calories and I was planning on going again later today.
so pretty much the more meat the better?

skullshank

the answer is ~1,014 calories worth of food.

Copaiba

I gotta say... We don't really need as much protein as we think. I know I'm starting a s*&t storm. Sorry. MFP suggests roughly 15% of calories be from protein. FOK suggests no more than 10%. I lost a LOT of weight in the 90s with a high protein diet but ended up with some issues from it.
http://www.forksoverknives.com/meeting-protein-needs-simply-by-eating/

letjog

That number for protein is a minimum not a maximum. And you need more when you exercise. The only time you eat too much is if you have >300g (ISH) per day for weeks then you'll get kidney stones.

ArroganceInStep

I gotta say... We don't really need as much protein as we think. I know I'm starting a s*&t storm. Sorry. MFP suggests roughly 15% of calories be from protein. FOK suggests no more than 10%. I lost a LOT of weight in the 90s with a high protein diet but ended up with some issues from it.
http://www.forksoverknives.com/meeting-protein-needs-simply-by-eating/

Look at the abstract:

We cannot be certain that our estimates are accurate because no method of verification exists, but progress will be made through successive approximations.

The article is just a push for a vegetarian diet.

jofjltncb6

I gotta say... We don't really need as much protein as we think. I know I'm starting a s*&t storm. Sorry. MFP suggests roughly 15% of calories be from protein. FOK suggests no more than 10%. I lost a LOT of weight in the 90s with a high protein diet but ended up with some issues from it.
http://www.forksoverknives.com/meeting-protein-needs-simply-by-eating/

Look at the abstract:

We cannot be certain that our estimates are accurate because no method of verification exists, but progress will be made through successive approximations.

The article is just a push for a vegetarian diet.

Wha?!? Forks Over Knives isn't an unbiased documentary but is instead veg*n propaganda?

Who knew?

sarahisme18

What is too much protein? At least 1 G per LB of body weight is a good place to start.

Actually, I think it is supposed to be 1g per kg of body weight. Divide body weight in lbs by 2.2, and that is kg.