I'm eating too much protein

bizzyeck

Started watching what I eat about 3 weeks ago. Started here a week ago. I have lost 5 lbs so far which I know is too much.

I am a busy mom and an RN with little free time. I am trying to get the hang of this. I weigh 188.5 and my healthy weight is about 130 lbs. I have chosen to loose 1 lb a week so I have 1280 calories to work with.

As I look at my journal I am doing okay but eating way too much protein.

Any advice is welcome

3dogsrunning

MFP's protein recommendation is on the low side. I wouldn't worry about going over their recommendation. If I recall, its about 15% of your total daily calories (protein is 4 calories per gram). I have manually set my own protein recommendation to about 30% of my calories.

bizzyeck

Can you point me in the direction to make that change for myself also?

olsondre

You aren't eating too much, no need to worry

HeidiHoMom

I eat 30% protein.

WAY more than what MFP recommends which is pretty low.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

You're not eating too much. Generally for a person who is exercising it's recommended that you get 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass. For me that's 97-98 grams (I'm 130 lbs, 25% body fat, so 130 x 75% = 97.5).

3foldchord

I eat 30% protein.

WAY more than what MFP recommends which is pretty low.

Ditto. I eat about 1400 calories and about 120 grams of protein.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Can you point me in the direction to make that change for myself also?

Go to goals, choose custom.

CristinaL1983

Can you point me in the direction to make that change for myself also?

In "Home" go to "goals" "change" "custom"

bizzyeck

Ok. I feel a bit better then. I was staring to worry about the RED protein total being there everyday! Now I just have to work some variety into my diet. What I found when I started listing my food daily is that I was under eating and only taking in about 900 calories a day. No wonder I have not been able to lose weight.

erg2013

I aim for at least 100 grams a day