Protein

sb4480

How/what do you eat to meet you protein goals? I feel like I'm eating a ton of meat and eggs, but I'm consistently below my protein macro. I'm doing lower carb and no dairy right now and I'm trying to stay away from nuts because my goal is weight loss (and health).

sb4480

Oh, my diary is open

hopeful0131

Did you set those macro goals for yourself? I would maybe increase your fat percentage and decrease your protein percentage, unless you are really trying to build muscle and truly need that amount of protein. If that is a pretty typical day, 92 grams of protein is not bad, IMO.

jennaworksout

agreed around 100g is good, mines set at 140 and rarely make it, its hard lol,

sb4480

I did set the macros myself, but I recently upped my caloric goal to 1400 so maybe it skewed things.

So what would be a good set? I'm 32, 5'6" 145 lbs and I'deally I'd like to lose 10 lbs.

Lupercalia

That's a rather high protein goal for your caloric intake! Are you an athlete?

Lupercalia

Find out your LBM (lean body mass) and calculate from that. It should be .08g-1g protein per pound of lean body mass. Not your total weight. I would think your goal would be somewhere around 100g, give or take. You're doing well at eating protein at every meal. If you get your protein goal straight, it shouldn't be too hard to meet your needs if you continue to eat in that manner.

jennaworksout

40% protein /40% fat /20 % carb is good for active people who do alot of strength training ( I do weights 5 days a week, and cardio 6 days a week), and it works out to 140g a day for me

sb4480

Thanks everyone. I'm not an athelete, I casually work out (1-2 week), but according to blood work my protein levels are very low, I'm also dangerously anemic, so I'm trying to go a bit higher than what one would normally need.