Protein Powder = weight stall?
TS65
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Interesting. I've had this happen before, but had forgotten as it was a couple of years ago. Recently my weight stalled (up, down, up down - but never back to my "low" point). When I started to look into it, it started around the same time I started adding protein powder into my diet. (1/2 scoop in my coffee, making a PB protein pudding with another scoop) - Last time it happened was when I was making PB Protein balls). Now that I've dropped it out of my diet, my weight went back to my low point.
Anyone else notice this? Or experiencing this. It sucks to have to take out the extra protein I was getting - I guess I'll just have to figure another way (don't say eat more protein, I eat what i can at meals - I was just trying to sneak extra in whenever/whereever I could).
Anyone else notice this? Or experiencing this. It sucks to have to take out the extra protein I was getting - I guess I'll just have to figure another way (don't say eat more protein, I eat what i can at meals - I was just trying to sneak extra in whenever/whereever I could).
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This is interesting! I just learned that excess protein (leftover after your body uses what it needs for repair/rebuild) is turned to glucose. Perhaps that has something to do with it? I just thought your kidneys processed the "extra" protein into urine? However, according to Nora Gedgaudas (author of Primal Body-Primal Mind), that's not the case. So... what she says is that we don't need more than .08 to a little over 1g of protein per pound of IDEAL body weight. I believe she says only to go to the high end of that spectrum if you are doing a lot of intense training/lifting. I'm not sure that I buy her theory yet... I have to try it out for myself first. She claims that most people are eating too much protein (and carbs), but I tend to think most people are not eating enough?!0
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That's interesting - but I'm not even close to .8. I was adding in protein powder to up what I was getting (but still not getting near enough). WITH the protein powder, I was only getting 75-90g (when I should be getting at least 100). I'm just going to have to figure out other high protein options (thinking hard boiled eggs, full fat cottage cheese, etc.)0
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It happens to some people--if you've got sensitivity to whey or casein it can cause inflammation and water retention. Could also be something added to the protein powder that's irritating your body. I drink whey post workout--works well for me.
I'm ok not eating as much protein (and eating more fat) when I'm not lifting 3x week and exercising hard on the other two or three days, but when I am going at it like that, I find I feel much better and get more out of my workouts with higher protein/lower fat rather than the other way around. I stay around 120g/protein right now, and that seems ok. My lean body mass is 116.5 lbs according to the measurements from those online calculators, and my ideal, rather lean weight is probably somewhere around 130-135 lbs.0 -
The only time that I use protein powder (top quality, grass-fed) is when I am struggling with my eating plan and my intermittent fasting has been thrown off. I naturally don't eat breakfast, but sometimes when things have gone awry I can't make it until lunch time. So, I bring a protein shake to work to have only if I get dizzy or uncontrollably hungry. It's just a last resort tool. I do not consider protein powder "healthy" or real food.
I don't consume it purposefully for the excess protein because, as others have stated, excess protein in the diet is NOT a good thing.0
