Will too much protein make me gain weight?

Anyone feel free to correct me but I'm trying to loose weight (more reduce my overall fat %) while building muscle, strength and endurance. In order to build muscle you need protein (and carbs), estimated at 1 gram per body weight which will help your muscles build and grow.

So back to the orignal question will proteint make someone gain weight? Depending on your excercise level, isn't the answer, yes? While 5-6 grams over isn't a lot of extra putting in 100's extra grams while following a strength program would.

There were many other good and valid points about protein posted in this thread that people should consider as well. Protein calories do have a different level (same level as carbs 9 I think) while fat is 15. Your body has reserves of calories in different forms fat, carb and protein but protein does get absorbed through eating and digestion better. Also valid points about eating too little calories, you will shock your metabolism and hurt yourself. Then again if anyone has researched warrior diets and eating 75% of your daily calories in 1 meal at night, you can get conflicting information.

I workout about two hours everyday so I would think I would need more protein than it says on here.

What is your height? I can do the BMI/BMR calculations for you here.

Why do you workout for two hours every day?

Anyone feel free to correct me but I'm trying to loose weight (more reduce my overall fat %) while building muscle, strength and endurance. In order to build muscle you need protein (and carbs), estimated at 1 gram per body weight which will help your muscles build and grow.

So back to the orignal question will proteint make someone gain weight? Depending on your excercise level, isn't the answer, yes? While 5-6 grams over isn't a lot of extra putting in 100's extra grams while following a strength program would.

There were many other good and valid points about protein posted in this thread that people should consider as well. Protein calories do have a different level (same level as carbs 9 I think) while fat is 15. Your body has reserves of calories in different forms fat, carb and protein but protein does get absorbed through eating and digestion better. Also valid points about eating too little calories, you will shock your metabolism and hurt yourself. Then again if anyone has researched warrior diets and eating 75% of your daily calories in 1 meal at night, you can get conflicting information.

I workout about two hours everyday so I would think I would need more protein than it says on here.

I hate to nitpick, but where are you working out 2 hours/day if you are logging 15-30 minutes of workouts in your journal?

I only log my cardio because I don't know the names of all the strength training I do. I warm up w 15 minutes on the eliptical when I first do the gym then do strength training for either my arms or my legs depending on the day, I do abs everyday, then I end it with 15 minutes on the stationary bike. I also sit in the sauna for about 10 minutes after every workout but I don't include that in the two hours.

There are great resources out there (magazines and such) with lots of information so you're armed with the knowledge of what you are doing during your workouts, also there are plans and exercise sequences you can do so your body doesn't get "bored" with the same routine week after week. You should change up your exercise plan every 4 weeks or so - muscle confusion helps you burn fat as well. Also, then you can log your workouts appropriately and get a better sense of your total burn.

I personally think if you don't know what you're doing, you don't know what you're doing. If that makes sense.... put another way, if someone's going to spend money on a gym membership or equipment at home, they should darn well better know what the heck they're doing with that equipment. It's no thing to know you're doing bicep curls or leg extensions or bicycle crunches or whatever. It helps you to know what you're doing and what benefit it has, and, who knows - maybe you can in turn help someone else who's new to working out.

Knowledge is power!!! Best of luck!

There is a place on the Cardio Search called "Strength Training", you can log your minutes in there for whatever strength stuff you do and don't need to know the names of them or anything since its just called Strength Training. I didn't know about this until a few days ago when reading the message board on here so mine weren't getting logged either. I think I read on here that you said you're going to get help from a personal trainer on what to do nutrient wise? If you are strength training you'll probably need more protein and there is a chance of gaining more weight when you start to build muscle but it isn't bad weight since its not fat. You'll be more toned instead of fluffy

There is a place on the Cardio Search called "Strength Training", you can log your minutes in there for whatever strength stuff you do and don't need to know the names of them or anything since its just called Strength Training. I didn't know about this until a few days ago when reading the message board on here so mine weren't getting logged either. I think I read on here that you said you're going to get help from a personal trainer on what to do nutrient wise? If you are strength training you'll probably need more protein and there is a chance of gaining more weight when you start to build muscle but it isn't bad weight since its not fat. You'll be more toned instead of fluffy

Okay cool! Thanks. My personal trainer wrote me down a meal plan, I need to be taking protein shakes but I just haven't gone and gotten them yet. I'm waiting to get paid because they are kinda expensive.

Your food diary looks like it contains very few cooked meals - might adapting your diet be a more budget friendly way to get the nutrition/protein contained in expensive protein shakes?