I'm eating too much protein

bizzyeck
bizzyeck Posts: 45 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
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

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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    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
    bizzyeck Posts: 45 Member
    Can you point me in the direction to make that change for myself also?
  • olsondre
    olsondre Posts: 198 Member
    You aren't eating too much, no need to worry
  • HeidiHoMom
    HeidiHoMom Posts: 1,393 Member
    I eat 30% protein.

    WAY more than what MFP recommends which is pretty low.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    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
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    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
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Can you point me in the direction to make that change for myself also?

    Go to goals, choose custom.
  • CristinaL1983
    CristinaL1983 Posts: 1,119 Member
    Can you point me in the direction to make that change for myself also?

    In "Home" go to "goals" "change" "custom"
  • bizzyeck
    bizzyeck Posts: 45 Member
    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
    erg2013 Posts: 84 Member
    I aim for at least 100 grams a day

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