Protein: 1g per pound or kilo (of lean bodyweight)?
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Yogi_Carl
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Just a simple question (I hope) to clear up.
I have 20 pounds of excess fat to lose, but I am losing lean mass along with fat as my weight comes down, despite doing resistance exercise. I wonder if I am taking in enough protein.
I am eating 1g protein per kilo of my target lean weight at present, but should it be per pound of my target lean weight?
I have 20 pounds of excess fat to lose, but I am losing lean mass along with fat as my weight comes down, despite doing resistance exercise. I wonder if I am taking in enough protein.
I am eating 1g protein per kilo of my target lean weight at present, but should it be per pound of my target lean weight?
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you shouldn't be losing and muscle mass unless your cutting carbs or calories. to me the whole 1g of protein per pound is way to much. i have put on about 10lbs of lean muscle mass and my average protein intake is like 60 to 75gs a day no supplements. it take a long time to start losing muscle mass. i wouldn't think your losing muscle mass unless your strength is going down.0
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Thanks. In effect, I am cutting though it is not so much cutting in the bodybuilding sense, rather a case of losing about 20lbs of excess fat I have carried for years - time to get down to my ideal weight.
I guess it is inevitable that some lean mass will go with the reducing diet as well as fat.0 -
really there should be no muscle mass lost unless cutting calories and carbs a lot. that the number 1 mistake people make is when it comes to weight loss. i dont know what your diet looks like and how many calories you consume so im not sure.
check out dr.mcdougall i follow his diet plain it workouts well i lost weight with out doing anything then gained it back in muscle mass http://www.drmcdougall.com0
