Does protein make you fat?

Hey everyone!

I'm in a journey to lose weight... maybe about 16 lbs.!
I'm 25 years old and I currently weigh 150 lbs.... height is about 164cm so I’m overweight and truth hurts!

At the moment, I am limiting my calories intake to 1200kcal and doing 30 mins of cardio twice / 3 times a week - I hate exercising so I do stuff that I enjoy like skipping, playing futsal or badminton every week.
I also take meal replacement in the afternoon! So that is about 200 kcal. It has about 15gm of protein in it. So some of my friends are saying that protein can make you fat if you are not exercising. So I’m quite worried about this. I don’t really exercise every day you see… So does that mean I can’t take my shake?

My reasoning: A woman needs about 46gm of protein in her daily diet. I don’t really enjoy food with high protein and I don’t really eat them. So I feel my shake is helping me to get enough protein. So I feel it’s ok. But I may be wrong!
So is it really a bad idea to take protein?

A woman would need 46g of protein if she weighed 56 pounds, otherwise, that is an extremely deficient protein intake...

A woman would need 46g of protein if she weighed 56 pounds, otherwise, that is an extremely deficient protein intake...

can i just ask? i only work out like 2 / 3 times a week - and there are just light exercises like skipping and playing sports. so when i calculate my protein requirement (kg * 0.8).. my protein requirement is only like 55 gm! (tell me if i'm wrong with my calculation... i read this online)
how is that you say 46 is way too little for me? it's lower than 54 of course but that's not a huge difference tho..

.8 grams of protein Per kg of BW is fine I would probably aim for a least 1.1g of protein per body weight though

A lot of people are under the impression that you need 1gram of protein per lb for optimum hypertrophy but its not true. Make sure you hit that minimum value though.