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    Posts: 648 Member
    edited February 9 in Fitness and Exercise
    I'm doing the 30 Day Shred, and I just bought a protein powder today (Body Fortress Super Advanced Vanilla Whey Protein)
    but now I'm not sure how much protein I want, ideally, in a day. Any suggestions?

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    • Posts: 1,170 Member
      Just finished Jillian's level 1 second day( I do it every other day to allow muscles to rest) and use body fortress. One scoop is what I use after.

      For me depending if I need to up my daily calories or protein intake I'll do 2 scoops. Normally one though.
    • Posts: 726 Member
      I'm 5'4" 132lb, and I try to eat at least 100g per day. (Around 30% of my daily calories). I used the IIFYM calculator, and it has between 1g and 1.25g per lb of body weight as the default options.

      http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/
    • Posts: 887 Member
      Protein intakes of 1.4 – 2.0 g/kg/day for physically active individuals is not only safe, but may improve the training adaptations to exercise training.

      http://www.jissn.com/content/4/1/8
    • Posts: 1,054 Member
      Lean on the higher level of intake if you are training hard. Don't worry, it would be nearly impossible to "overdose" on protein unless you were literally spooning the powder into your mouth.
    • Posts: 34,971 Member
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets
    • Posts: 11,750 Member
      Once you've worked it out, I'd aim to get to the target mostly through food, then add the powder if you're really short on protein.

      I don't think I eat that much meat, and don't use too much protein powder, to get 190g a day...
    • Posts: 18,771 Member
      Lean on the higher level of intake if you are training hard. Don't worry, it would be nearly impossible to "overdose" on protein unless you were literally spooning the powder into your mouth.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ6fkDMwBCg

      Like this? A couple thousand grams of protein never hurt anyone...
    • Posts: 51 Member
      Here go check this calculator out it gives you a p[retty good idea of the range you need then you can tweek it to how it best suits you. Remember to enter your IDEAL bodyweight for the protein goal not your current weight to get accurate numbers.

      http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbprotein.htm

      Hope this helps.
    • Posts: 1,934 Member
      1g per lb of bodyweight is fairly standard. There is some mild evidence that more might be useful, but it's very mild. Going over doesn't hurt, though, unless you have bad kidneys. And try to get it from whole food rather than protein if possible. Hopefully you're not vegetarian. ;)
    • Posts: 1,054 Member
      show previous quotes

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ6fkDMwBCg

      Like this? A couple thousand grams of protein never hurt anyone...

      :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:

      That is something that Shoenice would do.
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