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millypoo128
millypoo128 Posts: 8
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How much protein you aim for each day? I find when I eat mostly protein, I lose quickly and my muscle starts showing. Can you eat too much protein?

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  • ThePhoenixIsRising
    ThePhoenixIsRising Posts: 781 Member
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    How much? ~1g per lb of LBM
    Can you eat too much? Yes! If it stops you from getting the other essential micros and macros in your diet, or you have a medical issue.
  • millypoo128
    millypoo128 Posts: 8
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    ThePhoenixIsRising wrote: »
    How much? ~1g per lb of LBM
    Can you eat too much? Yes! If it stops you from getting the other essential micros and macros in your diet, or you have a medical issue.


    Just to clarify- if you weigh 130 lbs you should aim for 130 grams of protein?
  • shaumom
    shaumom Posts: 1,003 Member
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    Yeah, you can get too much protein, but it's a pretty high amount. This wikipedia article talks about if you don't get enough fat and too much protein, but some of the information is applicable to too much protein in general
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation
  • ThePhoenixIsRising
    ThePhoenixIsRising Posts: 781 Member
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    millypoo128 wrote: »
    ThePhoenixIsRising wrote: »
    How much? ~1g per lb of LBM
    Can you eat too much? Yes! If it stops you from getting the other essential micros and macros in your diet, or you have a medical issue.


    Just to clarify- if you weigh 130 lbs you should aim for 130 grams of protein?

    No, 130lbs - bodyfat lbs = lean body mass

    130lbs -20%bf = 104
  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
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    ThePhoenixIsRising wrote: »
    millypoo128 wrote: »
    ThePhoenixIsRising wrote: »
    How much? ~1g per lb of LBM
    Can you eat too much? Yes! If it stops you from getting the other essential micros and macros in your diet, or you have a medical issue.


    Just to clarify- if you weigh 130 lbs you should aim for 130 grams of protein?

    No, 130lbs - bodyfat lbs = lean body mass

    130lbs -20%bf = 104

    ^this
  • millypoo128
    millypoo128 Posts: 8
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    Thanks!

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