Insane amount of protein!

That's pretty high. I also have some trouble making my goal of 120g. I have about 4oz of meat/poultry/fish at all 3 meals, which gets me close. To make up the difference I'm figuring out some options, e.g., cheese, yogurt, edamame, quest bars

where are you getting your macro calculations? What is your reasoning? There is no universally ideal macro ratio...you can set them to be whatever you want them to be.

I try to get anywhere from 0.8 - 1g per Lb of LBM which gives me a range of around 115 - 145...so I'm cool if I'm anywhere in there. I don't think you need 155 g...most women do just fine if they're getting over 100 grams.

Serah87 wrote: »

You should eat .8 to 1 gram of protein per lean body mass weight.
Here is a calculator to get an estimate of what your lean body mass is:

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/lean-body-mass

1g per pound of LEAN body mass is the recommendation. Typically 30% protein is pretty much spot on.

lauraldrum wrote: »

My macros calculations indicate that I should be eating 155g of protein daily. How is this even possible??? I'd have to be consuming mass quantities of animal protein (Bc Im doing low carb). I can't seem to get above 75 even with protein shakes. Help!

Your protein is likely a bit high -- like others have said, around a gram per lean body mass (your weight - your body fat) is reasonable. 155g however isn't an insane amount of protein -- my protein powder is around 25g per scoop. A shake with two scoops is then 50g, leaving you 105g left to eat -- which is what, like 1.25lb of chicken over the course of the day?

If that's your current weight (or thereabouts) in your profile pic, 155g doesn't sound insanely high. Probably in the ballpark of the .8-1g/LBM rate. You can hit at least 100g without any meat.

For example, all of the following foods are great protein sources, and are not meat:

Greek yogurt (21-22g per cup serving)
Protein powder (not too hard to find ones in the 25-30g/scoop range)
Whole eggs (2 whole eggs = 12-15g protein)
Egg whites (26g per 1 cup raw)
Legumes (pinto and black beans, e.g. 15g/cup serving)

If you eat one serving as listed of everything on that list daily, that's 103g protein. If you eat plenty of whole grains, potatoes, and veggies, the plant proteins in those can easily exceed 20g daily. You're just left w/ 30g to fill in with a piece of meat (for variety, fish and seafood for a change of pace), or extra servings of above.

ETA: Sorry, I totally missed that you're doing low-carb, so the whole grains and potatoes suggestion obviously doesn't apply to you. But still, eating lots of non-starchy veggies w/ high fiber content (forgive my ignorance, low-carb means subtract fiber from carb counts, right?) is good for incidental protein sources other than meat, and should fit in a low carb guideline.

lauraldrum wrote: »

Elise4270 wrote: »

Ya that's unrealistic. Check out iifym.com.

I did - that's how I determined my calculations.

At 235 pounds, 155 seems about right. My goal is 1800 and my protein goal is 133g (I'm 133 pounds so it's probably overkill though). Just eat more meat, Greek yogurt, cheese... Heck I haven't had dinner yet and I'm already at 130g of protein (granted, I had two bowls of protein pudding). But it's doable without that too. My diary is open if you want to see how I get there (I went over my calories quite a bit last week but this week is pretty much spot on).

dayismd wrote: »

Can somone help me please. I dont know how i can figure out the protein, carbs and fat i should eat. Im 5'6 and i weight 143 now. I work out 5 days a week. Im working a lot on loosing weight but in a healthy way.

There's no set amount you should eat. For the most part, what you're eating isn't as important as how much you're eating. Focus now on keeping your calories under goal. Once you get that down pat you can work on tweaking your macro percentages.

I don't know what that is from (the "Figure 1:2" macro chart), but that's some really inappropriate calorie numbers. *I* (or any woman) should eat b/w 990-1235 calories a day? Now THAT is insane (FTR, I lose on 1900/day, maintain on ~2200 @ 137lbs).

Can't seem to be able to quote that image because the image is in the way, but that's for someone of normal weight... not overweight or obese.

Francl27 wrote: »

Can't seem to be able to quote that image because the image is in the way, but that's for someone of normal weight... not overweight or obese.

I am of normal weight - 5'7" 154#.
If I eat 1235 calories, I'll be below my BMR, lose my muscle that I've worked hard for, and chew someone's head off.

This is all just personal opinion, but depending on what your total calorie goal looks like, 155g isn't necessarily that hard to fit in. When I'm selecting foods, I'll frequently look at a gram of protein/calorie ratio. The more total calories you have to work with, the easier it will be to fit in that protein.

I don't personally consider that to be "mass quantities" but that's just me. If you have 3 meals a day, try getting in 50g of protein in. For perspective, i think that would be like eating a little over 9oz of chicken breast in every meal--to say nothing of other sources of protein throughout the day. Seems doable to me, but it's possible that I'm just used to it.