How much is too much protein for a female losing weight ?

You’re eating less than a 1000 calories per day?? I can’t speak to the protein, but that calorie level is far too low to maintain good health.

Your protein intake seems fine, but your calorie intake is not. Not getting enough energy for your body can cause a host of issues, and I would not be surprised if that could be what's causing your issue.

I am curious how you are getting that much protein on so few calories. Are you eating nothing but protein shakes? I eat a pretty heavy protein diet, and mine is around 150 grams of protein for 2000± calories a day.

Focus on eating a more diverse selection of foods, including those that are calorie dense with healthy fats. 130 grams of protein is fine, but you are crowding out other macros that your body needs.

Considering your stats, you should be losing @ 1 lb per week on average, you are losing more like 2. That means you should be eating 500 more cals per day. Eat more of anything honestly, but I'd guess you must be eating pretty low fat now, which isn't great either, so maybe focus on that.

If you are healthy, 100-130g of protein seems fine to me. But I'm no doctor and it might be a problem if you have an undiagnosed medical condition.

For a healthy person, there wouldn't be anything wrong with eating more protein than you are, as some people find protein filling, but there's no reason to force yourself to eat more if you don't want to either.

Please eat more food, and hopefully the doctor can give you some guidance and peace of mind.

nocgirl72 wrote: »

I have been saving my quest chocolate protein shake as my snack before bed. It’s only 100 calls 22g if protein 0 net carb but some days I have it as part of my breakfast. My snacks are also high protein ( fage yogurt. Or an egg or can of tuna) So is my lunch ( grilled chicken and egg) baby spinach salad dinner is either chicken breast or turkey burger and veggies.

I’m going to limit my protein shake to 1 a day as my bedtime snack it does great for sugar craving

I’m going to cut down on protein a little. This morning I had plain oatmeal with some berries.

That's really worrying that despite so many people expressing concern at how little you are eating your takeaway from this thread is to reduce something and not increase anything else.

How are you getting 100-130 grams of protein on 1000 calories or less? You're only eating the aforementioned foods? How many calories is your trainer recommending?

I'm 135-140lbs and usually eat 130+ grams of protein daily (usually around 2000 calories). My bloodwork is always normal; so higher protein diet hasnot had immediate negative impact. However, you should consult your dr regarding your bloodwork.

You need to eat more; 1000 calories and any form of training is a recipe for burnout.

nocgirl72 wrote: »

Hi checking in. I went to see my friends new baby tonight and she’s a nurse. She noticed I’ve lost weight ( always nice) and she asked what I’ve been doing. I mentioned high protein and working out and I mentioned I was concerned with kidney function with my GFR being 53. I do not have all. My blood test results my DR said he mailed them Sonos I have to go pick them up but she said it’s most likely the high protein and my GFR should be at least 60. Eek. So I need to change up my eating and lower protein and eat more good carbs.

According to MFP weight loss calculator I should be eating 1200 calories, 150 carbs ( seems high). Under 40g of fat. I’m under all that today easily but my sugar is higher than usual because I had a banana for breakfast. Raspberries for part snack. Some strawberries for part of my lunch. I gave my sugar limit set at 20g but right now I’m at 40.

I’m going to eat less protein in morning, and eat more food carbs in am so I can keep my protein under 100g a day. More likely 90g. I’ll see what the kidney dr says Monday.

Fat goal is, IMO, better understood as a minimum, not a maximum. The issue is that fat is high in calories (9 calories per gram of the macro itself, vs. 4 for either of carbs or protein, or 7 for alcohol). But extra fat within your calorie goal is fine.

There's also nothing wrong with 150g carbs. I eat 200g most days, in year 3 of maintenance, and wasn't far below that in the latter stages of weight loss. Inherent sugar (sugar nature put there, as in fruit and no-sugar-added dairy) is generally not a problem, according to maintstream health experts. The problem comes in with added sugar, which can drive nutrition out of one's diet (if one is sticking to a calorie goal) or drive calories to a surplus (if one is getting adequate nutrition elsewhere). That's because added sugar is somewhat calorie-dense, but nutrition-poor.

Fruit and dairy are nutrient dense, so the amount of sugar they contain is a non-issue, as long as you're getting enough fats and protein, not just fruit. (I understand that you're trying to reduce protein. I still think you should not over-react until you talk to a specialist, but eating a little less protein for now - like 90g - won't hurt you, as long as you don't try to completely eliminate it.)

BTW, 1200 calories isn't very many. MFP's calculator doesn't just "tell you things", it bases calculations on the weight loss rate you said you wanted to achieve (X pounds a week). 1200 can still be too few calories, if you asked for an weight loss rate that's too aggressive for your current size. Under-eating, something that it sounds like you have possibly been doing previously (at 1000 calories!). I'd suggest that you tell your kidney doctor honestly how many calories you've been eating, as that possibly could be relevant to diagnosis.

This is a good article about eating 1200 calories; I recommend you read and consider it:

https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/