Protein intake

alisha232
alisha232 Posts: 43 Member
edited October 24 in Health and Weight Loss
Iafter a few weeks of tracking my diet and fitness I realized I am always low on protein. I have researched the value of protein and decided to give protein shakes a go specifically gold standard whey products. Does anyone have experience with this. I am unsure if I need to take this more than once a day. Each packet contains 24 g protein. In addition I eat a lot of carbs, is it beneficial to cut my number of carbs down.

One last thing

Do you create a cheat day or special treat for meeting a goal. I always crave energy drinks, would love one every once in a while

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  • crazyasadaizy
    crazyasadaizy Posts: 7
    I always go over my allowed protein intake everyday....not sure if this has a detrimental affect on my weight or not!! I find that most of it comes from meat....are you vegetarian or vegan?
  • Fergie2154
    Fergie2154 Posts: 59
    1 to 1.5 gram of protein per lean body mass.. (google lean body mass calculators to get your number)

    Rough Example: if your goal is to get down to 140 lbs, with approx 116 of that is LBM.. then you should intake about 116 - 140 grams of protein per day.

    adding 2 protein shakes as a snack along with your 3 balanced meals....you will get the protein you need daily.

    try to eat your meals about 2.5 to 3 hours apart.

    carry a plastic hand shaker with you (get if from GNC) and a bottle of cold water so you can mix your protein shake no matter where you are when it is snack time.
  • alisha232
    alisha232 Posts: 43 Member
    No. I'm not a big fan of meat though. I'm still new to learning about being healthy. From the research I've done people who consume whey protein have a little leverage when it comes to weight loss, but when to take it seems to be the issue.
  • alisha232
    alisha232 Posts: 43 Member
    1 to 1.5 gram of protein per lean body mass.. (google lean body mass calculators to get your number)

    Rough Example: if your goal is to get down to 140 lbs, with approx 116 of that is LBM.. then you should intake about 116 - 140 grams of protein per day.

    adding 2 protein shakes as a snack along with your 3 balanced meals....you will get the protein you need daily.

    try to eat your meals about 2.5 to 3 hours apart.

    carry a plastic hand shaker with you (get if from GNC) and a bottle of cold water so you can mix your protein shake no matter where you are when it is snack time.

    Thank you for the reply. I will look into that.
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