Having a hard time with Protein

cryingangel
cryingangel Posts: 45
edited November 8 in Food and Nutrition
I can't seem to stay under my protein. I'm going over double most days. It's usually my tuna, chicken, or fish that are the culprits. And rice too.

How would I go about getting this lower? I'm meeting my calorie goals, and everything else but the protein has me stumped.

Is going over my protein a really bad thing?

I'm fairly new to this all, please help!

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  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    The MFP recommendations for protein are ridiculously low. Don't worry about exceeding them.
  • HollyMinear
    HollyMinear Posts: 16
    I agree with Ron. I always go over and I don't eat meat.
  • cryingangel
    cryingangel Posts: 45
    Well that's a huge relief!! I was starting to get panicky because I didn't know how on earth I was going to get my protein down. Seems everything lean and healthy has a high protein count.

    I'm relieved to hear it won't kill my success at weight loss. Thanks!!
  • SparksFly460
    SparksFly460 Posts: 258
    MFP protein is set a little low IMO as well. I try to eat 80g-100g a day (depending on how much active I was)
  • kerstesaurus
    kerstesaurus Posts: 4
    I'd agree that MFP is drastically low on the protein estimations. An adult should be getting anywhere from 0.8g to 2.0g per kg. For a sedentary person it would be 0.8g, and for someone attempting to bulk muscle it should be closer to 2.0g. I usually try (try being the operative word) to aim for 1.2-1.6g per kg. This ends up being over 100g. You should keep in mind that whether you are trying to gain muscle or lose fat, increased protein intake is beneficial.
  • smithdrs64
    smithdrs64 Posts: 1
    Is there anyway to adjust the macronutrients to what you are trying to achieve with mfp? I try to keep a 50/30/20 ratio P/C/F. I usually just ignore when it says I am over or under and focus on the grams and ratio but didn't know if you could customize it.
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    The MFP recommendations for protein are ridiculously low. Don't worry about exceeding them.

    ^^, although I might add an obvious notation to the above statement.

    "As long as you stay under your goal calories."
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    Is there anyway to adjust the macronutrients to what you are trying to achieve with mfp? I try to keep a 50/30/20 ratio P/C/F. I usually just ignore when it says I am over or under and focus on the grams and ratio but didn't know if you could customize it.

    Yes...

    My Home -> Goals -> Change Goals
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