Eating to much Protein

I just started with Myfitness pal and I am able to stay under the required calories but I go over in protein every day. I know protein is good for you but if I keep going over, will that cause me to not lose weight?

As long as you're under on calories you're totally good.

I just started with Myfitness pal and I am able to stay under the required calories but I go over in protein every day. I know protein is good for you but if I keep going over, will that cause me to not lose weight?

One way to measure how much protein you need daily:

Daily protein intake in grams per your lean muscle mass. So if you have 120 lbs of lean mass, you should take in 120grams.

It's also recommended that you take in a bit more protein when you're on a low carb diet.

I've been wondering this too. I just started MFP about 2.5 weeks ago and I seem to go over on protein almost every day. I don't think I really eat that much meat -- usually turkey or tuna sandwich or salad with chicken for lunch and chicken or other lean meat for dinner -- I guess I'm getting a lot from Greek yogurt, dairy products, my granola bars have added protein, etc. I'm losing weight, but I also worried more from a health standpoint what too much protein does to your body. I'll definitely up the water intake to help process it through. That's good advice and something I need to do more of anyway.

This is really helpful. I'm doing strength training and I have been going over my protein on MFP daily. I will adjust my profile settings as well. Thanks for the info!

This calculator ( http://www.freedieting.com/tools/nutrient_calculator.htm ) gives you some often-used distributions, or you can tweak it to your liking. I personally am following a Zone distribution of 40%/30%/30% because I need the slower burn from the protein to sustain me. It also helps if you're doing a lot of vigorous activity or strength training.

Thank you for this!! I've been running into the low protein estimate, too, and it's been driving me nuts because with my 1200 calorie limit it pretty much means I can only eat meat once a day. I switched to 50/25/25; hopefully that will be better!

This calculator ( http://www.freedieting.com/tools/nutrient_calculator.htm ) gives you some often-used distributions, or you can tweak it to your liking. I personally am following a Zone distribution of 40%/30%/30% because I need the slower burn from the protein to sustain me. It also helps if you're doing a lot of vigorous activity or strength training.

Thank you for this!! I've been running into the low protein estimate, too, and it's been driving me nuts because with my 1200 calorie limit it pretty much means I can only eat meat once a day. I switched to 50/25/25; hopefully that will be better!

I commend you on your high protein goals! Although it's a bit concerning when you say that you can only have meat once a day... you may want to take a look at the quality of your protein. I eat 6 meals a day, and i have protein with each one of them! Sometimes we need to give up the super tasty ones (beef, bacon, sausages) and replace them with the cleaner ones (egg whites, chicken breast, greek yourt, lean pork) - that can still be tasty with a little spice!

All calories come from either protein, carbs, and fat. 1g of protein has 4 calories, 1g of carbs 4 cal, and 1g of fat 9 cal. This means you can eat more if you food is high in protein and low in fat! Although carbs and protein are equal gram for gram, they react differently in our body than just the calories they provide. Carbs are quicker released energy that are burned off quickly, and leave you feeling hungry sooner after the quick drop when they're burned up. That's why you should make your carbs whole grain or come from veggies. Also, it's very easy to wrack up carbs and add up the calories so foods low in carbs and fat but high in protein tend to be larger servings. It is essential to get all three; fat (endurence fuel) helps you stay fuller longer.

Insoluable fiber provides no calories, but it is undigestible bulk that will help you feel full. No wonder people think it tastes like cardboard! You don't have to eat fiber pills and fiber one to get enough fiber, just check the nutrition lable and pick the product higher in fiber or with added fiber.

Eating "too much" protein wont inhibit your weight loss. Essentialy a calorie is a calorie and if you burn more calories than you take in then you'll loose weight. How you feel while dieting and loosing this weight is dependent on where you get your calories from... protein vs fat vs carbs! I choose high protein, low fat, and whole grain carbs so that I can eat more and feel fulelr longer!

Happy dieting!