Protein & Lean Muscle Mass

Hi.

The RDA rexommends .08 grams per kilogram which is measured against healthy body weight. Infants, children and atgletes require more as well as those not considered to be at a healthy body weight. so you woild require at least 100 grams of protein per day. Lean muscle mass can be determined by subtracting your body fat from your actual weight. As you lose weight and increase physical activity and stregth training ou will also be increasing yout basal metabolic rate which will help accelerate thermagenesis ...how efficiently your body burns energy .
hope this helps teri

Thanks for the replies,

I actually have 2 fat-monitor scales; a Tanita & a Omron
The Tanita gives Weight & FAT
The Omron has a handle to hold too & gives Weight, Fat, Muscle & Visceral Fat.

[weight]*(1-BF%) = lean body mass (in pounds)
Aim for 1.1-5g/pound of lean body mass. If you are lifting weights, make it closer to 1.5.
RDA is way too low, and this has been widely acknowledged in the medical community for years.

Either measure should be fine. The Omron scales register body fat about 3% high (they are extremely accurate other than that, though), so if you're seeing a difference between the Tanita and the Omron, the Tanita is the one I'd trust. As a note, handheld Omron BF meters don't have that issue, but aren't as accurate.

Lol and yes a typo! Thanks! I have a spectrum.and have the hardest time with auto correct/and seeing what i.type . itits horrible so please forgive
At least the calculatuons were approximate

I agree that you should be closer to th 1.5 for protein especially when strength training. i just referenced RDA b/c I'm.not aware of any other recommended health agency's or govt entities that state otherwise as of yet. but i do agree and know that many of the RDA are thought to be under on a lot of nutrients. as far aa lean body mass, i gave the end result formula BW-FAT = lean body mass. Course the best methods are not easily.or affordable to the the mass population such as DEXA body scan.


weight]*(1-BF%) = lean body mass (in pounds)
Aim for 1.1-5g/pound of lean body mass. If you are lifting weights, make it closer to 1.5.
RDA is way too low, and this has been widely acknowledged in the medical community for years.

Either measure should be fine. The Omron scales register body fat about 3% high (they are extremely accurate other than that, though), so if you're seeing a difference between the Tanita and the Omron, the Tanita is the one I'd trust. As a note, handheld Omron BF meters don't have that issue, but aren't as accurate.
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[weight]*(1-BF%) = lean body mass (in pounds)

So let me get this right, bygoing by this I need quite a lot.?

weight = 269.5lbs
%BFat = 39

[269.5]*(1-0.39) = 164.4g Protein or 1.64.4*1.5 = 246.60

:-o

Is that right ??

Given that you are a bit larger, you should be fine on relatively lower protein intake vs someone who is quite lean. I'd still recommend shooting for a minimum of 1g/lb lean mass which would put you around the 165g figure that you got above.

See here for supplementary info:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121703981