how bad is being over on your recommended protein level?

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  • HkprettyInPink
    HkprettyInPink Posts: 1 Member
    How do you calculate what your daily Protein intake should be? I really want to cut most of my carbs out and figure out what my protein should be.. Thank you..
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    How to Calculate Your Protein Needs:

    1. Weight in pounds divided by 2.2 = weight in kg
    2. Weight in kg x 0.8-1.8 gm/kg = protein gm.

    Use a lower number if you are in good health and are sedentary (i.e., 0.8). Use a higher number (between 1 and 1.8) if you are under stress, are pregnant, are recovering from an illness, or if you are involved in consistent and intense weight or endurance training.

    Example: 154 lb male who is a regular exerciser and lifts weights
    154 lbs/2.2 = 70kg
    70kg x 1.5 = 105 gm protein/day

    Calculating Protein as a Percentage of Total Calories

    Another way to calculate how much protein you need is by using daily calorie intake and the percentage of calories that will come from protein. To do this, you'll need to know how many calories your body needs each day.

    ^^this.

    People are often confusing the 1g per kg of body mass as, in the US, we use lbs for weight, but grams for the target. This works out to be approx. 0.45g per lb at the low end and approx. 0.8g per lb at the top end.
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    For every gram you are over, you will gain a pound.

    I'm pretty sure this was an intentional joke
    You're so wrong! You can eat as much as you want! Your body can only handle so much protein. You just pee out the rest, unlike carbs.


    Unfortunately, this wasn't (although the assertion is equally laughable).

    It was a joke. I actually saw someone on here claim that extra protein calories don't count because you just pee out what you don't use.
  • Erica27511
    Erica27511 Posts: 490 Member
    For every gram you are over, you will gain a pound.

    This explains why I gain 18lbs a day!!!
    *smack head* DOH!
    :wink:
  • momma3sweetgirls
    momma3sweetgirls Posts: 743 Member
    I always aim to have my protein and fiber 'in the red'. Meaning, I purposely eat more than the recommended fiber and protein. Research (Google) calculators that will help you determine how many grams of protein you need for your size and you can always adjust it in MFP.
  • Lynn_SD
    Lynn_SD Posts: 83 Member
    Funny, I was just about to adjust my protein intake. Looks like the default MFP settings are for protein intake being only 15% of total caloric intake.
  • ARDuBaie
    ARDuBaie Posts: 378 Member
    For every gram you are over, you will gain a pound.

    No necessarily.

    The amount of protein you should eat depends on how much and what type of exercise you are doing. If you are doing general exercise which does not break down muscle, like weight lifting, women general should eat anywhere between 55 and 65 grams a day. If you are working out hard, maybe using the elliptical and burning 500 or more, you may want to increase that. If you are weight lifting, you will want over 100 grams a day.

    I eat around 100-120 grams a day, but I am weight lifting three times a week.

    In the end, how much you eat depends on what kind of activity you are do and how often.

    A calorie is a calorie, although some foods are better for you than others. Protein is good for your body because it is a building block for the cells.

    Since weight gain is due to too many calories in versus what is burned, where the calories come from does not matter. Thus, you will not gain a pound for every gram over.
  • 714rah714
    714rah714 Posts: 759 Member
    For every gram you are over, you will gain a pound.
    More like two pounds
  • roddi7997
    roddi7997 Posts: 14 Member
    MFPs numbers are way too low..i more than double the recommended protein every day. If you want to get leaner you need to up your protein intake...saying extra protein will cause you to gain weight is like saying that if you drink more than your recommended 8 glasses of water will cause you to gain weight
  • holliph
    holliph Posts: 88 Member
    just so everyone is aware there is such thing as too much protein! it is called rhabdomylosis. Here is a link that will explain more about it. It is extremely painful. I went through this last summer I thought I had refractured my femur bone when we got airborne. Longest most painful flight for me. I was in the hospital for weeks and crutches for months again! What my orthopedist thought caused it? My high protein diet along with my cross fit workout routine and excessive running (especially in extreme elevation we were at Big Bear California for a week). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001505/

    So please be careful and always consult with your doctor if you are ever in doubt!
  • trkinsley
    trkinsley Posts: 124 Member
    Orthopedists don't manage rhabdomyolysis. That does NOT result from excessive protein intake. It's from excessive myoglobin from muscle breakdown, which can happen with certain medications as well as things like running marathons without adequate hydration.

    So, your orthopedist is no doubt skilled at fixing bones, but he hasn't been dealing with rhabdomyolysis since he was a medical student.
  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    Orthopedists don't manage rhabdomyolysis. That does NOT result from excessive protein intake. It's from excessive myoglobin from muscle breakdown, which can happen with certain medications as well as things like running marathons without adequate hydration.


    If she'd actually read the link she posted she would know that already.
  • chinaroad
    chinaroad Posts: 10 Member
    How do you change the macro settings on MFP?
    Nevermind, I found it :)
  • StarkLark
    StarkLark Posts: 476 Member
    For every gram you are over, you will gain a pound.
    BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

    This is a test. bm99 is conducting a test of the your sarcasm detectors. This is only a test.

    BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
  • StarkLark
    StarkLark Posts: 476 Member
    For every gram you are over, you will gain a pound.
    More like two pounds
    This concludes the weekly test. We now return you to your regularly scheduled postings.
  • sarahsxt
    sarahsxt Posts: 66
    For every gram you are over, you will gain a pound.

    Say whom??? Considering a lb is thought to be 3500 calories and a 1 g of protein is about 4 calories???

    Trolled.
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    For every gram you are over, you will gain a pound.

    You're so wrong! You can eat as much as you want! Your body can only handle so much protein. You just pee out the rest, unlike carbs.

    He was trolling, but just so you know...in the body, protien gets broken down into peptides which then turn into amino acids. Your body takes what it needs to build up its protien stores then converts the rest to fats and sugars. Sugars go to the blood stream and other organs, and some of it is stored in the liver as glycogen. What is left gets turned into fat. Fat goes to the blood stream, then the liver where some of it is burned and the rest turns into cholesterol.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Orthopedists don't manage rhabdomyolysis. That does NOT result from excessive protein intake. It's from excessive myoglobin from muscle breakdown, which can happen with certain medications as well as things like running marathons without adequate hydration.


    If she'd actually read the link she posted she would know that already.

    Yeah - I do not see 'eating too much protein' as a risk factor in the link
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    Orthopedists don't manage rhabdomyolysis. That does NOT result from excessive protein intake. It's from excessive myoglobin from muscle breakdown, which can happen with certain medications as well as things like running marathons without adequate hydration.


    If she'd actually read the link she posted she would know that already.

    Yeah - I do not see 'eating too much protein' as a risk factor in the link

    Most people can't really get too much protien. MFP sets it WAY too low. You can get too much protien, but if you are getting anywhere from 90-150g per day (body builders and heavy athletics need more), then you are fine.
  • Rommel_V
    Rommel_V Posts: 25 Member
    1 gram carb = 4 calories
    1 gram protein = 4 calories
    1 gram Fat = 9 calories

    I'd rather have more protein in exchange of fat! Just do the math! :D
  • texastango
    texastango Posts: 309
    Two things here......first..a normal protein intake is 1.0 grams of protein per Kilogram weight (1 kilo = 2.2 lbs). So that would be roughly half your weight. This figure should increase depending on the type of activity

    Aerobic 1.2 - 1.4 grams per kilo
    Resistance Training 1.4 - 1.8 grams per kilo

    Some people will tell you up to 2.0 grams per kilo

    All this assumes normal kidney function ..because protein can be toxic if your kidneys are not funtioning correctly. Pre-dialysis patients are put on a diet of 0.8 grams per kilo till they are on dialysis and then it's raised to 1.0 grams per kilo.

    An alternative way to figure protein intake is up the normal 15 percent of calories that MFP recommends to up to 30 percent. To do this you need to know that 1 gram of protein = 4 calories. So if your calorie requirement was 1200 calories...10 percent is 120, so 20 percent is 240 calories protein, 30 percent = 360 calories from protein. Divide 360 calories by 4 cal/gram protein = 90 grams protein (which is about 2.0 grams per kilo per day)....this is a "max amount" for that calorie count.
  • ChristineDiet
    ChristineDiet Posts: 719 Member
    I aim for as much protein as possible and have custom set it to 40%. If I go over, then I would be very happy! x

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