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Girl, I went to my doctor and asked for help. Physicians these days will throw pills at high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, anxiety, depression, etc etc, all these issues caused by being overweight, so I thought, "Surely there is a safe prescription pill that can assist in weight loss? There's a pill for…

Thank you! That's super helpful!

Also, if I track a workout it bumps up my calories, thus increasing my protein intake. I don't necessarily want that but haven't been able to find a way to turn it off... I'd prefer to not eat my workout calories!

Haha![quote= If you're worried about eating a steak out and getting enough protein, you're doing steak wrong... :wink: [/quote]

I have set the tracker to a goal of 40% protein, 30% carbs and 30% fats at a 1 lb per week weight loss. This put me at 146 grams of protein per day....

The goal was to be able to get an estimate BEFORE consumption. Without a scale. And all the little "tricks" that we have been taught measure in oz (piece of meat the size of the palm of your hand = 4 oz, a fat the size of your thumb = 1 oz, etc.). Also, if I go out to eat, I can't order a 78 gram steak...

Lol, stevencloser had said that most meat by weight is 20-25% protein. So I used that math to get the 35.37 amount. OK, so if I use the 7 grams of protein per ounce rule, then I have to eat even more... Ugh. How do you do this and not go over calories???

By strict weight, 1 oz = 28.3 grams so, 5 oz venison = 141.5 grams 25% of 141.5 = 35.37 Apparently, venison has a protein content, so 5 oz venison = 42 oz protein... I am going to use the estimate that 1 oz. protein = 8 grams protein per food item... This seems to be what most websites are calculating...

Thank you! That's very helpful. I came up with this little guy during my Google research - I am hoping it helps...

Yes, I need to know (roughly) how many ounces of protein to eat at each meal to hit my grams needed per day. I've found a few resources that give different measurements for cheese, nuts, beans, meat, and milk to equate to 1 oz of protein... I summary, I need a cheat sheet so I don't have to drag a food scale around with me.

Is something off with their calculating system? That was the conversion for the venison...

I am looking back at how they are calculating the protein from what I've been eating, and I am finding an 8-1 ratio (8 grams for each ounce of protein). For example, my 5 oz of venison today was 42 grams of protein... This seems much more accurate... it would put me at around 18 ounces of protein per day, or roughly 6…

Alrighty, so I am hearing.... start using a food scale, and measure/weigh EVERYTHING that goes into my mouth! DONE! Thank ya'll so much! Now... any suggestions on a good/cheap food scale to purchase? Digital? Old school? What works best for you guys? :-)

I set my goal at 1300, but I'll eat around 1500 daily. 1300 leaves me hungry, it's no lie... I'm currently at 190 lbs, and a size 16 - I'd like to get to a size 10-12, but weight really doesn't matter to me. I do consume a healthy amount of sugar (its my Achilles heel), so I am trying to slowly eliminate it from my daily…

I hate my "mommy body". And I don't think any moms should get a free pass to be unhealthy because there's a new trend supporting "loving your mommy body". There's a difference between curves and obese, ladies... :-/ .....I've never said that out loud.....

Fast food! I seem to have a "detox" period when I quit eating fast food, and my body craves it more - then after 3 weeks, I don't want it anymore. But, if I give in, then I have the cravings again, and have to start all over. So no fast food for this girl! :-)