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I just eat whatever I want and if some protein happens to be in it, good.
I don't really like bad food anyway so I'm very healthy.
I don't really like bad food anyway so I'm very healthy.
So I've been thinking a bit about protein lately.
We've pretty much worked out now that eating fat doesn't instantly mean that it goes to your fat stores. It goes through a denature process that is then used as energy by the body (I think... not a scientist). But what about protein. Conventional wisdom is that you need protein to build muscle (1 gram per pound is a ratio I hear a lot), but wouldn't proteins be broken down the same way fat does? I'm thinking of those chunky sheep I have in my top paddock who eat zero grams of protein a day, but they still have a lot of meat on them.
In my bro days I used to try and get about 180-200 grams per day, both through supps and eating meat. These days I don't really watch how much I'm taking in. I'll usually have 1-2 meat meals a day, and occasionally have a protein drink as a meal replacement, but I doubt I'm getting anywhere near what I used to take in. The one thing I do watch is how much sugar I eat, and I avoid bread.
Thing is, I look better these days than I did when I was younger. I do a lot more compound lifts and HIIT sessions now whereas back then it used to be all about the 12x3 iso movements.
So how much do you guys take in? Do you find it helps, or just makes you fart more?
I love protein shakes, but they tend to cause major bloat.
I've used a few of these, pretty damn tasty.
https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/50-best-protein-shake-and-smoothie-recipes.html
I recently got the beef protein powder. Not sure what I think of it yet, though. Beef is my go to food, but it's different.Used a couple of these with my guys (HS wrestling coach and S&C coach for the school) and banana almond is the shit. I add some dark chocolate to it and it is unbelievable.
I laugh at how every bro is so obsessed with protein.
I’d say 1-1.2g per lb of bodyweight is a good place to start. I always like to vary protein sources too... Impact Whey, chicken, beef, fish etc so you get different amino acid profiles.
1-1,5 just seems like way too much. I weigh around 200 lbs, then I would have to eat 200-300 grams of protein a day. That just seems excessive and unnecessary.It depends on what you're currently doing.
Cutting= 1-1.5 grams per lb of BW
Bulking/recomp= 0.6-0.8 grams per lb of LBM
That being said for me I think a good place to be is 0.8 per lb of LBM
I weigh just <45kg. My height is 150cm. I usually just eat normally. But I find that I have leaner muscle on 6 eggs per day + carbs + minimal vegetable oil.
I've been drinking quite a lot of milk. I don't drink whey powder anymore because I've realized that the protein to carb ratio is too small. Whey made me fat. So, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
I prefer eggs, fish and chicken for protein. I never eat soy anymore. It's not worth it because it causes hormonal fluctuations. Not good.
If it weren't winter and I didn't crave hot chocolate, I would cut out milk. I hate how milk bloats me and makes my body all swollen-like. It's not a myth that milk makes you fat.
So six eggs a day is best for me. But, the taste of eggs gets so sickening and I'm scared of all the unnatural ways farmers produce these large eggs. I try to buy good grade eggs, though.
You've called yourself 'Myprotein'. Don't tell me you are someone that works for that company are you?If assisted you’d benefit from up to 1.5 grams per lb of bodyweight due to increased protein synthesis.
Otherwise overeating Protein is just an expensive, inefficient way of creating energy (gluconeogenesis).