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I eat 3,000 calories a day with 40% of my calories coming from protein. The key is to do bulk meal prep at the beginning of each week and eat a lot of chicken a

by cardine 10y ago

I eat 3,000 calories a day with 40% of my calories coming from protein. The key is to do bulk meal prep at the beginning of each week and eat a lot of chicken and seafood. I have two packed lunches for today - one is homemade cashew chicken, and the other one is a homemade turkey sandwich. Supplement that with a couple whey protein shakes throughout the day and you can hit 40% protein easily.

misev 10y ago
Why 40% in particular? 300 grams of protein per day, every day, sounds incredible (~1.5kg lean meat), is there some science explaining the effects of such amounts of protein?
- cardine 10y ago
  My actual calorie/macro amounts vary based on whether I am trying to bulk/cut/maintain. Two weeks ago I just finished a cut where I was losing 1.5 lbs/week eating 2200 calories/day and I was at 40% protein. I lost 25 lbs during that time - although probably 80% of the weight I lost was fat, I also lost some muscle and a lot of strength. I imagine my strength loss would have been even worse if my protein wasn't that high. So right now I'm trying to find my calorie level where I can get back to gaining muscle and this time I'm going to try to gain as little fat as possible. This is extremely hard to do - if you are eating just too little you'll be wasting workouts, and if you are eating just too much you'll find yourself putting on a lot of fat (and then being forced to lose 25 lbs). So I want to stay as clean as possible while finding my target calorie level. Once I find that level in the next couple of weeks I will dial it back down to 30% protein.
- enraged_camel 10y ago
  For someone who is bulking, the "street science" says 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body weight is sufficient. So unless the parent weighs 400 lbs, 300 grams of protein is a gross overkill. Your body cannot metabolize that much protein. Of course, some people are in the "better to have too much protein than too little" camp, which I guess works. But it's not a requirement by any means.

by cardine 10y ago

misev 10y ago

Why 40% in particular? 300 grams of protein per day, every day, sounds incredible (~1.5kg lean meat), is there some science explaining the effects of such amounts of protein?

cardine 10y ago
My actual calorie/macro amounts vary based on whether I am trying to bulk/cut/maintain. Two weeks ago I just finished a cut where I was losing 1.5 lbs/week eating 2200 calories/day and I was at 40% protein. I lost 25 lbs during that time - although probably 80% of the weight I lost was fat, I also lost some muscle and a lot of strength. I imagine my strength loss would have been even worse if my protein wasn't that high. So right now I'm trying to find my calorie level where I can get back to gaining muscle and this time I'm going to try to gain as little fat as possible. This is extremely hard to do - if you are eating just too little you'll be wasting workouts, and if you are eating just too much you'll find yourself putting on a lot of fat (and then being forced to lose 25 lbs). So I want to stay as clean as possible while finding my target calorie level. Once I find that level in the next couple of weeks I will dial it back down to 30% protein.
enraged_camel 10y ago
For someone who is bulking, the "street science" says 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body weight is sufficient. So unless the parent weighs 400 lbs, 300 grams of protein is a gross overkill. Your body cannot metabolize that much protein. Of course, some people are in the "better to have too much protein than too little" camp, which I guess works. But it's not a requirement by any means.