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I aim for 1.5g/kg and don’t eat meat most days. I need to actively plan to meet that protein intake. I don’t use meat substitutes if I can help it, but they do

• forgetfulness 4y ago
  Getting enough protein to meet the needs to sustain exercise is pretty awkward without substitutes in our sedentary lives. It'd have probably been easier to manage when we didn't have to put hours of intense exercise in bursts to compensate for working in offices and stores, and instead did physical labor. Eating lots of legumes and groats to fulfill protein needs is more viable if the calories are needed for your daily labor, then the starches are an upside. Tofu fortunately makes things easier, but it's not always readily available in many places where its consumption wasn't a cultural practice already. Still, you've got to pay attention to eating some protein in every meal, and if you're in the West and similar (Latin America will have many of the same patterns, but I'll always find it weird it's not considered "Western" culturally despite being an offshoot of Spain), you may have to deviate plenty from the diet of your culture.
  • stepbeek 4y ago
    I eat 3,000-4,000 calories/day (I’m reasonably lean at 105kg body weight). Eating that many legumes just leads to bloating in my experience, which makes getting enough protein entirely from that source tricky. I’ve done it, but I found it impacted sleep quality. I’ve found a liter of chocolate milk after training to be the best low-cost solution to topping off protein. My gym-bro understanding of metabolism justifies this as a way to replenish glycogen post-workout.