I do one meal a day (OMAD). The guideline is approximately 0.5g-1g per pound of lean body mass. 0.5g minimum to maintain mass, 1g to body build. Anything more

I do one meal a day (OMAD). The guideline is approximately 0.5g-1g per pound of lean body mass. 0.5g minimum to maintain mass, 1g to body build. Anything more than 1 isn't useful unless you're trying to hypertrophy like Arnold and live in the gym 8 hours a day. Example: I'm 6 foot tall and male and about 180 pounds, with the Hume and James formulas, thats 131 to 142 pounds of lean mass; I should be aiming for 65g to 142g of protein. WHO's formula approximates this, CDC's formula has a slightly wider range at 59-208g. A pound of raw bone-in chicken thighs with skin on is about 60g of protein, and only about 600 calories. I can base a meal around 1 to 1.5 pounds of chicken thighs easily. All of that said, I'm wondering what you were doing that you were unable to hit your requirements, since it seems to be alarmingly easy.