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> 800g of lentils for 200g of protein, 2500 cal. > im just thinking out loud here, but lentils alone wouldn't be adequate for me. This seems in line with main
by tomjakubowski 10mo ago
> 800g of lentils for 200g of protein, 2500 cal.
> im just thinking out loud here, but lentils alone wouldn't be adequate for me.
This seems in line with maintenance calories for a moderately active man, am I missing something?
- heavyset_go 10mo agoIf the goal is both strength training, cardio, and both weight gain and building muscle mass to competitive levels, then that can be not enough.
- tomjakubowski 9mo agoScale that up to 5000 kcal/day needed for heavy activity (like for an Olympic swimmer) and it still seems like a sufficient, if not excessive, amount of protein: 400g of it. Not even NFL linemen eat that much protein.