I always see a recommended protein intake of 1.4 to 1.8 g/kg body weight. The problem is this: If I am to eat 200+ grams of protein every day there is very little room for anything else given the calorie restrictions I have. Here is my situation I am overweight with a BMI of 38; no it is NOT mu…

[image] Odd-Arne_Johansen: If I am to eat 200+ grams of protein every day there is very little room for anything else given the calorie restrictions I have But this is only ~800 kcal?

The protein powder I use has about 100 kcal/ 19g protein, so we are talking 1000 kcal for the powder alone, add a banana and some honey to each portion, so I can stand to consume it, we are talking roughly 2000 kcal/day. On a non training day that leaves me 300-500 kcal that is not a protein smoothi…

[image] Odd-Arne_Johansen: Are there some recommendations for protein per kg muscle instead of body weight? You can go by lean body mass instead of total, or for simplicity a reasonable goal body weight. So my bmi is 30 at 87kg I might use 80kg for my calculations. As an aside I would be car…

This is just speculation on my part, but I wonder whether the protein gm/kg might be scaled to the healthy target body mass rather than to the current body mass. As an example of what I mean, lets take someone who is 175 cm tall and weighs 116 kgs (BMI of 38), and they are aiming to get to a BMI of …

Chicken breasts, sweet potatoes and green veggies are your new best friends. Depending on what the workout is, and how it fits into the context of total workload, on-bike fuelling can be minimal to zero. How many hours per week are you riding over how many days and how many kJ are you doing? And s…

[image] Odd-Arne_Johansen: The protein powder I use has about 100 kcal/ 19g protein, so we are talking 1000 kcal for the powder alone, add a banana and some honey to each portion, so I can stand to consume it So, you have a normal healthy diet up to your healthy ranges of macro nutrients, the…

Just take 150 grams +/- 115 on average and you’ll be fine. I don’t know how tall you are, but if you are obese/overweight at 200 lbs, then you’d probably be pretty lean at 150-170. So, use an “ideal” weight or goal weight for your goals. 200 grams would be over doing.

[image] Odd-Arne_Johansen: The protein powder I use has about 100 kcal/ 19g protein, so we are talking 1000 kcal for the powder alone, add a banana and some honey to each portion, so I can stand to consume it, we are talking roughly 2000 kcal/day. On a non training day that leaves me 300-500 kca…

I am having trouble finding exact details, but my recollection is that Dr. Eric Trexler has agreed with your thought: it makes more sense to target protein based on lean body mass instead of total body mass when you’re dealing with a lot of adipose tissue. I think his estimate was around 0.8g/kg LBM…

[image] Odd-Arne_Johansen: we are talking 1000 kcal for the powder alone, add a banana and some honey to each portion, so I can stand to consume it, we are talking roughly 2000 kcal/day Find a form of protein that you can consume without adding the same amount of calories in carbs. 1000 calo…

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Protein for overweight athelete recommendations

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