Group: Specific Diets & Nutrition

Specific Diets & Nutrition
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 104, Messages: 22775

With so many diets and nutritional plans out there, you can get lost. Find out what works best for others and share your experiences!

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protein intake

moochy
moochy
Posts: 4
Joined: 2009/10/03
Australia
2009/10/07, 03:04 AM
Hi,
Im by no means a body builder, I joined ft to try to get a definate diet plan to help me lose weight.
My ft plan tells me to take in 172g protein per day, I was having trouble reaching that so I researched it and it seems that 172g is extremely excessive. Id there a mistake? Should I have that much? It is a lot on a normal diet (wihtout shakes that you builders all seem to take).
also struggling to get to 344g crabs... please help

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Robyn
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returnofplex
returnofplex
Posts: 801
Joined: 2007/10/26
United States
2009/10/07, 11:14 AM
Oh-oh, it's another case of the broken calorie estimator! Hopefully I can simplify things for you! For weight loss try eating around 10-12 calories per pound of body weight per day. As far as splitting your calorie types, try getting 40-50% of your calories from protein, 20-30 from carbs, and around 20% from fat. It'll probably never be exact, but close is good.