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Brittani
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Hi,

so i was under the impression that one was supposed to eat about as many grams of protein as lbs they want to weigh....

and then there is the whole needing to eat at least 1200 cals probably more etc for a girl each day.

yesterday my cals were 1307, fat was 16.8, carbs were 149 and protein was 142.

I have NO desire to weigh 142, i am only 5'3" and a healthy weight for me is around 115-120.

i was wondering if the vets of the site could give me some input on this please.

9/1/2010 9:56 AM

Andy
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BTW: you look great.

You would do well to take in a gram/lb of LEAN Mass, not full body weight, which I'm guessing for you is somewhere around 100 lbs. Then just eat lots of veggies, a few complex carbs and some healthy fats

9/1/2010 11:17 AM

akmama08
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Hey! I typically ate 1400-1600 calories/day (higher on lifting days) & my macros were 40/40/20. I was usually around 140-170g of carbs & protein/day and 30g"ish" fat/day. What you eat in protein grams does not = what you will weigh. =) As a guideline according to many people in the fitness industry, it's 1-1.5g of protein/LBM if you are a woman working out lifting weights. Hope this helps!

Last Edited On Sep-1-2010 at 11:27 AM.

9/1/2010 11:26 AM

trickbikeguy
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LBM is often close enough to TARGET body weight to use that number. Brit, if you want to weigh 115, I suggest taking in a minimum of 115 grams of protein. if you take in more, like 142, that won't hurt your at all. It gets crazy when some of the guys on bodybuilding websites suggest taking in 1.5-2 grams per pound.
The biggest issue is that the USRDA (and whatever the canadian equivalent is) are significantly below the amounts of 1 gram per pound pf target body weight. That assumes you are an average couch potato. However, if you are lifting weights and intensely exercising, you need more protein than the RDA.

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9/1/2010 11:27 AM

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The amount of calories you are burning in exercise can be a big factor in this as well. The same amount of calories you are eating is going to result in a different weight depending on how much you're doing on the working out side of the equation.

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9/1/2010 11:30 AM

Jared
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Checked http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ and got a BMR of 1338 for your age/height/weight ... so if you're using a 40/30/30 ratio that'd 134g of protein ... keep in mind that 1g/lb is just a guideline ...
based on your numbers from yesterday:
142 = x4 = 568
149 = x4 = 596
16.8 = x9 = 151.2
= 1315.2
protein = 43.2%
carbs = 45.3%
fat = 11.5%
Protein looks to be A-OK .... I'm thinking you could stand to up your fat and drop your carbs.

9/1/2010 11:51 AM

Brittani
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thats for the input guys!

9/1/2010 12:35 PM

Telle
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You need WAY more fat... I am with Jared here, drop the carbs increase the fat... likely, your kcal are too low as well, but if you are at least eating a lot of protein and fat that is manageable in the short term

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9/3/2010 5:15 PM

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