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If you want to know how much protein you need, go to webmd dot com / food-recipes / protein (Remove spaces and paste into your browser.)
If you are on a high protein diet, please disregard this. This is what it says about Protein:
Protein: Are You Getting Enough?
Most people get enough protein. But are you making the best protein choices, or are you in a rut?
You need protein for your muscles, bones, and the rest of your body. Exactly how much you need changes with age:
Babies need about 10 grams a day.
Teenage boys need up to 52 grams a day.
Teenage girls need 46 grams a day.
Adult men need about 56 grams a day.
Adult women need about 46 grams a day (71 grams if pregnant or breastfeeding)
You should get at least 10% of your daily calories, but not more than 35%, from protein, according to the Institute of Medicine.
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148.0 lb
Lost so far: 54.0 lb.
Still to go: 12.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 24 August 2014:
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1230 kcal
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Fat: 50.31g | Prot: 76.03g | Carb: 130.66g.
Breakfast: Water, ProGrade Nutrition whey protein powder vanilla, Green Tea, Bigelow Tea Earl Grey Tea, Brazil Nuts, Nuts.com Hazelnuts Raw Filberts (No Shell), Black Pepper, Friendly Farms 1% Cottage Cheese. Lunch: Fit & Active Peach iced tea (Fit&Active), BetterBody Organic Chia Seeds, Unsweetened Iced Tea, Water, Trader Joe's Raw Pumpkin Seeds, Trader Joe's Roasted & Unsalted Sunflower Seeds, Wheat Montana Milled Flax Seed, Dried Whole Sesame Seeds, Millville Old Fashioned Oats. Dinner: Tap Water, Equate Sugar Free Fiber Therapy, Baby Carrots, Dill (Dried), Peppermint (Mint), Dannon All Natural Yogurt - Plain, Fresh & Easy Broccoli Florets, Celery, Tumaro's Low-in-Carb Wrap Multi-grain, Spinach Souffle. Snacks/Other: Great Value Decaffeinated Iced Tea with Peach Drink Mix, Fit & Active Peach iced tea (Fit&Active), Wrigley Orbit Sugar Free Chewing Gum - White Spearmint, Wrigley Extra Dessert Delights Sugarfree Gum - Peach Cobbler, Blueberries (Unsweetened, Frozen), Red Delicious Apples. more...
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1659 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 20 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 40 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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losing 1.4 lb a week
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 Comments
I know that I need more than I get and am always looking for ways to put some in my diet. Thanks for sharing this.
24 Aug 14 by member: skwhite
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Nice loss! Thanks for sharing protein info. I love your weight graph, you are so consistent!
24 Aug 14 by member: kattay
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As you age the demands of protein rise because of lower synthesis. The amount needed is also calculated for the 'normal' American. Active people require more.
24 Aug 14 by member: northernmusician
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24 Aug 14 by member: ChrisComedy
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great weight lose almost there <3 so happy for ya <3 sweet dreams <3 th
24 Aug 14 by member: dreamcatcher10
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thanks for sharing about the protein nice to know <3 thumbs up <3
24 Aug 14 by member: dreamcatcher10
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I'll copy and paste this info. if you don't mind...
We at FS should have a 'wall' like FB!
24 Aug 14 by member: NowIunderstand
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Those are good guidelines. I've also read you can go up to your ideal bodyweight (as this is an estimate of your current lean body mass). I could technically eat up to 120 grams of protein, and protein keeps one full (and possibly only counts as 3.5 calories per gram instead of 4 due to the additional thermic effect on the body when digesting it) but I just can't afford to eat that much good-quality protein!!
24 Aug 14 by member: marissastewart
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Hi Deb. Thanks for all you share, and always in such a non aggro way.
25 Aug 14 by member: PaigeAarts
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Thanks Deb <3 I was wondering how I am doing, that was very timely :)
25 Aug 14 by member: AilaOne
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I knew that my protein was 46 grams a day, so I was looking to see how much my husband needs. He is not athletic, so just 56 grams. As others have mentioned, athletic people need more. They probably know how much they need because they are on athletic websites. :)
25 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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I've read 35% ... which of course varies depending on 'how much' RDI .. sometimes it's perfect and then I'll eat an apple and my carbs over power the protein percentage again.
25 Aug 14 by member: FullaBella
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