follow up i weigh my protein sources for a week every few months to recalibrate, because the estimates drift badly
#food-and-training 2025-08-06
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- yyz_vial — is 1.6 grams per kg the number everyone uses or did we make that up fibre from food first, psyllium if food is not doing it. i went straight to the sachets and… 13:00
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- belfast_bac — anyone tracked their protein properly for a week and been shocked by the number 14:08
- wrong_network — at 90kg and 1.6 per kg you are looking at 144 grams. i have never once hit it on a bad appetite week 14:35
follow up how do you eat enough when youre full after four bites
family meals i put a small amount on the plate and nobody comments anymore. that took about a year
is 1.6 grams per kg the number everyone uses or did we make that up
fibre from food first, psyllium if food is not doing it. i went straight to the sachets and regretted it
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eat more please
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front load it
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genuinely, eat more. nobody here will congratulate you for 700 calories and we have all watched somebody get hurt by it
dexa if you can
anyone tracked their protein properly for a week and been shocked by the number
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two sessions a week
target weight 75kg
1.6 g/kg = 120 g/day
1.8 g/kg = 135 g/day
spread over 4 feeds = 30-34 g each
which with no appetite is the actual problemi lost 28 and about a fifth of it was lean by dexa, and that was with lifting the whole way through
i stopped counting calories and started counting protein, and one number is much easier than two, ymmv
greek yoghurt
30 a sitting
bioimpedance is a mood ring
at 90kg and 1.6 per kg you are looking at 144 grams. i have never once hit it on a bad appetite week
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160 grams a day sounds enormous until you notice a chicken breast is 30 and a shake is 25
electrolytes, is that just salt in water or do i need the sachets