Protein Intake

[Supercharged]

I was told that I would need to take in 2 grams of protein per every pound of body weight, per day if I wanted to keep gaining weight.

Is this pretty accurate?

 

[noomi_nooma]

go find one of the million threads on this topic

 

[StoneColdNTO]

go find one of the million threads on this topic

Now there is the most helpful answer to ever grace the pages of the board.......

 

[Frosty]

I was told that I would need to take in 2 grams of protein per every pound of body weight, per day if I wanted to keep gaining weight.

Is this pretty accurate?

Nah, you don't NEED that much. 1g/lb should work, but if your gains start to stall you can increase it and see if that helps. Some people have busted through plateaus with 2g/lb, but it's a waste to eat that much if you don't need it (since most people use protein powders, and that costs them money).

 

[G2]

Now there is the most helpful answer to ever grace the pages of the board.......

What do you expect he has William Hung for an avatar pic. Anyway getting 2 grams per pound of body weight can be very hard. Especially when you weigh 250 lbs.

 

[TxLonghorn]

What do you expect he has William Hung for an avatar pic. Anyway getting 2 grams per pound of body weight can be very hard. Especially when you weigh 250 lbs.

It can be hard regardless of how much you weigh. Plus it's a pain in the ass when the regular world eats about 3 meals a day with about 20-30 grams/protein per meal.

But if I were wanting to gain weight, I'd shoot for more rather than trying to be reasonable. 2grams/lb sounds about right to me.

Arnold and Ronnie didn't get to where they are by being reasonable.

 

[Frosty]

Arnold and Ronnie didn't get to where they are by being reasonable.

Hahaha, you can say that again.

 

[rjx]

Your attention should be on calories, not protein. Increasing the calories by eating more protein would be good to do.

 

[Frosty]

Your attention should be on calories, not protein. Increasing the calories by eating more protein would be good to do.

Increase calories by increasing, carbs, protein, and fats!

 

[TxLonghorn]

Your attention should be on calories, not protein. Increasing the calories by eating more protein would be good to do.

This might work for some people, but for me, I needed to focus on protein and then see if I needed to add calories.

It's very difficult to get 2 grams of protein per lb just by upping calories, imo. Just check out a basic meal that other people think is normal, you'll probably have a ton of carbs and little protein. How about some chicken, mashed potatoes and rice and beans and a coke or juice. 20 grams of protein, eleventy billion grams of carbs, and a bit of fat.

Double that meal and you still don't get enough protein, imo.

 

[thorsky]

This might work for some people, but for me, I needed to focus on protein and then see if I needed to add calories.

It's very difficult to get 2 grams of protein per lb just by upping calories, imo. Just check out a basic meal that other people think is normal, you'll probably have a ton of carbs and little protein. How about some chicken, mashed potatoes and rice and beans and a coke or juice. 20 grams of protein, eleventy billion grams of carbs, and a bit of fat.

Double that meal and you still don't get enough protein, imo.

Couldn't agree more. I slam 100g's or so of protein and then fill up the rest on veggies and/or carbs. An example would be three or four chicken breasts and a pile of green beans and corn. Or a 16oz steak and a couple cups of brown rice. Protein/fat meals go the same route. The idea being that I make sure I get the protein portion of the meal down, then pack in whatever else I can fit. Want cookies or ice-cream, slam 100g's of protein first! (not recommended but you get the idea )

To answer the original question, 2g's per pound sounds real good.

 

[Lifter82]

I guess 1-2 lbs per body weight..

 

[DreDay187]

I guess 1-2 lbs per body weight..

Let me google that for you

 

[dcollister440]

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