Let me start by saying that I generally don't really count calories. I find it boring. All I did was switching to healthier food that I enjoy and I figured that would be enough for weight loss. I also go running about 3-4 times a week.
I've been doing this for a bit more than a month now and I've been losing about 0.8-0.9kg per week, however it occured to me that I'm probably not getting enough protein and I might be losing some muscle.
I used an online calculator to find my TDEE and maintenance protein intake and it was around 2500 calories with 190g of protein.
190g of protein? Is this for real? I get that this is for maintenance but even getting to 100g feels impossible. I eat meat like twice a week at best cause I don't enjoy it that much.
For reference what I typically eat is an oatmeal with a tbsp of peanut butter for breakfast, a vegetable dish or pasta with feta cheese for lunch and a fruit salad for dinner.
This adds up to about 40g of protein on non-meat days and about 80g of protein on meat days.
I don't see any way to get to 100g of protein sort of eating eggs/cheese/meat on every dish and other things like nuts and seeds are very high in calories and not really appropriate for a diet in high quantities.
Do I have to eat that much protein? Will I lose muscle if I don't?
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