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Right now I'm a 21M 6'0 @ 230lb looking to make some changes. I've been living off McDonalds, pizza, and other junk food during college and since ill be busy and living at home I decided to try to fix my diet to eat more organic foods to eventually cut to 200lb at some point of the year.
Throughout the years I've heard different figures for protein intake, most notably the 0.8-1g/lb figure. However, while trying to eat 190g+ of protein while eating 2000-2200cal is doable (I'd say my maintaince is around 2800-3000) I'd find it much easier to eat at <0.8g/lb (back when I tried eating high protein in high school while on a cut it was a pain in the ass that added more stress than need be)
My issue is that I don't know to *what extent* muscle loss is at below 0.8g/lb. If I eat for instance at 0.7g/lb will I lose a significant amount of lean mass compared to 0.8g or only a little? How about 0.6? Is there a point where lean mass significantly drops, or is it linear? Etc.
I'm asking this because im not trying to be "shredded" or "buff". Mostly just wanna rid of my current beer belly while gaining some definition while getting rid of my bad habits, so I don't care about losing some lean mass, but I also want to find a proper balance in perserving some of it while being able to be consistent and not stress so much about having EVERY dish be high in protein like I have with pervious weight loss.
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