Sun, Aug-30-09, 20:18
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Posts: 83
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 315/307/200
BF:44.0
Progress: 7%
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Originally Posted by LoCarBe
According to the Protein Power book, because of my activity level I'm supposed to eat 164 grams of protein a day to keep from losing muscle. That's a lot of protein! It seems hard to me to eat that much protein per day.
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I'm following the 30 Day Low Carb Solution (abbreviated Protein Power) and following their chart, I'm supposed to be eating 6 ounces of protein food per meal - assuming 3 meals per day. That's about 120 grams per day. One of their "golden rules" is to always eat your protein minimum every day. Fortunately - they don't really enforce a particular method of accomplishing that task.
For me - I'm always wanting to put something in my mouth so I dish out my proteins at the beginning of the day, and nibble my way through them. When I factor in dairy (hard cheese, cottage cheese) and nuts, and whatever occurs naturally in vegetables, I really don't find it difficult to meet my daily minimum.
However, I've been looking into protein powders to use as snacks or meal replacements. I've seen a lot of creative ideas for shakes using coffee and cream that have me very intrigued.
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