Tue, Apr-11-06, 08:23
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Senior Member
Posts: 244
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 216/166/150
BF:45%/33.5%/28%
Progress: 76%
Location: CNY
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Dazed, unless you're very small or very near your goal, or have less than 10% of your body weight to lose, calories aren't really a meaningful tool when following Protein Power. When I was in the first weight loss phase of PP, I regularly ate around 1400-1600 calories per day, which I only know because I used Fitday to track and calories are included in that program. Because of Fitday, I also know that when I spent too many days under 1400 calories, I stopped losing--counter-intuitive, I know, but that's what happened to me and happens to many others. BTW, I'm five feet tall, and started PP the first time at around 212 lbs. I lost around 45lbs before having to start cancer treatment (during which I wasn't supposed to lose weight.)
The key to Protein Power, besides keeping carbs under 40g/day or around 10g ECC per meal in Phase I, is to find out and consume your minimum recommended daily protein requirement every day. The quick way to compute that is to check your weight and height against the charts in Protein Power Lifeplan; there are more complex calculations in the original PP book, but they both give you a protein intake number to aim at.
As for my protein grams:fat grams ratio per day, it's usually pretty close to 1:1...I average around 100g protein per day, and around 90g fat, give or take. In percentages, that means about 30% of my calories were coming from protein, 55% were coming from fats, and 15% from carbs.
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