- I am a woman - I am fat - I have lost 100lbs - I recently started (power)lifting - I upped my calorie intake, but still need to lose more weight
So I can't bulk, because I still have some weight to lose, but I do eat as much as protein as I can within my calorie limit. But my question is: How much protein do I need to eat? I know it should be like 1-1.5 grams of protein per kg, but is that also the case when you're fat? Or is it only counting for lean body mass?
>womanposting The entire question is "how much protein do I need to eat when cutting" and the answer is still 1g/lb of lean body mass.
>>>/qtddtot/
Nicholas Adams
Yes, It’s supposed to be lean body mass.
Honestly, don’t get caught up in numbers at this point. It sounds like you know to increase your protein intake already which is good. Just push yourself hard at the gym, stay consistent, and add some more cardio if needed.
Jose Wright
Great, I'll just keep doing what I'm doing now. I walk lots (15k steps a day on average) and I go to the gym 3 times a week, which I'm upping to 4 to 5 times a week since I have summer break. A lot stronger already, but the scale isn't going lower so I'm going to lower my calories a bit more.
Parker Hernandez
2g of protein/kg also >tits with timestamp
Kevin Watson
>fat tits I know rules are rules, but let's take a hard pass on this one
Charles Ross
Post moobs first
John Hall
scale doesn't go lower because you built more muscles. your weight alone is deceiving, measure your bodyfat instead. remember, you want more muscles and lower fat, but more muscles means more weight. don't get crazy over numbers. take a picture once a month, if you look better/thinner you are on the right path. good luck future gymthot, i will probably bang you too in one point in the future
Jack Perry
Thanks, afraid I'll have to disappoint you on that last comment
Liam Price
Check'd and got'm Now you have to post quads.
Connor Barnes
time will tell
Lincoln Edwards
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>I know it should be like 1-1.5 grams of protein per kg, but is that also the case when you're fat? Or is it only counting for lean body mass? No,. you would calculate it based on how big you ought to be, so say you were that cutie pixie cut liftter girl, she's like what, 140 and short? She over eats for her size a bit, but in general no matter how fat she got, she'd still only want to eat about 120+ grams of protein.
I'd say take a look at your height and see what kinda weight women who have your ideal muscular body at your height eat. Then eat about that much in protein, or a little more since women tend to not eat a lot of protein.
If you're serious about it, a pound of meat a day will get you about there, 1k to 1.5 k calories, with about 100+grams of protein.
Joseph Sanders
I'm not short (5.6ft) so I aim for 1.5kcal and around 150 grams of protein.
Cameron Mitchell
what kind of dog is that
Thomas Young
that sounds about right, just keep lifting heavy and you should be fine, I.E. Arnold's golden six, face pulls, more leg accessorie work and core work.
Parker Stewart
a fuzzy one
Jose Moore
i want one now
Josiah Williams
The more skin you show, the better the advice will be
Jaxson Morris
Based Cringe
Isaiah Kelly
Sticky had a guide for lifting + weight loss. It said to stop gains for two weeks and lessen calories. Focus on weight loss for two weeks, stop and even out calorie intake to match the out vs in to be the same. Then switch to gains after the two weeks. Do that over and over. Pretty cool guide. The researcher of the sticky link even discoverd the best weight loss and exercise strategies for women. Due to our anatomy being so different, some strategies just work better for either gender.
Anthony Green
OP, Female here. The scale didn't move for me for years and it's finally moving now after a massive calorie reduction through IF. What are your stats? Your 1rm. 2nd, get a fat caliber NOW and measure fat loss using that, on top of hopping on the scale once a week. 3rd, drink a gallon or more of water a day and just learn to love water and don't bitch about peeing. YOU WILL NEVER LOSE WEIGHT IF YOU DON'T DO THIS and you'll just always go over your calories thinking you're hungry and your gains will be STAGNANT because you're not replenishing your cells enough. 4th, it you wish to eat 1.4k cals max, you should be eating 1.2k cals to accomodate for any errors such as (oil, seasoning, condiment, over eating, inaccuracy in nutrition label).
Ryder Diaz
It’s supposed to be lean body mass.
Sorry sweetie, 99% of experiments use total bodyweight. And if it's more than a rounding error you're really fat
