Thread: Protein intake

I have never really measured how much protein I eat per day I just tend to have 6 high protein meals a day, with the protein portion about 1/3 plate full as a rule of thumb.

I have often read that a good guide is 1 -1.5g per lb of bodyweight, for me that means

210 x 1.5 = 315g protein

At lunch I have normally have 150g of chicken breast and the same at 3pm - does that mean I have had enough protein for the day just from those two meals!?

I suspect my maths is wrong somewhere as this has never made sense to me!

150g of cooked chicken provides approximately 50g of Protein!

Thats just rubbish, those chickens just aren't lean enough! Ok so how do I know how much protein I get from cooked beef, fish, egg etc? It I'm going on cooked weight surely it must be literally impossible to know how much ACTUAL protein you getting from that serving. Another example a 40g whey protein shake, how much protein is that providing??

This really confuses me!

Thats just rubbish, those chickens just aren't lean enough! Ok so how do I know how much protein I get from cooked beef, fish, egg etc? It I'm going on cooked weight surely it must be literally impossible to know how much ACTUAL protein you getting from that serving. Another example a 40g whey protein shake, how much protein is that providing??

This really confuses me!

Google "my fitness pal" numero, u'll find all the information u need there..
when it comes to your shakes just check the label..

Easiest way is to look at the nutritional info on the packet! Chicken isn't 100% protein, as there's water, a little fat and even less carbs. Red meat tends to have a higher fat content as does oily fish. As far as I know, protein isn't lost when cooking, so work out the amount of protein you want based on uncooked weight. Looking at the calories will help work out the protein content. (1g protein/carbs = 4kcal, 1g fat = 9kcal)
Depending on the protein supplement you have,a 40g scoop will give you about 30-35g protein. Again, it tells you on the pack.

yer looking at the packet does help but some say 20grams protein per 100 gram n some say 30, i go with the former so i can eat more

You only need to consider cooked or uncooked values, when that particular food is effected (weight wise) by the cooking process, i.e pasta, when you cook pasta it absorbs the water and therefore weighs more, so you have to be careful with this as you could end up consuming more carbs than you thought as you have gone on un-cooked weight and loaded the saucepan!

but surely its actually only absorbing water meaning that the carbs don't increase?

Good point Edd surely 30g of pasta is 30g of pasta, wether it has absorbed litre of water is of no relevance to the carbs!?? Would the risk not be of eating less carbs than you thought if you went on cooked weight because of the added water content?