Not exact matches
The general recommendation is one gram of
protein per pound of body weight and 20 % of
total daily calories coming from fat.
Regardless of how you manipulate your
total number of calories, aim to get 0.7 - 1.0 grams of
protein per pound of bodyweight.
to determine your lean body weight, try taking your
total weight and eating.8 grams of
protein per pound of body weight (1.6 grams
per kg).
If you're not interested in figuring out your body fat percentage to determine your lean body weight, try taking your
total weight and eating.8 grams of
protein per pound of body weight (1.6 grams
per kg).
So if a day of
total fasting causes the loss of 1/2 to 1
pound of lean body mass
per day (depending upon one's level of keto - adaptation), then it takes at least 2 - 4 days of full feeding with
protein and energy to recover that one day's lean tissue loss.
For cutting, drop down to a
total of 1500 calories
per day, keeping your
protein grams at around a half a gram
per pound of bodyweight, and cutting everything else to get down to 1500 calories.
Your
protein intake should be between 1.2 and 1.6 grams
per pound of body weight daily and fat should make up between 17 and 28 percent of your
total calorie intake.
If you are in the first camp and trying to lose weight, you can see progress with as little as 0.5 grams of
protein per pound of lean body mass (which is your
total weight minus the weight of your fat).
As you'll discover when you read the bodybuilding diet guide (previous link), you should increase your
protein intake so that you're eating about 1.1 - 1.4 grams of
protein per pound of lean body mass, each day (side note: if you're relatively lean, you can simplify this
protein requirement calculation by multiplying your
total body weight by 1.0)...
4) Ensure that you're consuming between 0.8 - 1g of
protein per pound of body weight daily, and that around 25 % of your
total calories are being derived from dietary fat.
Dr. Phinney and Dr. Volek recommend 0.6 - 1 gram of
protein per a
pound of lean mass or 1.3 - 2.2 grams of
protein per a kilogram of lean mass a day (lean mass is
total body weight without fat).
The ideal amount of
protein should be 0.6 - 1 gram of
protein per a
pound of lean mass (lean mass =
total bodyweight without body fat).
If the label on a bag of dry food says the food contains 40 percent
protein and your cat eats 50 grams of food each day, she consumes 50 grams times 40 percent -LRB-.40), for a
total of 20 grams of
protein per day, enough to meet the daily
protein needs of a healthy 10 -
pound cat.