Hi everyone, got a practical question, not directly addressed elsewhere.
I'm 68, and have been on TE since April 6 this year, currently taking 84mg/week. I'm pleased - the waist has tightened and the shoulders and arms are bulking up.
Of course I want to help it along. I've read the literature on protein and by those measures I've been woefully inadequate in the past. I'm 6'3, 235lbs and would like to get to 220 lbs, about 100 kilo. I read that I should eat about 1.2gms per kilo of weight, meaning 120gms/day (is that calculation correct?). The only change I've done the last few months is to eat 4 eggs for breakfast instead of two.
How on earth does one realistically get to 120gms/day . . . or 40gms per meal? Even with 4 eggs per morning, I think that works out to only 26gms for breakfast. For lunch I normally have a cold-cut sandwich and some coffee - I'll bet that's like 4gms of protein. I bought some vegetable protein powder from Costco (21gms protein per scoop) and tried it for the first time today . . . didn't like it; I think I'd rather eat a can of tuna.
Do you guys pay attention to protein and count your protein grams? What do you eat? Do you supplement with the powders to put you over the top? Which powders? And what about cost/budget?
With the greatest of respect for those who tout the carnivore diet, I'm just looking for a twist on a fairly regular meat, potatoes and vegge diet . . . suggestions?
I'm 68, and have been on TE since April 6 this year, currently taking 84mg/week. I'm pleased - the waist has tightened and the shoulders and arms are bulking up.
Of course I want to help it along. I've read the literature on protein and by those measures I've been woefully inadequate in the past. I'm 6'3, 235lbs and would like to get to 220 lbs, about 100 kilo. I read that I should eat about 1.2gms per kilo of weight, meaning 120gms/day (is that calculation correct?). The only change I've done the last few months is to eat 4 eggs for breakfast instead of two.
How on earth does one realistically get to 120gms/day . . . or 40gms per meal? Even with 4 eggs per morning, I think that works out to only 26gms for breakfast. For lunch I normally have a cold-cut sandwich and some coffee - I'll bet that's like 4gms of protein. I bought some vegetable protein powder from Costco (21gms protein per scoop) and tried it for the first time today . . . didn't like it; I think I'd rather eat a can of tuna.
Do you guys pay attention to protein and count your protein grams? What do you eat? Do you supplement with the powders to put you over the top? Which powders? And what about cost/budget?
With the greatest of respect for those who tout the carnivore diet, I'm just looking for a twist on a fairly regular meat, potatoes and vegge diet . . . suggestions?
