freaking recommended protein intake

[Aegis]

1g/lb of body mass is ridiculous. That's all; just wanted to throw it out there.

[Tone]

It's not that bad.

How much do you weigh?

[someonelse]

[url]http://www.healthcalculators.org/index.html[/url]

[vashti]

It IS a lot... try getting the RDA if you are vegetarian...

[Aegis]

I'm 225 or thereabouts. I've recently been doing some reading up on all this junk...seems like I have to plan my whole damn menu around it if I want to do it responsibly.

[vashti]

No - that's too much. the RDA is 0.8 g/kg, or 10% of total calories... you should be around 81 grams.

[Aegis]

well, not rda to maintain one's mass/composition, but when you're doing stuff that tears your muscles down in the hope of regrowth & expansion. I swear they say it's like 1g/lb of body mass, granted, I'm not doing weightlifting workouts like a professional bodybuilder, but I'm definitely not gonna try to down 225g protein each day.

[vashti]

I hope you like meat.

[Aegis]

I *love* it, but can't afford that much of it, lol. You can get it kind of economically from milk, eggs, some bread, lentils, tuna, chicken, protein mixes, yogurt, cottage cheese, etc, but if someone 200+ tries to meet that goal without planning, they'd be at like 300+ in no time, lol

[vashti]

The World Health Organization says you only need like 0.5 g/kg...

[Aegis]

Well that's good 'cause that's at least manageable.

[vashti]

You should post a picture of your muscles so I can see why you need so much protein.

[Aegis]

lol, I definitely don't have any, or need that much protein...I'd started swimming, and my arms & shoulders are freaking aching. So I want prevent losing muscle mass while I'm pushing myself hard to swim for a reasonable amount of time at a reasonable speed.

...I used to swim competitively as a little kid...spend an hour or so swimming laps almost non-stop...Jesus Christ I can't figure out how I did that. Spent this winter driving a keyboard & mouse, eating pizza, drinking alcohol, and when actually drunk, chain-smoking marlboro reds. It's hilarious right now...damn 80-yr old men fly past me as I'm practically drowning swimming from one side of the pool to the other. I swear to God I've had the lifeguards stand up on a couple occasions, rofl.

As far as I can tell, right now, this swimming, the way I feel...I can barely pull my shorts up after getting out...my triceps get so depleted from it...that it's definitely anaerobic at this point, so falls under "strength training" and I've read from numerous sites recommending a 1g/lb. But, to your credit, I did a direct search and much of the text is saying 1.4g/kg is perfectly reasonable for someone in strength training.

[vashti]

I bet you are fun to hang with, aeg... even if for no other reason than I can beat you in a race across the pool.

[Aegis]

lol, you and every other non-quadriplegic