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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Protein recommendation is .8 - 1.2 grams, depending on your goals, multiplied by your bodyweight in kilograms.

Take your bodyweight and divide it by 2.2kg. Take that number and multiply it by .8. That is a ballpark estimate of the amount of protein you will need each day.

Example: 165 = 75kg

75kg x .8 = 60gram of protein per day [/quote]

Not sure whose recommendation that’s meant to be or to whom it’s meant to apply.  The answer of “how much protein” depends entirely on the activity level and activity type of the individual.

The general guidelines for endurance and strength-trained athletes from the [b]Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine[/b] suggest consuming between [b]1.2 and 2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight[/b] for the best performance and health.

Note that this applies to athletes, who have significantly less body fat than non-athletes who are trying to lose weight, so many people adjust this recommendation to “per kg of lean body mass.”

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2016/03000/Nutrition_and_Athletic_Performance.25.aspx

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Just an example of what I would prescribe someone of the general population depending on their current lifestyle, e.g. sedentary or very active, and their goals, e.g. body comp changes or building muscle. Strength and endurance athletes have way more variables and get into nutrient timing, carb cycling, etc. This is why I avoid these kinds of threads. There are too many variables to make a blanket protein recommendation.

Not to mention, that my first macro recommendation would be to find your maintenance and then decrease from there. People jumping into deficits without knowing their maintenance is why you have metabolic adaptations and not being able to shed weight despite eating 1200, which for the record, NO ONE should be eating less than 1200 calories per day....

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