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Originally Posted by fisher1000
John, can you explain a little more about the ratio of protein grams? I'm getting like 60-80g a day, but I've also started resistance training. How much does a person need when exercising?
-Mike
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Yeah you are doing light resistance though correct? I wouldn't recomend anything but, that for you at this stage. Your main focus needs to be fat loss and calorie loss.
Exercising and what the body needs gets very specific. It all depends on your muscle mass index, BMR, average BPM, what you burn at a given heart rate ect.
60-80grams of protein a day while you are doing weightloss is more than enough. Do some light resistance training for now but, focus on cardio. Its all about calories in versus calories out. Once you have cut down most of the fat/ if not all the fat from your body then you can start building it back properly.
From there it gets tricky. When you are thin and have no reserves of fat left the only nutrition/energy your body can get is what you give it(eating). So you must take in the adequate calories/protein ect. If you are trying to gain mass you need alot of both.
A decent rule of the is the 2/1. That means I weigh 200lbs I should try and take in 400grams of protein a day in my diet while building. Thats enough for my muscles to grow properly. Its 2grams of protein for every 1lb of body weight.
Hope that helps some...