So protein has 4 calories per Gram...

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so 250 grams of protein is only 1,000 calories,

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Good luck hitting that.

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My TDEE is around 2400 sedentary.

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What’s this based on? I highly doubt this unless youre 300lbs or have a shite metric ton of lean muscle.

If you want to lose weight, counting calories will work for some people. But counting calories is not the best way to try to lose weight. Basically if you eat healthy food only you will not be over weight.

My wife has never had a weight problem. She couldn't gain weight to save her life. Then one day her hormones changed and she had to starve herself to not gain weight. She had to stay under 1000 calories a day.

Eating healthy isn't easy. And 90% of the people will say they are when they are really not. For example at one point the highest calorie food you could order from walk on's was a SALAD. So someone eating that and probably drinking a diet coke with it would tell ya, they ate a healthy diet.

Most foods we eat today are highly processed crap. It take a major effort to eat healthy. Stop counting calories and start eating all the healthy.

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I'm lifting regularly now and putting on muscle, but how much more protein, if any, should I be taking in?

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Sorry for grenading your thread.

Don't eat that much protein (250 g). It's wasted calories and chewing.

I'd cut your protein back to 180-200g.

Low carb may make you crash. In my opinion, support your workouts. 200g carbs is good. If you want to do low carb that's fine, but eat a lot more fat and if you find yourself sluggish or hating it, don't be afraid of carbs.

Fats you might want to aim around 60-100g depending on what you're doing with carbs. If you're low carb you'll prob want to be around 100g to not die. Again, in my opinion, this is the one to trim down if you aren't losing weight as fast as you'd like.

jesus christ i havent seen a thread go off the rails so fricking hard because of self important assholes in awhile. I was a simple question.

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Dont over think it. for most men 150-200 grams a protein will be more than enough.

Rethink your TDEE, that seems high for your size and age.

For your sanity have a balanced diet while hitting protein goals. dont make yourself miserable.

250g of protein EVERY day is kinda hard on the stomach. Dunno how much you currently weigh but usually 1g - 1.2g of protein per lb of current weight is enough to gradually bulk with muscle.

So let's say you currently weigh 200lbs, you probably don't need more than 200-220g of protein and that's a shite ton, daily.
Canned tuna is probably the easiest way, if you like tuna. Usually 2 of those is ~50g protein and not too heavy on the stomach. I find I get sick quickly of chicken but 3-4cans of tuna every day or 2 is doable + other meals.