protein per meal matters more than per day once you are eating tiny amounts. i aim for 30 grams a sitting
#food-and-training 2026-05-16
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- protein_floor — coffee on an empty stomach with slowed gastric emptying is a rough combination. i eat something first now, ask me again in a month 08:11
- mg_per_ml — if you cannot eat it, drink it. that is the whole trick and it took me far too long to work out 08:16
- low_and_slow — if you are at 700 calories a day that is the thing to fix before anything else. please eat more, your mileage will differ 08:19
- mg_per_ml — coming back after 7 months, what did people change about food that stuck i lift three times a week and my lifts dropped about ten percent while losing, then came back… 08:46
- dill_doses — genuine question genuinely, eat more. nobody here will congratulate you for 700 calories and we have all watched somebody get hurt by it 08:49
resistance training is not optional if you care what you look like at the end of this. my opinion, held strongly, anyway
please dont go lower
a shake is food
how many grams of protein are people actually hitting at 80kg
the calorie floor question is the right one to ask. i would not go under 1200 without somebody keeping an eye on me
i lost 15 and about a fifth of it was lean by dexa, and that was with lifting the whole way through
what did people try for constipation food wise before reaching for pills
coffee on an empty stomach with slowed gastric emptying is a rough combination. i eat something first now, ask me again in a month
small portions six times a day is how i get to 130 grams on a bad week
creatine has nothing to do with any of this and i still take it. five grams, cheap, well studied
eat more please
if you cannot eat it, drink it. that is the whole trick and it took me far too long to work out
target weight 75kg
1.6 g/kg = 120 g/day
1.8 g/kg = 135 g/day
spread over 4 feeds = 30-34 g each
which with no appetite is the actual problemif you are at 700 calories a day that is the thing to fix before anything else. please eat more, your mileage will differ
the risk with fast loss is lean mass, and the two things that touch it are protein and resistance work
1.6 grams per kg is the number most of us landed on. at 80kg that is 128 grams a day
[edited]bioimpedance scales are a mood ring. they track how hydrated you are more than anything about fat
coming back after 7 months, what did people change about food that stuck
i lift three times a week and my lifts dropped about ten percent while losing, then came back up
coffee on an empty stomach is making me feel awful, is that the drug or is that just coffee
genuine question genuinely, eat more. nobody here will congratulate you for 700 calories and we have all watched somebody get hurt by it
do i need creatine or is that a completely different hobby
family meals i put a small amount on the plate and nobody comments anymore. that took about a year
160 grams a day sounds enormous until you notice a chicken breast is 30 and a shake is 25
at 90kg and 1.6 per kg you are looking at 144 grams. i have never once hit it on a bad appetite week