Amount of Protein to eat a day!

[WantingMuscle7]

Maybe his old diet was 50 but he changed it to now 220.

[sdf42450]

i say 1g/lb of BW.

1.5g/lb BW if you want to grow

2.0g/lb BW if you are on heavy supplementation and want serious growth

[bakkily]

I am working on doing 220-250 grams of protein a day, but I don't see how I can eat that many yet. I don't have money yet to buy the protein drinks yet.

What do you guys do on amount you eat, and drink in protein drinks?

[WantingMuscle7]

Tuna Day! get the big cans of tuna each serving is like 19grams or so get 2 of them double up on servings so you get around 40 grams and eat that 5 times a day and that will put you pretty close to 200 drinking 2 glasses or so of milk two will put you up to 220.

[sdf42450]

eggs are cheap, tuna is cheap. at $.50 for a 6 oz can you (33g protein/can) $1.50 for 100g. if you can eat that much tuna, thats 300g protein each day for <$5.00

[joeyboy777]

sdf nailed it. Eggs by the master case, tuna, meats. I get 60-100g just from pre/post workout shakes. Tho, I don't buy any shakes, I make mine from bulk powders. Down the line you can buy sacs of protein from 3-9 bucks a pound.

An easy way to add in protein... add another meal. Add slowly and you will get there.

I eat from 5-7 times per day, depending on wha type of day it is, and what foods are in the fridge. each meel will range from 250-600 cals, so its kinda like snacking all day, which is easy for my situation. desk job.

[apocalypse]

Originally Posted by WantingMuscle7

Tuna Day! get the big cans of tuna each serving is like 19grams or so get 2 of them double up on servings so you get around 40 grams and eat that 5 times a day and that will put you pretty close to 200 drinking 2 glasses or so of milk two will put you up to 220.

After eating that much Tuna be careful, u are going to smell like one.

[WantingMuscle7]

Just use listerine or gum after and your fine

[apocalypse]

Originally Posted by WantingMuscle7

Just use listerine or gum after and your fine

I am not talking about ur breath u dolt. I am talking about ur body.

[BG5150]

Originally Posted by WantingMuscle7

Tuna Day! get the big cans of tuna each serving is like 19grams or so get 2 of them double up on servings so you get around 40 grams and eat that 5 times a day and that will put you pretty close to 200 drinking 2 glasses or so of milk two will put you up to 220.

That's a LOT of tuna.

Chicken breasts are good, too. I go to Costco and buy a big tray. I get like 14 decent sized ones for around $12-13, less than a buck a piece. I think each one has about 30g of protein.

What I do is I take about an hour and cook them all on my George Foreman Grill and put all the pieces into zip-locks (2 apiece) and put 'em in the fridge. Chicken is good cold, or you could just reheat it.

I eat the chicken on a sandwich, cut it up in a salad, have a couple pieces w/ some white rice and spaghetti sauce, throw it in a wrap w/ some dressing. Tons of stuff to do w/ chicken breast, and they are cheap too.