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Darn it, I should have put this in the nutrition forum :o

I've read several recommendations on here for people to try to eat 1.5grams of protein for every pound of LBM.

When I had my initial assessment about a month ago I was about 62kilos with 25% BF, so my LBM should be 46.5kilos, which is 102.5lbs? Correct me when I go wrong.

So 102.5 X 1.5 = 153.75 (grams of protein)

But then last night I was exploring fitday.com. If I create a nutritional goal for Protein it shows an RDA of 50grams for Protein?

What's going on? Can anyone please tell me how many grams of protein I really should be trying to get in, and do I need to change something on Fitday, (perhaps something I haven't set up yet)? Or is the above algorithm meant for big blokes, and not suitable for me? Or have I just got some calculation wrong?

Thanks for any help you can provide. I've had a great time looking at stuff on here over the last few days. I really want to say that you guys might be muscleheads, but you're certainly not airheads. You're flippin scientists. I really admire your dedication, and I wish I had half your discipline.

Respect

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