protien intake and lean body mass

[bigbusdriver]

should you take in 1 gram / lb of total body weight or 1 gram/ lb of lean body mass while dieting? i usualy get in around 200-230 grams and i weight 300 lbs but have a lbm of around 200

 

[diamonddiceclay]

1.5g is typical

 

[bigbusdriver]

due that would be like 450 grams of protien a day?

 

[diamonddiceclay]

correct-I weigh 155 and eat 350g protein a day

 

[bigbusdriver]

so how do you keep your fat intake down while eating much protien?

 

[Hoffmeister]

I think according to the studies I've seen it is per LBM.

You probably want to overshoot that, though, when cutting. Some of the protien will probably be used for energy.