too much protein?

[rez]

did i eat too much protein today? Its 315pm, and my meals look like;

post-cardio w/o; protein shake in water w flax

m2; egg, 1/2 chicken breast, spinach 1 tsp avo

m3; flavoured canned tuna(100g)

m4; 1/2 chicken breast, 3eggs and small serve of spinach leaves 3 tsp avo

m5; flavoured canned tuna.

i was really hungery!
looks like way to much for me.
i am trying to stick to a 60%p,30%f,10%c diet...and lose 5%bf

 

[diamonddiceclay]

there is no such thing as too much protein during an entire day

 

[gymtime]

No.

Also, if you're trying to lower your bf, you're gonna need more than 10% fat in your diet.

 

[Stryc-9]

Seems like a reasonable amount to me....I think it's better to eat too much protein than not enough.

Anyway, I've always been partial to a simple philosophy:

When hungry: eat.
When tired: sleep.

 

[rez]

p=60%,f=30%,c=10%
however...
just got my bf% tested this morning and NO change!!! ive been on it for 2 weeks..am I being ambitious to think it would go down in that time?

 

[anthrax]

what is "flavoured canned tuna" ?

I know tuna in oil, oil+tomato sauce or in water
but flavoured

 

[rez]

ye flavoured...great flavours. eg; black pepper and garlic, lemon and herb - so come in oil others in spring water. i stay away from the tomato ones - hidden carbs

 

[Core]

there is no such thing as too much protein during an entire day

WRONG!! WRONG!!! AND WRONG AGAIN!!!

It's easy to know if you are getting too little protein. Your strength and muscle mass decline. But how do you know if you are getting to much? It is important to know because if you eat excess protein that is not used for structure, you put the body into a condition that hampers performance. When excess protein food breaks down during digestion, it fills your blood with more than the amino acids that make it up.

Excess amino acids are converted into non-toxic carbon dioxide and water plus highly toxic ammonie. Your body immediately protects itself by turning the ammonia into less toxic urea, which is then excreted by the kidneys. If you eat protein beyond their capacity to remove the toxic wastes, you overload the kidneys and poison your blood.

Chronic elevated urea is literally a pain in the butt. Inflamed kidneys generate a lot of lower back pain, and general feelings of malaise. And unless your levels are really high, you will come out clean on all the expensive tests your physician decress.

 

[rez]

feelings of malaise....

what is that exactly?

so core..did i have too much?

 

[Core]

feelings of malaise....
what is that exactly?

so core..did i have too much?

Malaise : an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness

Did i have too much? That is an extremely difficult question to answer.

I have watched big lads scarf down 24 eggs whites at a sitting. Others tell me they have eaten protein to the point of vomiting, under the illusion that it will turn into muscle. Plain dumb! If you eat enough excess of protein to grow a hippopotamus, then thats what youll become, a roly-poly lump witha burgeoning rump.

So, even if you train your brains out, dont fall for the muscle mania myth that you need to stuff protein ad nauseum. Despite magazine ads claiming 25 lbs of solid muscle in 12 weeks, most athletes furiously pumping the iron, and on the best nutrition, gain less than 10 lbs a year. The best I have seen in drug-free athletes is 18.25 lbs.

Remember the principle of physiological dynamics. You have to wait on Nature to grow muscle. Muscle proteins are replaced about every siz months. The limiting rate of turnover of muscle cells indicates that it is impossible, even in the biggest men, to grow more than about one ounce of new muscle per day. Thats 23 lbs a year. Oh, you can use all sorts of tricks to make muscles hold more water and look bigger, but growth of new muscle tissue is absolutely controlled by physiology.

Lets be generous and set the maximum one-year gain at 25 lbs of new muscle. Thats less than half-a-pound a week, about an ounce a day. Human muslce is only 22% protein, so the maximum amount of new muscle most folk can grown in a day, requires less than a quarter-of-an-ounce additional protein to grow it - about a tablespoon. Athletes do need quite a bit of extra protein, but most of it is used to combat protein losses caused by training and protein used for energy. For the protein required for new muslce structure, you can grow Tarzan from a tablespoon a day.

Anyways, If you dont have any lower back pain I wouldnt worry to much about it.

Core