How much protein can i eat?

[alice27]

Hi, this is my 1st post as i am new to this, i am 5ft 3 and am weighing in at 10 stone 11, how many grams of protein can i eat per day?

A typical days menu is

breakfast 2 fried eggs and 3 ozs chopped fried bacon


lunch 8oz minced,turkey,beef or lamb, 40z cauliflower and brocolli and 1 tablespoon of Hellmans mayo ( I am a hellmans freak, eat it with anything)


dinner 8 oz chicken breast, 50grms lettuce,1 stick of celery,1/2 oz yellow peppers 1 tablespoon of Hellmans

I have changed to decaff coffee and drink 6 mugs a day,black, and drink 2-3 litres of sparkling water

Any avice would be gratefully received

Thanks

[liv]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

The answer for us on the Atkins diet is about 30% of our calories should come from protein. 5 from carbs (mostly veggie carbs) and 65 from fat (this is for induction later on carbs may go up and fat down somewhat)
So I suggest you try FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal and plug in your foods. It will calculate it for you and give you the percentages and then you can see if you need to adjust something

[nat11]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

40z cauliflower and brocolli

50grms lettuce,1 stick of celery,1/2 oz yellow peppers

You are undereating your vegetables.

Measure vegetables raw and enter them raw in Fitday.

2 fried eggs

Enter them raw in Fitday: "egg, whole raw". Then add the fat used in cooking.

[alice27]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

I have used Fitday, excellent website, thanx for your answers

[atkinsgal08]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

>> I have changed to decaff coffee and drink 6 mugs a day,black, and drink 2-3 litres of sparkling water>>

You're using up too many net carbs on coffee ... coffee is 1 net carb per 8 ounces.

Also, sparkling water doesn't count as water.

[alice27]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

I didnt realise that about the water, thanks

[2big4mysize]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

how are you feeling? are you hungry an hour after you eat? if so then you need more protein in your meals if not then you are feeding your hunger.

you can figure out a minimum amount as a low carber by calculating your weight in kilograms and then having at least 1 gram of protein for each kilogram of body weight. Atkinseers usually eat more then that minimum.

[Bumble]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

sorry to hijack this old thread but i just saw this:

" Also, sparkling water doesn't count as water."

Is this true?

I have been drinking my 2litres a day from boiling water in the colder months but now its spring I have been really enjoying drinking naturally sparkling spring water or soda water. But its the only liquid I am drinking. Is it bad?

eek!

[Elizellen]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

As long as it has no flavourings or sweetener added it should be fine.

[Bumble]

Re: How much protein can i eat?

phew!

thanks for the swift reply