Had a talk today with a guy who was sort of offended for some reason about me not eating animal products and lifting weight. He said I’d never get enough protein (never heard that one before!!!). Because lentils aren’t a thing in a world of steaks.
Anyway he said that you need at least 200 grams of protein each day when you lift but that’s of course nonsense. Not saying you shouldn’t do it, but you don’t need to either.
I’m averaging around 110-140 grams a day and I’m doing fine at ±80kg body weight.
Didn’t mean to say it was bad to eat 200+ grams a day. But what I do see with lots of people, especially when they just started lifting, is that they hold on to the 200 grams a day as if it was written in the Bible. This makes them so focussed on getting all the proteins in that it 1) has an unhealthy effect on the way they look at food and 2) get demotivated when they ‘only’ reach 130 for the day. I’d rather have these people not so worried about getting that much protein and instead just eating balanced, consistent and training consistently.
Oh that’s a good point yeah you want to be thinking about your dietary needs very in depth no magic numbers