Hi guys, I weigh 180 lbs and want to put on 20 lbs of muscle. As soon as I can get some gear, I want to try a cycle of sus/eq stack. I think my body fat % is like 15 %. I want to have that under 10%. But that’s for later, and for low carb & clen help. Right now, I just want to focus on gaining muscle mass w/o adding to body fat %.
I have read that I should intake 1.7 grams of protein for every pound of lean body mass weight that I want to be. Therefore, for 200 lbs at 15%, I should ingest 289 grams of protein per day, which sounds insane. I have read on other posts that no more than 200 of those grams should come from supplements (powders/bars). This is going to be tough.
My question is that I’ve ALSO heard that our bodies cannot digest, absorb or utilize any more than 25-30 grams of protein at once. That the excess of that at one time will be flushed away unused. Is this true? If that’s true, and I’m supposed to eat 6 times ed…it doesn’t add up. I’d have to ingest 30 grams over around 10 times ed. And I’m assuming that each meal should be separated by about 3 hours. That doesn’t add up. There isn’t enough time in a day. Ideally, I’m only awake for 16 hrs ed anyway to recoup. Would 46 grams taken 6 times ed be digested?? Can someone please help me out with this? Thanks!!
Here’s an example of protein intake from another member:
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Wake up 9ish
6 egg whites scrambled with ham - about 30gram
Tall glass 2% milk(hate skim) - 10 gram
Follow with one scoop shake - 25 gram
11ish 12
Protein shake with bananna or something - 65gram
2pm
Can of Tuna - 35 gram
Protein shake - 25 gram
4 pm
Some sort of Chicken - 40 gram
another protein shake - 25 gram
6 or 7
Can of chilli or something easy like that for my lazy ass - 25 gram
Boca burger - 20 gram
Yet another Protein shake - 25 gram
9 or 10
Protein shake - 65 gram
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It looks like a lot of the protein this guy is taking in will be wasted, won’t it?