why eat 1g protein or more per lb your weight?

[gbrice75]

I don't understand how the subject line relates to your question/problem here, but to answer your question - are you sure you've gained 1% bodyfat? How do you know?

Regardless - assuming that's accurate, you've gained 20-25lbs and only gained 1% bodyfat - I'd say that's pretty fvckin sweet!! Do you have before and after pics?
You also failed to mention what was happening at the original caloric intake. i.e. were you simply maintaining at that intake?

[randymeans]

im trying to figure out how i gained weight when i dropped my protein intake in half and reduced carbs just a little! 9month previous i was eating 4 meals a day with a 5th meal being a post workout shake and bananas so actually 5 meals a day! 4 of the 5 meals were 50g protein with 30g carbs and the post workout would be roughly 50g protein and 50ish grams of carbs from 2 medium bananas and i did this diet for almost a year then 9 months ago starting at the end of jan i changed my diet to the zone diet! which is 9/7/1.5(carbs,proetin,fat) so i eat 3 meals and 2 snacks. The 3 meals i eat are 40g protein,45g carbs,and 10g fat and the two snacks being 15g protein,20g carbs,and maybe 5g fat! I know my bf percentage because ive looked at enough pics to know mine, and i didnt have any1 disagree with me when i loaded a pic in the "AAS' part of the forum! I could see my ouline of abs and the line down the center and now i cant see the line as good so im assuming no more than 14% bf! But i gained 25 damn pounds!

okay so the question is why does people eat alot of protein? If i can gain weight without it then how does it help when it seems like your body rejects it or something! The only think ive changed is eating more organic and grassfed animals! oh and i had a baby if that makes anything different! gimme a bit and ill upload pics, itll take a sec to because i gotta photoshop my face out!

[randymeans]

before then after! maybe i slowed down my weight lifting and gave my muscles more time to recover but i really think dropping protein may have helped!