Protein

Wherever I look, I am seeing evidence that protein has to be increased, especially during a weight loss. I have a few blog posts on it. You can see it in my diet stuff too.

My current understanding is that you have to overcompensate on the protein so that you don’t lose muscle. And so that you can promote thermogenesis. It also keeps you full. A high protein and relatively low fat / carb diet seems to be doing the trick for me too. My body is loving the protein, liking the carbs and can deal with low fat better. It could be because I am running.

So many of my metrics are improving. Let it keep going.

I heard somewhere that a good rule of thumb might be that for every 100 calorie deficit, you want to increase your protein intake by about 10 grams.

I have been eating a lot of chicken. I should diversify my protein sources. Is it okay to actually have protein shake?

We will cover all this with time.