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[-] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 75 points 3 months ago

So I did a quick number crunch on this: To get to about 75kg of protein per day, let's say you only eat lean turkey and drink protein shakes, you'd need 200kg of turkey and 200L of protein shake.

You could probably make this intake more efficient, but however it goes in, I don't think my body would like me eating 370,000 calories per day.

[-] Gloomy@mander.xyz 90 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But eating 370,000 calories per day WOULD change your body drastically.

[-] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 31 points 3 months ago

You're not wrong! I could probably eat 365,000 less calories and still drastically change my body.

[-] F04118F@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago

5 kcal per day would change your body drastically? Oof.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

I think the above poster meant 370,000 kcal so it's a 5 Mcal difference

[-] F04118F@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I was joking by taking him literally.. I would say this does not come across well in text but IRL this kind of joke also fails to land regularly

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

I was joking by taking you literally

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 3 months ago

Are you defining literally as literal or as figurative? I literally do not know anymore.

[-] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Hey, I don't do macros, it's all about nanonutrition these days.

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 14 points 3 months ago

I wonder what he actually meant. 1g/kg maybe? That would be 125% of the RDA, which I don't know if it's a good idea but it's certainly more reasonable than…that.

[-] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 8 points 3 months ago

A common, reasonably evidence based, protein target for bodybuilding is 1-2 g/kg, with the cursed unit of 1g/lb being about the upper limit of what's useful. That's probably what this post is referencing.

[-] schnokobaer@feddit.de 74 points 3 months ago

Eating 76 kilograms of protein seems slightly excessive, would change my body drastically no doubt. /s

[-] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 24 points 3 months ago

I was going to say the same thing. I can't imagine the shits that would give you.

[-] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago

Probably wouldn't get to that point, it would be like in Seven where Gluttony's insides burst.

[-] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

That certainly is a DRASTIC change

[-] TRBoom@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

They might be referencing the rough math for daily protein consumption. It works out to about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight for men and half a gram per pound for women.

Or they could be a bat

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

why did you mix grams and pounds

[-] bork@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

This is a pretty common calculation for people who track protien intake in the US, since most people weigh themselves in pounds, and most nutritional information is provided in grams.

[-] TRBoom@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

On US nutritional labels fats, carbs, and proteins are listed in grams, but we generally measure everything in pounds.

When calculating your macro nutrition for weight gain the general recommendation comes out to about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. This is just a coincidence, but makes finding out how much protein you need to gain muscle mass pretty easy if you know how much you weigh and given that all of our labels have that info in grams.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

For the same reason they still use pounds for anything.

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago

A gram per pound is overshooting it quite a bit unless you're a vegan not minding your protein quality intake. The maximum effective protein intake is ~1.6g/kg (0.72g/lbs), more than that will just go to "waste" (energy/energy storage). If you're steroids the limit is higher, but there's currently no exact number on it.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago

"Energy storage" generally meaning "fat," for the Americans in the audience.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

Yes, if you eat your body weight every day, you will be dead. That's a drastic change to your body.

[-] haulyard@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

I think he meant to say 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. I see this referenced a bit. Still funny to imagine eating that much though.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Cattle mutilations attributed to UFOs are actually just this guy trying to get his protein

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That's the amount you need so protein intake doesn't limit your muscle growthwhen you're taking steroids

[-] jobby@lemmy.today 14 points 3 months ago

Eat a single handful of Oleander leaves with a cupful of any drink you wish.

Your body will change DRASTICALLY.

[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

100 push-ups

100 sit-ups

100 squats

10km run

[-] Linnce@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

As long as you are ok being bald

[-] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I already have the bald part so the rest seems like a general improvement.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

And no air conditioning! Even in the summer!

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ah yes, kidney damage, cancer and liver damage with high triglycerides.

[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

But what a change!

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Changed right to being dead, how transformative

[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Drastic!

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

OP's mom looking as wet as ever.

[-] someacnt_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Why is this not ratio'd moment..

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