JJ Virgin argues the standard protein recommendation of 0.8 g/kg is too low for fat loss. She recommends 0.8 grams per pound of ideal body weight instead, roughly double the RDA. For a 150 lb person, that's 40 grams of protein per meal.
We've been eating protein all wrong. Our protein RDA is ridiculous. It's so much lower than it should be. We need to eat at least twice of what that RDA is. So where it says 0.8 grams per kilogram of weight is what you should be eating, we do pounds. I say 0.8 grams per pound of ideal body weight. And that's where I start to build my plate. When I'm looking at macros is I know that if I'm eating 0.8 grams per pound of ideal body weight, let's say that that's 150 pound person. So. So 0.8 would be 80. 40 would be 120 grams. 120 grams. I'm eating three meals. That means that I need to get 40 grams at each meal. There you go. Really important to start the day with protein. So 40 grams of protein each meal.
