I don’t understand protein

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So I have set my goals on the nutricheck app & for protein it’s 115g. When I add in exercise understandably my calories increase, but so does the protein goal- to 150g today which im
finding near on impossible to achieve! Any ideas how I can hit this, or does ot even matter? Posting in this group as hoping someone here will be a protein expert! Thanks

Protein shakes
Roast chicken
Eggs
Fish

I’d struggle to eat 115g, on a good day I might manage 100g.

No idea but that amount of protein surely can't be good for you daily?!

How much do you weigh? Are you an athlete?

I had 150g today. Breakfast included Greek yoghurt. I had cottage cheese and salmon with salad at lunch. Dinner was scrambled eggs with cottage cheese stirred in (sounds weird but tastes good). Had a protein shake before gym. Just had a protein yoghurt as a snack

Protein goals should be between 0.75g and 1g per kg of body weight. I tend to eat 2 meals a day and I usually hit around 140g and I don't do protein shakes. Assuming you're trying to lose weight, it usually better to not add back any exercise calories as most exercise calories are vastly overestimated, better to just ignore them

Cottage cheese, low fat if calories are an issue. Greek yoghurt - full fat has more but fat free also good. Egg white omelette. Scoop of vanilla low carb protein powder in almond milk with matcha. A protein shake after exercise should suffice to top up. Packet of cooked chicken. Again as PP exercise Cals are always overestimated - keep the recovery protein to as simple as possible and lowest calorie. This is my intake for the day, my protein would be higher, but I had fish not chicken for dinner. I’m training for a big event. I didn’t train today but I am tomorrow so slightly more carbs today to account for the fact I train at 5am and won’t eat before I go. On consecutive non training days I will eat more protein than carbs and am shifting to lower fat than carbs for the first time in my life. Ive had 3 meals today, no snacks and I’m not remotely hungry. Fat only higher as I miscalculated my batch cook but ate it already!

Ha, I’m certainly not an athlete @Mrsbunnychops- I weigh 73kg, wanting to drop down to around 63. I opted for the ‘higher protein’ settings on nutricheck but maybe they’re unnecessarily high for me. I can’t face meat at each meal every day & don’t like eggs unless in omelette form. Do have Greek yogurt every morning & protein shake after exercise.
interesting what you say re not adding back in exercise cals @Fffreeeeezing.. maybe that’s where I’m going wrong!!

150g is hard to sustain. I had that when I was bulking.

Some ideas

BULK pea isolate flavourless protein powder 10g in overnight oats

Yeo Valley extra thick 0% greek yoghurt (quite expensive but 10g protein per 100g - or make your own yoghurt and double strain it so it's thick)

Two scrambled eggs (or one egg plus the white of another, bit wasteful though!) with 120g cottage cheese or smoked salmon

Bean or lentil soup

Prawns - chuck a few on everything

Turkey or Pork or Beef stirfry

It's honestly not necessary to have 150g a day though unless you're really trying to achieve some very specific goals.

Ah, I see! 2.0g per kg body weight is the absolute max but would be for body builders etc really! I’m not surprised you are struggling! 150g protein is a lot!!

Eating a bit more protein can assist with weight loss as it makes us feel more full so it’s good to eat a bit more, but 150g is loads!!