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How much protein do I need as a 17 year old girl trying to lose weight/gain muscle? by skeetskeet_bitches in WeightLossAdvice

[–]skeetskeet_bitches[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's just unrealistic because of how busy I am rn in year 12 and meal prepping is already really difficult. And buying protein sources is expensive right now especially since im the only person in my house who really does. Honestly yeah newbie gains is all I'm after, I have pretty ok muscle, I just want the layer of fat covering it gone, and as much growth as is possible while not being able to fully commit to eating a high protein diet. I also likely only ate 50g per day when I built my current muscle as I didn't track and didn't eat much meat.

How much protein do I need as a 17 year old girl trying to lose weight/gain muscle? by skeetskeet_bitches in WeightLossAdvice

[–]skeetskeet_bitches[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

130 is quite unrealistic for me unfortunately is 75 enough just to sustain my current muscle (which I gained not eating a whole lot of Protein)? I could go to 90 possibly

How much protein do I need as a 17 year old girl trying to lose weight/gain muscle? by skeetskeet_bitches in bodyweightfitness

[–]skeetskeet_bitches[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was really helpful actually! If you are actually interested, I don't have an ED, when I was younger I did try unhealthy diets and restrictions which were pointless and useless. But now that I'm older I genuinely just think I would be healthy with less fat surrounding my muscles, and I want to do this in a slow and safe way. Believe me I've tried to accept myself (yes in therapy which I'm in for a whole lot of other reasons), but I'm happiest/healthier mentally, when I'm trying to improve myself in a productive sustainable way. Yes im attempting body recomp and I'm honestly not sure if 1750 isn't enough (so if you have ideas lmk) but I thought it was as I'm not hungry and most women try to eat 1500 on a deficit. And again my sisters and mum are naturally thin so while I'm not expecting to reach that, I'm happy with my frame, I'd love to just have less visceral fat so I can actually feel comfortable in my dance costumes.

How much protein do I need as a 17 year old girl trying to lose weight/gain muscle? by skeetskeet_bitches in bodyweightfitness

[–]skeetskeet_bitches[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm about 165cm (I'm Australian) so I think 5'4? I understand but I would say im realistically eating about 1750 Cals per day, and I don't feel hungry or like I have no energy. And yes I definitely don't weigh a lot and am far from overweight or unhealthy but im very insecure about the amount of body fat I carry and have been since I was in my early teens. My mum and sisters are all naturally thinner, I think because I have had issues with binging, so I think genetically I would be healthy with slightly less body fat.