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One of the things that I have learnt over the past few weeks is how important protein is and how I needed to check how much I am actually consuming. Turns out that it isn’t enough. According to various sources somebody of my size and age, who exercises regularly needs to consume between 1.6 – 2 grams of protein per KG of body weight.
I currently weigh 96kg, so taking the mid-ground of 1.8 and multiplying it by 96 I should be consuming 172.8 grams of protein a day. I pretty much don’t eat meat, I haven’t done so for over 4 years, apart from the odd occasion (maybe 4 or 5 times a year) when I will have a beef steak or stew, it’s the only meat I have the stomach for, Laura’s beef stew is amazing!
Of course this makes it harder to get the protein in, I still eat fish, but good fish is expensive (well isn’t all food, good or bad) and tinned tuna is not something I want to be eating everyday, even though I do like it. After making a list of the food I currently eat, and it’s volume of protein, it became apparent I needed to up my levels a little bit.
As I don’t really want to start consuming more calories, I’m trying to lose a few kilos, at least 6 would be great, I decided to look into protein powders. I decided I would just go for raw powder rather than a shake and add it to either food or drink. As I mentioned in my previous post I decided to go with Sevenhills Wholefoods Organic Raw Hemp Protein Powder. This was delivered to me yesterday and I decided I would try just mixing 33g into water which gives me 16 grams of protein (pro) and nothing else. Okay, it doesn’t taste nice, but it also doesn’t taste awful and I’m able to swig it down in 3 or 4 gulps (pro). I’m happy with that.
The cons. More flatulence. It’s only day 2, nothing to report in this area, yet!
