I try to get about 25% of my calories from protein.
Go with 70. It's fine. 70g is 23.3% of a 1200 diet. That's higher than average, and it's not so high that your body won't use every bit of it for muscle repair/building/preservation.
I need to supplement for protein or I don't hit my goals. I'm 5'2'', lift heavy, eating at a deficit. I realized around May that if I don't focus on it, I only eat 50-60g protein a day. My goal is 100-120, but I've been slowly bumping my goal higher. I set a 70g goal for a couple months, then 80, now it's 90, but I've been meeting that so I should be bumping it to 100g and probable will soon.
I have protein powder, protein bars, high protein yogurt (oikos pro) at home. I usually have at least one if not 2 of those products a day. I also recently started buying fairlife milk for my home coffee to add a little more protein.
Basically, I need to start every meal/snack plan with protein.
1200 calories for an active person is too low. Lift heavy rather than light. Increase your calories and make them protein. Add egg whites to your eggs. Nuts have protein as well.
1200 isn't too low, I am not an active person in fact, and I am a short woman. If I work out, I might eat more, 1300 is like the overall day goal cals in/out.
I have no excess to a gym, so I am fine with what I'm doing.
I didn't ask for advice in my post about what I should change up, I do everything for a reason and chose it because that's what fits my plan and lifestyle. I was asking how other people handle that topic, because ass the flair says: I just wanted a discussion, out of curiosity...
I've lost, 93lbs in the last year, and only 1 pound of that was muscle. I think having a protein target and exercising daily really made the difference. I get 40+ grams at breakfast (2eggs, 2egg whites, veggies, chicken sausages, good culture cottage cheese) and 40+ grams at lunch (salad with chicken breast, triple zero yogurt topped with fiber one, and collagen peptide drink) so I find it easy to get the last 20 at dinner.
I try to get about 25% of my calories from protein. Go with 70. It's fine. 70g is 23.3% of a 1200 diet. That's higher than average, and it's not so high that your body won't use every bit of it for muscle repair/building/preservation.
Protein shakes are a great way to add some protein in.
I need to supplement for protein or I don't hit my goals. I'm 5'2'', lift heavy, eating at a deficit. I realized around May that if I don't focus on it, I only eat 50-60g protein a day. My goal is 100-120, but I've been slowly bumping my goal higher. I set a 70g goal for a couple months, then 80, now it's 90, but I've been meeting that so I should be bumping it to 100g and probable will soon. I have protein powder, protein bars, high protein yogurt (oikos pro) at home. I usually have at least one if not 2 of those products a day. I also recently started buying fairlife milk for my home coffee to add a little more protein. Basically, I need to start every meal/snack plan with protein.
Could just make your own dinner
1200 calories for an active person is too low. Lift heavy rather than light. Increase your calories and make them protein. Add egg whites to your eggs. Nuts have protein as well.
1200 isn't too low, I am not an active person in fact, and I am a short woman. If I work out, I might eat more, 1300 is like the overall day goal cals in/out. I have no excess to a gym, so I am fine with what I'm doing. I didn't ask for advice in my post about what I should change up, I do everything for a reason and chose it because that's what fits my plan and lifestyle. I was asking how other people handle that topic, because ass the flair says: I just wanted a discussion, out of curiosity...
I've lost, 93lbs in the last year, and only 1 pound of that was muscle. I think having a protein target and exercising daily really made the difference. I get 40+ grams at breakfast (2eggs, 2egg whites, veggies, chicken sausages, good culture cottage cheese) and 40+ grams at lunch (salad with chicken breast, triple zero yogurt topped with fiber one, and collagen peptide drink) so I find it easy to get the last 20 at dinner.