I have a problem and I hope you guys can help me with it. I go to a gym 3 times / week (weightlifting) and do cardio 1/ week. (165 cm and 68 kg) I am 18 years old and I would like to drink protein powder but I’m not shore if it’s good for me or not? I have heard that it can be “dangerous” if you don’t use if properly. :lol: I have also heard that you’re muscles will “disappear” once you stop using it …? :confused: I am tired of the way I look and I want to see more progress and that’s why I thought of drinking protein. I have been weightlifting a whole year now but I don’t see much progress these days. :flex:

I also wanted to know how much protein powder I should drink / day and when to drink it because I have heard that you should drink it after each workout but the problem is that I don’t workout every day… so how many times / week am a supposed to drink it ?



// Nina from Sweden

I have a problem and I hope you guys can help me with it. I go to a gym 3 times / week (weightlifting) and do cardio 1/ week. (165 cm and 68 kg) I am 18 years old and I would like to drink protein powder but I’m not shore if it’s good for me or not? I have heard that it can be “dangerous” if you don’t use if properly. :lol: I have also heard that you’re muscles will “disappear” once you stop using it …? :confused: I am tired of the way I look and I want to see more progress and that’s why I thought of drinking protein. I have been weightlifting a whole year now but I don’t see much progress these days. :flex:

I also wanted to know how much protein powder I should drink / day and when to drink it because I have heard that you should drink it after each workout but the problem is that I don’t workout every day… so how many times / week am a supposed to drink it ?



// Nina from Sweden

protein powder is just another source of protein. Like the protein you get from tuna, chicken, meats etc.. Just in powder form. No difference between the two, its just more convenient to have a shake than to cook a meal. Thats all.

You've confused protein poweder and creatine. When you stop using creatine, your muscles will retain less water and lose some of the size and strength they gained while you used. You cannot become "addicted" to protein power. It's just surplus protein from cheesemaking, it's not nearly so fancy.

And the only time protein powder can be dangerous is if you have a preexisting kidney problem. If you have kidney damage, you generally want to cut your protein consumption. But if your kidneys work fine, there's nothing bad the protein powder will do to you that cottage cheese or chicken won't.

If you want to drink post-workout shakes, then drink it post-workout. Generally, you can drink protein powder in water whenever you feel like you aren't getting enough protein or calories from protein. To know for certain when you should or shouldn't drink protein powder, we'd need to know what your diet currently looks like, so we could see when you could use more protein or don't need it.



I have a problem and I hope you guys can help me with it. I go to a gym 3 times / week (weightlifting) and do cardio 1/ week. (165 cm and 68 kg) I am 18 years old and I would like to drink protein powder but I’m not shore if it’s good for me or not? I have heard that it can be “dangerous” if you don’t use if properly. :lol: I have also heard that you’re muscles will “disappear” once you stop using it …? :confused: I am tired of the way I look and I want to see more progress and that’s why I thought of drinking protein. I have been weightlifting a whole year now but I don’t see much progress these days. :flex:

I also wanted to know how much protein powder I should drink / day and when to drink it because I have heard that you should drink it after each workout but the problem is that I don’t workout every day… so how many times / week am a supposed to drink it ?



// Nina from Sweden

You've confused protein poweder and creatine. When you stop using creatine, your muscles will retain less water and lose some of the size and strength they gained while you used. You cannot become "addicted" to protein power. It's just surplus protein from cheesemaking, it's not nearly so fancy.

And the only time protein powder can be dangerous is if you have a preexisting kidney problem. If you have kidney damage, you generally want to cut your protein consumption. But if your kidneys work fine, there's nothing bad the protein powder will do to you that cottage cheese or chicken won't.

If you want to drink post-workout shakes, then drink it post-workout. Generally, you can drink protein powder in water whenever you feel like you aren't getting enough protein or calories from protein. To know for certain when you should or shouldn't drink protein powder, we'd need to know what your diet currently looks like, so we could see when you could use more protein or don't need it.


ahh, got it ! :nod:
right now i am eating 1400 calories per day (trying to lose some weight) :p
20% fat
30% protein
50% carbs

how does that sound ? could i use some more protein or is it not secessary ?
as you can tell am not so good at this :o

use protein powder only once a day after your workout, no need to use it at any other time...

1400 is WAY to low, try bumping it up to 2000 or so

ahh, got it ! :nod:
right now i am eating 1400 calories per day (trying to lose some weight) :p
20% fat
30% protein
50% carbs

how does that sound ? could i use some more protein or is it not secessary ?
as you can tell am not so good at this :o
cals too low
Fat too high
Protein too low
Carbs too high.

40/40/20. Good Luck!

use protein powder only once a day after your workout, no need to use it at any other time...

1400 is WAY to low, try bumping it up to 2000 or so

ok, thanks for the tip !! :bow:

cals too low
Fat too high
Protein too low
Carbs too high.

40/40/20. Good Luck!

great, now I khow that to do. thanks ! :d_smile:

since you claim to be "new" at this (i feel the same way quite often ;) ) you might want to check out Marcus' "Guide to Nutrition for Fitness" at the top of the fat loss forums. The nutrition aspect is more than 70% of your success and this guide will give you a great place to start, as well as some numbers to work with (for calories, fat grams, protien consumption, carbs and all that good jazz) about the best advise i can offer is take your diet, break it down into a good macronutrient split (protien/carbs/fat) and make sure you're eating enough of each...and dont skimp on the calories. It may seem counterproductive to eat more food in order to lose weight, but believe me, it works; in fact, not eating enough food had been holding me back for over a year before i found this place and fixed the problem. Check out the guide and get yourself some basic numbers and see how that works out for you.

:gl:

Whats all this about kindey problems and protien??
I had a kidney stone problem a few years back...never get one of those bastards, they really, realllly suck...
anywho, i had the pains from the stone for years, never knew what it was until it finally moved around a lot and i passed out from it and woke up in the hospital...its since been removed and i havent had any pain since...

is this something i should be concerned with as far as my diet and protien consumption?

is this something i should be concerned with as far as my diet and protien consumption?

Drink plenty of water and you'll be fine. I've been consuming on average something around ±1.3 grams/day of protein for 20+ months, but I drink around 1+ gallons of water a day. Not a kidney problem yet, and I can't tell you how many times I heard "all that protein is going to ruin your kidneys..." from people. I recently had bloodwork done and my doctor's mouth was wide agape at how healthy the results came back as opposed to my results from two years ago when I was well on my way to obesity...

-R