I had a very odd dream last night that I think could be a sign that I am perhaps taking my workouts and nutrition a bit too seriously. On a typical day I eat between 250-300g of protein per day, it's not all in the form of solid food, much of it is supplemented with smoothies/shakes. Times when I know I won't be able to reach my protein intake goal I must admit that I get a bit edgy and start to panic about getting enough protein, this is where I think my dream stemmed from.
So in the dream I was at home and had no meat, there was no meat to be found in Dallas. I was just in from the gym and was in one of my weird "must have protein fits." This is where it gets gross/odd. I look down at my calves and decide the look pretty meaty so I cut some meat off my leg. In my dream I even commented on how nice the meat looked. The cutting didn't hurt, there wasn't any blood, and I was sure that my calves would just grow back. Everything was so damn surreal that in my dream I even said to myself while I was flexing my carved calves in the mirror, "This has got to be a dream."
Needless to say I woke up in the middle of the night and grabbed my calves to make sure they were in one piece.
Isn't that an excessive amount of protein?
Posted by: hhomer | April 25, 2008 at 03:07 PM
OK, now you've totally grossed me out.
Posted by: Jeff | April 25, 2008 at 06:21 PM
I hate to tell ya but you are probably consuming too much protein. The body will only absorb what it needs and unless you are on a cycle, you can't inflict enough muscle damage to require that much in a day. The rest gets converted to ketones.
A good rule of thumb is you should consume roughly your body weight in grams of protein per day. The goal is to keep the ingestion constant. Consuming protein every 2 or 3 hours assures the body has enough amino acids available for protein synthesis at any given time.
At your age, Ketones are not dangerous however, for older men too much can cause problems.
Posted by: moby | April 25, 2008 at 06:24 PM
The rule for protein is 1.5g of protein per lb of lean body mass if you want to grow. My calculated lean body mass is 184lb, multiply that by 1.5 and it's 276. I take 250-300g a day so I'm where I should be.
Posted by: Adam | April 25, 2008 at 06:33 PM
that's what i call recycling, lol ;)
Posted by: Benji | April 25, 2008 at 09:39 PM
Self consumption... I wonder what Frued would say?
Posted by: Matthew Thompson | April 26, 2008 at 05:44 AM
Maybe Frued (sic), using language appropriate to his time, would say something about fetish and body commodification.
Posted by: Brian | April 27, 2008 at 07:38 AM
Wow... the things one does to maintain a ferocious body!
I'm glad that you opted for eating your calves instead of those guns. As countless weightlifters can attest, nobody cares about the lower legs anyway.
Posted by: cb | April 28, 2008 at 09:23 AM
Be careful with the protein intake - it's rough on the kidneys.
Posted by: rg | May 03, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Be careful with the protein intake - it's rough on the kidneys.
Posted by: rg | May 03, 2008 at 10:45 AM