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How much protein in grams do I need at 124 kg on 800 kcal a day?

Asked 10 Mar 2025Modified 17 months agoViewed 1.7k times
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Details up front: 124 kg · 800 kcal.

This should be a straightforward calculation and I keep getting two different answers.

The numbers are arbitrary; the method is what I am after.

Can someone walk through the arithmetic step by step?

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askedotto_brenner12k1610 Mar 2025
Is this from a scan or a scale? They are answering different questions. – swirl_dont_shake 5 months ago
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