Your post is bad and you should feel bad

u onl ned 3 preoteins

Don't cut, bulk.
You have the best basis for making massive gains and turning the little extra fat you have into muscles. Cutting now will just make you look weak. You should try the SS and GOMAD programs from the sticky. If you follow those you will come out better and stronger.

>>37245111
Add quinoa to everything you eat.

>>37245111

The amount of protein is for your lean body mass, not your entire body mass. So calculate that first and foremost.

Also, if you lose weight at a rate higher than 1% of your total bodyweight per week, you risk losing muscle. This applies to you right now.

Thirdly, I assume you lift? Otherwise you WILL lose muscle.

Lastly, jesus fucking christ, its been 1,5 weeks. Come back in 5 weeks.

>>37245111

don't worry about protein that much
just eat normally, i.e. 2500+ kcal
it doesn't really matter what it is, your body will turn the additional energy in the nutrients you need
make sure to eat a lot of vegetables though, since it can't make those vitamins

also I think that in your situation bulking would yield much better results, especially since cutting is something you only do after bulking, which apparently you never did

Should I really be bulking at 36% bf? What I've read is that the more bf% you have, the more fat you gain over muscles, and that you can't lose fat and gain muscle at the same time.

Also, yes, I lift, though I don't know if I do enough. There is a group strength training thing I do twice a week. An hour of guided high-rep barbell group training. I'm new to that too though.

The reason I'm posting this early is I figured there would be something I missed -- like 1.5g protein per lb of lean vs. total bodyweight.

>>37245111
Holy fuck people are retarded, this post is proof of it.

You do not need 300g of protein a day, you don't even need half that. You will not see benefits past 0.65g protein/lb of body weight per day. It's a myth so retards like you will give out money to whey protein companies.

>http://bayesianbodybuilding.com/the-myth-of-1glb-optimal-protein-intake-for-bodybuilders/

>>37246169
Bulking at your bfp would be retarded since you need to lose that fat eventually to look good and if you cut for a long time after bulking you will lose a significant amount of what you gained

>>37246169
>bulking at 36% bf?
No dude, you shouldn't be bulking until you are at least 12-13% BF

The reasoning for that is because

A) You wont see your muscles through your fat at 36% body fat
B) Your calorie surplus will be too high at 36% surplus and will cause you to become even a bigger fat ass than you are now
C) Lower BF% = higher testosterone in your system = faster/quicker muscle gains

What you need to be doing is strength training low volume 3 days a week in a 500 calorie deficit getting 0.6-0.7g protein per lb of bodyweight a day and focusing on progressively upping your lifts or maintaining strength every week.

ITS THAT FUCKING EASY. If you are consuming over 300g protein per day you are a moron. If you are consuming 200g of protein per day you are a moron. If you are consuming 100g of protein per day, you are around the right area.

Also let's assume you are 36% that means your lean muscle mass is very low, which means going off body weight for your protein intake makes no sense considering you are a fat ass with barely any lean muscle mass. Those calculations are for people who have lean muscle mass close to their overall body weight (low BF%)

Your protein intake requirements are likely around 70-120g a day. Stop being a retard please.

>>37245111

How are you measuring body-fat? Unless you're going with a dexa-pod then you're wasting your time.

Body mass is generally split into Fat Free Mass and Body Fat. When you first start dieting, your body empties its glycogen stores. When you empty your glycogen stores, you lose a tremendous amount of water weight. Both glycogen and water weight are a part of that Fat Free Mass.

>How do I get 300g protein into a 2000kcal cutting diet?

Overkill.

As for how much protein you need, unless you're working with an extreme deficit you need no more than .8 grams per pound of lean body mass (1.6 g / kg lbm in your case).

Time and patience, friend.

>>37246169
Get a gym membership and start a beginners free weight program, you will lose fat faster and will maintain more muscle since what you're doing right now is a joke family

>>37246245
Bro. Chill. The research I did threw up that number. Sure I missed the bit where it was lean bodyweight and not total, but that felt wrong anyway so I came here asking to make sure (and indeed, it is wrong, thanks for clearing that up guys).

>>37246250
>>37246281
Yeah that's what I thought, which is why I'm cutting.

I've found plenty of strength training guides for people bulking, but not much for people in my situation. Should I stick to the guided group training, or should I do something different?

>>37246283
I'm using waist circumference. Should I ditch that?

I am running quite a high deficit though, 1000-1500kcal, even eating 2000kcal. Hell, the only reason I even got this fat given my lifestyle is that I gave literally no thought to what I was eating or impulse control.

>>37246286
Yeah it feels like a joke.

Thanks for clearing this shit up guys. I have literally no idea what I'm doing, and I'm just following what's been repeatedly posted online.