Trying to figure out how to fit in enough protein

Nutrition Q&A [Moderated]
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Greetings, thanks for the great templates and nutrition info!

After a productive bulking cycle I’m planning on trimming my weight down from 175 lb to 160 and hoping to lose as little muscle as possible. I’m aiming to optimize my protein intake, which I have failed to do so in previous cuts. I’ll be resistance training 3x/week and mountain biking 3-4x/week, so I believe I should be aiming at the higher end of the 2.3–3.1 g/kg/day range. This puts my protein intake at, let’s say, 225g/day. I usually eat 5 times, so split evenly that’s about 40-45g/day.

However, most of the recipes I use or can find (for example, hello fresh) average around 30g of protein per serving. What do other folks do to get enough protein? Are they really eating around 5 meals/day with 45g/protein/meal, or are they supplementing with 50-75g/protein?

Basically, I’m trying to figure out if I need to find better recipes or whether I need to just supplement more.

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Beef,

I think you’d be fine to eat 160g of protein a day to preserve muscle mass and coupled with RT, I predict you’ll lose very little (if any) muscle.

FWIW, I aim for ~ 200g protein per day and each meal has about 20-30g protein from a typical protein source, e.g meat, dairy, etc. and 10-15g from the carbohydrate and fat sources for the meal.

-Jordan