DCA Health Coaching

How Much Protein Do You Need?

Enter your ideal body weight and this works out your daily target, your per-meal target, and what to add on the days you train.

lbs
Hours you train today
Protein per day 94.5g Your baseline target
Protein per meal 31.5g Across 3 meals
Workout bonus 31.5g Per hour trained, plus a fruit

Take your numbers with you

Tell us where to send it and you can print your plan — your targets, plus every food chart on this page — as a one-page sheet for the fridge.

Which program fits you?

What that looks like on your plate

The last column is the amount of each food it takes to hit your per-meal target on its own. Macros are USDA raw values — cooking removes water, so a cooked portion weighs less and reads a little higher per ounce.

Reading the quality chip. DIAAS scores how much usable protein a food actually delivers. Excellent ≥ 1.0 Good 0.75–0.99 Incomplete — collagen has no tryptophan, so it supports skin and joints but does not count toward your protein target.

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Protein powders vary by brand. Whey protein and whey protein isolate show typical label values for a 30 g scoop, so check your own tub. DCA products show their own labels.

Skin roughly doubles the fat and calories on poultry. Fatty fish — salmon and trout — also supply omega-3, so favor them two to three times a week.

General nutrition guidance for coaching clients, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, or managing kidney or liver conditions, talk with your physician before changing your protein intake.

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