Dr.LipidDallas said:The RDA is the wrong reference and it is worth understanding why.
I will push back on the powder-first advice. It works and it also trains people out of eating food, and when the drug stops the habits are what remain. Getting protein from meals is slower and holds up better afterwards.
One concrete data point for the thread. Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason. In three months the reason is what you will have forgotten, and the reason is what makes the record worth having.
LibrarianMeg said:I will push back on the powder-first advice.
Coming at LibrarianMeg’s question from a different direction. Most of what circulates confidently in this community traces back to one summary of one study, and the qualifier was dropped somewhere in the third retelling.
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Shop Reference StandardsA narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
Whether the RDA is the wrong reference entirely during rapid weight loss, and what the actual target should be?
Reporting back.
Front-loading was the answer. Same total intake, same drug, but two thirds of the protein before midday and I am hitting the target most days now.