An ideal diet for gaining weight will contain 20% to 30% protein. I recommend 25% of your diet be made up of protein. Remember that one gram of protein is equal to 4 calories.
To find out how much protein you need, simply take your desired caloric intake that you figured out above and multiply that number by your desired protein percentage (25%).
Use that number and divide it by 4 which will give you your new daily protein requirement in grams.
For example, if you need 3,000 calories to gain an extra pound of body weight per week, you will need the following protein requirements:
3,000 x .25 = 750 / 4 = 188 grams of protein per day.
If you are eating 6 times a day, you will need 188 / 6 = 31 grams of protein per meal
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