Jay Shetty

Yeah.

So talk to me about what was happening then two years ago when I was eating the recommended dose of protein, but I just looked, felt and was bigger.

And like I said, I couldn't fit into my clothes.

Everything was tighter.

I definitely, you know, I just felt like I was putting on weight more than building muscle.

I didn't realize that.

I think you're spot on.

I was, I think without knowing I was eating around 3000 calories a day and like my, you know, I need to be at 2500 or, and if I'm in a deficit, like at a 2000 or 2200 or whatever it is.

And so for me, it was, I was definitely doing that.

And not only was I not happy about just like not being able to fit into my normal clothes or whatever it was, it was also not leading to the results that I was looking for.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so what I've had to do, and I wanted to get your sense on this.

So now I do about 80 to 100 grams of protein, which is significantly less than what I was doing.

So before I was doing like 150 or something like that.

Now I'm at like 80 to 100 grams of protein a day.

Is that just slowing down how long it takes to build muscle for me?

But that is also more aligned with my goals because I'm able to do that with a calorie deficit.

Whereas if I was to eat 150 grams, I'd probably been a calorie surplus obviously on plant-based, so that applies to it.

But also because honestly, I was struggling with like, my gut was not enjoying eating 150 grams of protein.