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"Q:&nbsp; I am a 28 year old female runner who is fairly competitive in community races. I am healthy and not at all overweight. I did happen to have a conversation with another running friend, just a few days before reading this article, about losing weight for running. I was trying to figure out the math and convert grams to ounces to understand what was recommended within the article. Per the units of measurement conversion chart: To go from grams to ounces you multiply by 0.0353. To go from ounces to grams you multiply by 28.35. Either way with the numbers from the article, as a 135 Ib. female, eating .65 grams per pound I would need 87.75 grams a day. If I convert this into ounces by multiplying it would convert into 3.097 ounces. This does not make sense. Could you please explain where I am making my mathematical mistake (I am an English teacher :) ) or check out the numbers in your article? This is a subject I am very interested in and am very happy to see your magazine address. Thank you so much. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --Rebecca A: Greetings! Keep it simple--stay with grams. An estimate of your daily protein requirement from food is 0.55 to 0.75 grams of protein per pound of body weight: 137 lbs x .65 = 87.75 grams of protein daily (~80-90 grams for simplicity sake) From here you need to know the amount of protein in various foods: For example: 1 egg = 7 grams 1 cup of milk = 8 grams 1 ounce of meat = 20-25 grams 1 cup dried beans (cooked) = 12-18 grams And then you can track a few days of your intake (a week or two is even better) to see if you are meeting your protein needs over time. Use food labels to help you figure out how much protein various foods contribute. (I have a chart of protein-rich foods in my book on page 166.) Eat, drink, win! Suzanne Suzanne Girard Eberle, MS, RD Sports dietitian, speaker and author of Endurance Sports Nutrition"
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