I also find the concept of adequate vs. excessive protein a bit confusing. I plan out my menus and according to Fitday, my plannd menu is at 100-110 gr protein, which seems very high to me. It's interesting that I've tried to go vegan for the last year and even as a vegan, I found that around 80-90 gr of protein a day was good for me (but the 150+ gr carbs wasn't ). I guess I'm just a high-protein person.

I do worry, though, that I might be getting too much. I'm a vegetarian, so a lot of my protein comes from dairy and soy. I have noticed, though, that with lowcarbing I usually don't end up eating everything I plan (I like 5-6 mini meals rather than 3 big meals and snacks, so that might be one reason that my protein is so high). So I probably get closer to 90 gr a day.

But I've experimented with raw vegan diets which had me at (shudder) 25 gr protein a day!!!

Tam