I have noticed something in a few threads that I just feel I have to say something about.
In questions regarding how much protein someone should eat I frequently see the standard nutritionist formula of weight X .8 to figure how much protein someone should eat. This is a valid formula, but I have seen in a few posts that people are multiplying .8 x the number of pounds someone weighs. The .8 formula is for kilograms, not pounds. This is a huge difference.
For pounds, you multiply your weight x .37. So if someone weights 185 pounds they would need approx 69 grams of protein per day. This is a big difference from 148 grams, which is what you get if you multiply the weight times .8. Now, getting extra protein is certainly not a bad thing, but I hate the thought of someone sitting around thinking they are seriously shorting themselves on protein, and not getting the other nutrients they might need while struggling to get almost 150 grams of protein in 1 day.