Your agreed number, in equal parts
Enter a whole-gram target from your own care plan. Choose a number of parts to inspect the arithmetic. The parts are not meal recommendations, and the blank field deliberately has no suggested target.
Tool input range: 1–10,000 whole grams. This is a technical limit, not a dietary range. If you do not have an agreed target, leave the field blank and ask your care team whether tracking is useful for you.
Divide into how many arithmetic parts?
Enter your own agreed target to see the calculation.
Nothing is saved or sent by this calculator. Hosting access logs may exist. These parts do not establish that a target is suitable or that any food has been eaten.
Keep the target, the estimate and the record separate
Your agreed target
A number from your own care plan. This page does not calculate protein needs from body weight, medication, symptoms or goals.
A food estimate
A package label describes a stated serving. A hand-portion estimate is less precise. Keep the serving size and the estimate label beside any number you record.
What you recorded
Record the amount you can describe. A planned amount is not a completed record, and a blank entry does not show that nothing was eaten.
A worked arithmetic example
Suppose an invented worksheet contains 95 grams and five parts. Each part is 19 grams. If the same number is divided into four whole-gram parts, this tool shows 24, 24, 24 and 23: the parts add back to 95. It does not round each part up and silently increase the total.
The example describes no person, medication response, strength result or weight change. It does not show that these amounts are suitable for you.
Bring the unanswered question to your care team
MedlinePlus explains that protein needs vary with factors including health and physical activity. NIDDK advises people using weight-management medicines to follow their health professional’s instructions and understand the medicine’s side effects and warnings.
If appetite or symptoms make your existing plan difficult to follow, discuss that with your clinician or dietitian. The calculator cannot assess symptoms, select a replacement diet or advise changes to a medication.
Sources: MedlinePlus: Dietary Proteins and NIDDK: Prescription Medications to Treat Overweight & Obesity. Checked November 5, 2026. This independent resource is not endorsed by either organization.
Keep a record in Sturdy, if it helps
Sturdy’s current listing describes protein logging by meal period using labels, custom foods and clearly marked hand-portion estimates. You choose your target, use meal checkmarks instead, or turn the goal off.
Free features include protein logging and three saved meals. Optional Sturdy Pro adds features including camera label reading, unlimited saved meals and longer progress history. Pro is offered as a weekly or yearly subscription. Check Apple for current local terms.
This divider is a separate browser companion. It does not transfer entries into Sturdy or demonstrate an identical in-app screen.
View Sturdy on the App StorePublisher relationship: Honest Little Apps publishes Sturdy and this resource. Sturdy is an organizing and self-tracking tool, not a treatment or medication adviser.
Questions about this divider
Does this tell me my protein needs?
No. It divides a number you supply. It does not recommend a target or determine whether one is suitable.
Do the parts mean meals?
No. They are arithmetic parts. Your own care plan determines whether and how any target should be used.
Why can the parts differ by one gram?
When a whole number does not divide evenly, the tool distributes the remainder one gram at a time. The displayed whole-gram parts always add to your entered target.
Are the entries saved?
No storage or submission is implemented. Clear removes the number and output. The calculator’s example is fictional.
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