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Do i really need all these calories?

  • 13-09-2010 1:44pm
    #1
    Hells Kitchen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭


    So here's the story. Over the last 2.5 months i've lost 15 pounds through lifting and strict dieting. I still have a bit to go though. I measured myself this morning and i've 18% body-fat. But i'm just sick of dieting and i'm back in college as well. So i'm going to start bulking for a few months. I've just started stronglifts 5x5.

    I was looking through the stickies and found g'ems formula for calorie requirements for weight gain. It works out at 4000 calories. I'm just wondering do i really need to consume that many calories? I reckon i can get by fairly easily on 2500-3000 cals. My goal while doing stronglifts is to gain as much muscle as possible but if i could loose a bit of the fat at the same time then great.

    Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    You can just try it and see, I found the figure too high for me using that calculator, it is only an estimate if you get to fat you are obviously taking in more than you need. I would also bet that the vast majority of people who think they eat say 2500kcal per day are eating more than that -it is far more common to underestimate your portions and forget about those sneaky biscuits, chocolates, milky coffees etc.

    I used to aim for ~1800kcal knowing I would end up with ~2200kcal


  • #3
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,901 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Hells Kitchen wrote: »
    I was looking through the stickies and found g'ems formula for calorie requirements for weight gain. It works out at 4000 calories. I'm just wondering do i really need to consume that many calories?

    did you use your actual body weight, or your Lean body mass?
    There are a number of formulas, all similar some use body weight, orders leans mass. From memory, the on G'em posted uses lean body mass, but a lot of posters miss it.
    rubadub wrote: »
    I would also bet that the vast majority of people who think they eat say 2500kcal per day are eating more than that -it is far more common to underestimate your portions and forget about those sneaky biscuits, chocolates, milky coffees etc.
    +1
    I used to aim for ~1800kcal knowing I would end up with ~2200kcal
    Doing this at the minute. Just had two sneaky biscuits


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