A few simple questions

williampriv
williampriv Posts: 4 Member
edited August 2015 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- when figuring out my maintainence calories, what do I use for activity in calculators if I lift 4 times a week for 60-80 minutes but otherwise am quite sedentary? Am I lightly active? I weigh 135lbs at 170cm, does 2200 calories to maintain and 2700 to bulk seem about right? Would like to hit 145-150 by October.
- At the moment, I hit my protein intake and calories for the day but let fats and carbs sort itself out, will I see any significant benefit from actually trying to hit numbers for the other two macros? how many of you just track protein and calorie intake and had success from it?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    Calories - i would probably say likely axtive but at best, its a guess. Personally, i would track calories for a month to figure out your true maintenance. Because in the end, even the best formulas are a guess. The calculators say i maintain at 2700 to 2800 but i actually maintain around 3000.

    When you bulk you can do 500 calories. Some prefer a slow/clean bulk at 250 above tdee.

    Carbs are very important for bulks. So i would work on getting more carba for help promote muscle growth.

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