Need some advice
tenytintin
Posts: 8 Member
5'7
163lbs
Workout 3x a week
TDEE is 2798
Current calories is 3060.
340carbs
100fat
200protien
Been at it for a week, and I haven't make much progress. Hit 3000 calories before the evening. Weight on scale is like a sin graph right now. Should I wait for another week or increase calories. Is the 3060calories including my workout calories or should I add the calories I workout on top of already adding 250calories to it to gain weight? Thanks for the help!
163lbs
Workout 3x a week
TDEE is 2798
Current calories is 3060.
340carbs
100fat
200protien
Been at it for a week, and I haven't make much progress. Hit 3000 calories before the evening. Weight on scale is like a sin graph right now. Should I wait for another week or increase calories. Is the 3060calories including my workout calories or should I add the calories I workout on top of already adding 250calories to it to gain weight? Thanks for the help!
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exactly what progress is it reasonable to expect in a week?0
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.5lb week like they recommend! Haha
But my weight all over the place, but mostly lightly due to water weight.0 -
Use this to estimate your TDEE based on your actual daily life AND exercise time and type.
Just to confirm you are estimating best.
And yeah, week too short, though if starting a workout program, should have been gaining water weight anyway.
Just TDEE please, better than 5 level TDEE charts.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G7FgNzPq3v5WMjDtH0n93LXSMRY_hjmzNTMJb3aZSxM/edit?usp=sharing0 -
When losing weight, some people add their workout calories, some don't; either way you're consuming less calories than needed to maintain, it's just a matter of how much below. But I imagine if you're trying to gain weight you need to add those calories back in. If you burn 1500 calories per week in exercise but consume 250x7=1750 calories extra, you have a net of 250 over maintain for the week, which is going to take a while to grow. Get those 1500 back in, now you're 1750 over maintenance and can start gaining that half/wk you're looking for.0
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I lost 6 pounds the first week wt only 1200 calories or less but now its my third week n i havent lost a pound...Can any one help me plz??0
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When losing weight, some people add their workout calories, some don't; either way you're consuming less calories than needed to maintain, it's just a matter of how much below. But I imagine if you're trying to gain weight you need to add those calories back in. If you burn 1500 calories per week in exercise but consume 250x7=1750 calories extra, you have a net of 250 over maintain for the week, which is going to take a while to grow. Get those 1500 back in, now you're 1750 over maintenance and can start gaining that half/wk you're looking for.
I'm eating 250calories over maintenance everyday, so therefore my daily calories of 3060 is correct to gain weight?0 -
I lost 6 pounds the first week wt only 1200 calories or less but now its my third week n i havent lost a pound...Can any one help me plz??
Suggest you start your own topic so your situation can be discussed, rather than piggybacking on a topic that is actually about weight gain.0 -
tenytintin wrote: »When losing weight, some people add their workout calories, some don't; either way you're consuming less calories than needed to maintain, it's just a matter of how much below. But I imagine if you're trying to gain weight you need to add those calories back in. If you burn 1500 calories per week in exercise but consume 250x7=1750 calories extra, you have a net of 250 over maintain for the week, which is going to take a while to grow. Get those 1500 back in, now you're 1750 over maintenance and can start gaining that half/wk you're looking for.
I'm eating 250calories over maintenance everyday, so therefore my daily calories of 3060 is correct to gain weight?
How do you know what maintenance is, to be sure you are eating 250 more?
As pointed out - the proof is in the pudding.
If you aren't gaining 1 lb every 2 weeks - then you are not eating 250 above maintenance, no matter what exact calorie figure you think it is.
Hard to confirm a figure without the details that helped to estimate it.0 -
tenytintin wrote: »When losing weight, some people add their workout calories, some don't; either way you're consuming less calories than needed to maintain, it's just a matter of how much below. But I imagine if you're trying to gain weight you need to add those calories back in. If you burn 1500 calories per week in exercise but consume 250x7=1750 calories extra, you have a net of 250 over maintain for the week, which is going to take a while to grow. Get those 1500 back in, now you're 1750 over maintenance and can start gaining that half/wk you're looking for.
I'm eating 250calories over maintenance everyday, so therefore my daily calories of 3060 is correct to gain weight?
How do you know what maintenance is, to be sure you are eating 250 more?
As pointed out - the proof is in the pudding.
If you aren't gaining 1 lb every 2 weeks - then you are not eating 250 above maintenance, no matter what exact calorie figure you think it is.
Hard to confirm a figure without the details that helped to estimate it.
I used the TDEE excel link you showed me, and I got 3080 after adding 250 surplus calories. So my maintence is correct.
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While I think that is best estimate compared to other sites (or those very rough formula's of body weight x some factor), just be aware of the fun of adjusting by maybe needing to go even higher if results prove it.0
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Can't see your diary but it's been a week since your original post. What's the past week looked like calorie and weight wise? For comparison, I'm 5'10" and bulked from ~155 to ~165 at ~2900 to ~3200 calories, lifting 3x a week, no cardio, desk job.0
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I must be seriously under eating then! I have a desk job, but walk over 10k steps a day...lift 3 times a week and I'm bulking on 2400 calories...is that why I'm hungry ALL the time? lol
I could do with some tips on my diary too...sometimes I want to eat more and I feel deprived!
Could I be overlogging on veggies?0
