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Eating to support muscle

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katnoir1
katnoir1 Posts: 128 Member
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Over the past few months I've been trying to eat a bit more, particularly on training days, to help support muscle growth and boost my metabolism. I am finding though that on days where I eat healthy foods (especially high fibre foods), I get full much quicker and often have a couple of hundred calories left at the end of the day.

I'm all for listening to your body and not eating if you're not hungry, but i also don't want to inadvertently undereat and undermine my training. Really not sure if I should be pushing to get more food in, or just not worrying about it. Thoughts?

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  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
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    What are your calories to begin with? Are you eating at a deficit or building muscle? You might want to check out the group eat more 2 weigh less they talk about bulking and cutting. I'm not always hungry but I want to make sure to get my protein in and fuel my body.
  • katnoir1
    katnoir1 Posts: 128 Member
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    Thanks for the tip. I'm currently eating BMR + exercise calories, avergaing at approximately 85% of my TDEE.

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