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AlsDonkBoxSquat

As I was leaving the club the other day I stopped to chat with the morning desk attendant. I’ve been teaching at the club for 4 years now, but I am by far in the most superior shape of my life right now. We started chatting about my weekly routine and how I the weight and started building my lean mass. She said “wow, you must have a really hard time eating enough.” I was confused and told her I’m set for 1400 net aiming to average 1600 net or 2000 or more gross. She said that with my muscle mass she would expect me to really have a tough time keeping up and not losing weight. Then I read a post today that basically said your muscles are your metabolism.
Thoughts?


Edit: To be fair I'm pushing it up to 1900 net next week.

Rae6503

My thoughts: Yeah, 1400 net seems really low for you.....

liftingbro

I don't know how tall you are or what your routine is but 1400 sounds OK unless you are taller than average or highly active. I'm assuming you are still cutting, but if not then you are definitely under eating.

Lyadeia

So, you are trying to gain mass as opposed to lose body fat at this point? I am losing body fat eating 1500ish calories a day, so if someone was eating less than me I'd be a little surprised if they were not losing weight either.

But then again, we all are different and what works for some doesn't work for others.

chrisdavey

stats & goals are really required before any comment can be made

AlsDonkBoxSquat

I'm currently in maintenance at 1400 net, I lost 30 pounds at 1200 net. I'm 5'3," 127 pounds as of 530 this morning, and 13% bf at last measurement with a medium build. It's time to bulk, so I'm pushing my net starting next week. I was initally thinking about taking net up by 500, but have been playing with being a little more conservative this first time (I haven't bulked yet and don't know how my body will take to the process) and going with an increase of 250 over my net for 4 weeks to see what happens, if I don't see results I'll go to the 500.

I was just curious about thoughts regarding lean mass and metabolism. I've not used my newish figure as an excuse to eat what I want, but since speaking with B I have been a little looser on my goals with no real impact on my hips or waist line.

liftingbro

Lean mass does not burn quite so many calories as people think I believe some places think it's 100 calories per day for each pound of muscle you add, but I believe Lyle McDonald says it's significantly less than that, maybe 30 calories per day per pound, if I remember correctly. So if you added 10 pounds it might be 300 extra per day and 10 pounds is a lot of lean mass to add, particularly for a female and if you were in a deficit. You'd need to be eating in surplus every day and lift heavy for probably 18 months or so for a female to have that amount of mass added. And that's best case situation, most females would be lucky to add half that amount.

chrisdavey

I'm currently in maintenance at 1400 net, I lost 30 pounds at 1200 net. I'm 5'3," 127 pounds as of 530 this morning, and 13% bf at last measurement with a medium build. It's time to bulk, so I'm pushing my net starting next week. I was initally thinking about taking net up by 500, but have been playing with being a little more conservative this first time (I haven't bulked yet and don't know how my body will take to the process) and going with an increase of 250 over my net for 4 weeks to see what happens, if I don't see results I'll go to the 500.

I was just curious about thoughts regarding lean mass and metabolism. I've not used my newish figure as an excuse to eat what I want, but since speaking with B I have been a little looser on my goals with no real impact on my hips or waist line.

That sounds like a good plan to me.

1. Set out a plan.
2. assess how it's going in 2 weeks
3. readjust if necessary (try not to be scared of scale going up, it's natural for anyone who has lost weight really)

Remember, you know how to lose fat when the time comes