3500 calories - 1lb fat - 6lb of muscle

ladyraven68

http://www.burnthefat.com/calories-in-a-pound-of-fat.html

Being a numbers nerd who prefers the 20% deficit to simply deducting 500 cals per day, I found this very interesting.

marshallexi

That's a really interesting article, thanks for the link.

ladyraven68

you may like this one too

http://davfitfitnessforum.forumotion.com/t56-muscle-retaining-factor-1-severity-of-calorie-deficit-by-tom-venuto-a-trusted-friend

fimary

good article, i have read quite a bit of tom venuto's stuff before he's quite good.

joejccva71

Decent article as he's right on alot of points however those that are even somewhat lean (15% bodyfat or lower) can still do diets that go farther than the 500-1000 calorie or even 20% calorie deficits and still retain probably 95% of their LBM.

As long as they get enough protein in their bodies depending on their current bf% and LBM while lifting heavy even just 3x a week, they can retain MOST of their LBM on short diet periods. (10-12 day diet cycles)

Jazzyjules71

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lisaisso

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charcharbec

LOVE this article. BUMP!

2bbetter

This was very helpful thanks.

ktfitzgerald

Great article! Thanks for posting.

amgilman87

Love this article! Great info! What formula should you use to find out maintence calories? I found 2 different ones and one my base w/o excercise factored in im at 857.5 and the other I found I would be at 1464.7, quite a big difference! I'm 5'3 and 144lbs. Thanks!