Harris Benedict Formula vs macronutrients

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kamran355
kamran355 Posts: 10 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Harris Benedict Formula estimates the daily calories you require or roughly !

So how much of these calories should I be taking as part of my diet to build more muscle and not put on extra weight?

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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    Did you run it through http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/? You can choose Harris and it will tell you your BMR and TDEE (to maintain weight!). If you want to build muscle, you need to eat at a surplus which will equate to some weight gain and then you go into a cutting a cycle.

    You will not put on muscle (or very much of it) while maintaining, this will essentially be a "recomp" not building mass.

  • kamran355
    kamran355 Posts: 10 Member
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    gia07 wrote: »
    Did you run it through http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/? You can choose Harris and it will tell you your BMR and TDEE (to maintain weight!). If you want to build muscle, you need to eat at a surplus which will equate to some weight gain and then you go into a cutting a cycle.

    You will not put on muscle (or very much of it) while maintaining, this will essentially be a "recomp" not building mass.


    Hi Gia I worked this out pen on paper I understand this is not accurate but gives you a rough estimate.
    what you say is understandable it didn't make sense to me either to main a weigh and not see gains. Which is why I wanted to calculate how much protein Carbs and fat I should be consuming to build muscle.

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