How many calories do you need a day..
drxw10
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To achieve your goals?
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1600-1700 while cutting, 1900-2000 for maintenance1
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I need 3,100!0
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2250 for maintenance, therefore that's 1750 cutting (urgh) or 2500 lean bulk / 2750 full bulk.
Currently cutting1 -
I'm 5'8" 193lbs about 16-17% body fat. I'm getting about 1900 a day for cutting(about a 20% deficit), 40% protein, 40% carbs, 20% fat. I lift heavy 5 days a week for about an hour at a time. It's hard to completely judge what you need based off others without knowing exactly what shape they are in and where they are at in their journey.1
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6'0", 154lbs, maintaining at around 2500-27001
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I cut at 2400, maintain at 3000 and will bulk at 3300-35001
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I need about 2500 calories on average to maintain.1
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My tdee claculated amount for height, age and activity gives me 1530 a day t' maintain.1
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I generally maintain anywhere around 2800 - 3000.1
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The calculators built into MYF are the best in my opinion and its also helps you balance fat, carb and protein. Punch in these percentages:
Fat: 30%
Protein: 15% (Yup, that's all you need)
Carbohydrates 55%1 -
I need about 2400 to maintain.1
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Maintain at around 3600.2
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I'm cutting at 2000.1
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I need 3,400 for gain. I set my activity level to 'very active' since there is no option to gain more than 1lb a week.1
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Currently bulking at 2,400 but I always eat a few hundred less by the end of the day. My maintenance would be around 2,365 based on http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/#results. Am I doing it wrong?1
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Currently maintaining on in or around 3,100 calories. Bulked at 4,000. Not sure what my "cutting" calories would be. @Hornsby if you maintain on 3,600, what calories do you bulk on?0
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jdscrubs32 wrote: »Currently maintaining on in or around 3,100 calories. Bulked at 4,000. Not sure what my "cutting" calories would be. @Hornsby if you maintain on 3,600, what calories do you bulk on?
Man that is a lot of food!0 -
@CasperNaegle if you are referring to me and to the bulking calories, it was. Was my first bulk and was coming from a very low weight. Ended up adding 15kg on. I seem to lose if I go below 3,000 calories so in or around 3,100 is the calories I maintain at.0
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I bet you push start trains for work!!!
Regardless you found what works for YOU and that puts you in the driver's seat and not a passenger!!! Very interesting thread - clearly illustrates the reality that Human variability is such that nutrition is more ART than SCIENCE!
Puts an end to the dogma - one size fits all!!!0 -
Currently 1460, ouch. When I add more exercise I hope to up it to close to 2000-2200cals per day for a lean bulk.0
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Seems like all of them... 4500 to maintain0
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when I was 30 6000-10,0000
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DarthSamson wrote: »when I was 30 6000-10,000
Are you a competitive strongman and/or weigh 200kg?0 -
About 2850 to gain according to MFP. It's 15:50 and I'm not even close
I'm walking an average of 8km a day at work and I even have 5 aside soccer tonight. Must be why I am so skinny.0 -
DarthSamson wrote: »when I was 30 6000-10,000
I'm 33 and that's where I'm at I can put back 10000 or more when I'm trying to gain weight 6000 to 7000 on a regular day. All because of my activity level and metabolism. The way I eat I should be huge but not no where near. Two days of not putting that many calories in and it starts me losing weight.0 -
My trainer is on 4500-5500 to gain.
I am 5'5" 125lbs and to gain I need 2,000 - 2,200 minimum, but it is not an exact science. I lift 4-5x per week plus a little bit of cardio. I tend to go through mini bulk-cut cycles as I put on a kilo or two, freak out and hold where I am or mini cut, then build up comfort with my new weight and do another increase in calories. Considering I used to be under 100lbs, it has taken quite a while to get where I am.0 -
2400 seems to work for me for maintenance0
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When you have a poor appetite but needs 300 to gain.:-(0
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Currently on 4000 calories looking to put some more size on may have to up next week too I'm doing 50% fats, 15% carb and 35% protein0
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4-6000. Ultra marathoner, power lifter. After a 25+ mile run, I will still loose on 6000. But I physically can't eat more. Usually. On non running days, I can maintain on 4000ish.0
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