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Sticking to calorie limit even when hungry?
Just wondered how other people felt about this. I've only just started counting calories, so I don't really know where my maintenance is yet, in order to estimate the excess that I need. At the moment I'm aiming for 2500 calories a day in order to put on 0.5lb a week, or thereabouts. I want to minimise fat gain while…
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Factoring in exercise to MFP calculations
Hi I've been using MFP just for tracking my calorie intake. But I've noticed that the calorie target it gives me for putting on X amount of weight a week isn't really accurate unless it factors in calories burnt while weight lifting. I've tried to add things such as Bench Press etc but it doesn't seem to factor that in, it…
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Just joined MFP - having trouble deciding how much weight I want to gain a week, if at all
Hi, I'm about 11st, 5'10". I'm skinny but have more body fat than I'm happy with, especially around the moob, belly area (I'm probably 20-22% bodyfat). I'm trying to get bigger and put on muscle. I'm doing a full body session 3 times a week (when I feel up to it, sometimes it's just twice a week). My dilemma is - how much…
