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Originally Posted by Speedy1975
My BMR says 1737 based on your formula. I let computer programs figure all that out for me on my current diet though. I'm trying to lose 1lb per week and the program stipulated a 1500 cal a day diet based on my having a desk job. I added 300 to that so I didn't lose too much muscle. I figure as long as strength stays up there I'm good?
I used to get real crazy with macro nutrient ratios and all that. I tracked every single thing I ate all the way down to a splenda packet on dailyplate and the whole nine yards. I actually found I did better just relaxing about it and watching what I ate. I'm a bit OCD, but it just got too nuts trying to track it all.
This year I decided to just halve what I'd normally eat bulking. That put me around 1800 - 2000 cals a day and was close to the number the program spit out as well and was pretty easy to follow. If I normally ate two stuffed sole fillets for dinner during bulking, I just eat one now. Two scoops of protein and two tbsp of peanut butter bulking, I eat one now. You get the idea.
I'm open to suggestions on a diet though....never hurts to try changing things up. This has been working decent. I weigh every Monday and track it in the logs so I'll know how this week went soon.
I hear ya. I eat a tick over 4,000 calories a day in the winter. 6-7 meals a day all the way up to a final protein meal right before bed.
So get this, I had a pro body building judge write me a diet a couple years back (Tony Haines). He wrote me one for cutting and one for bulking and I still have them as reference. The bulking diet was nuts. 6,000+ cals a day and like 400gr of protein. I ate religiously for 10 weeks and gained a total of 4lbs. I had stamina and strength galore at the gym, but eating that much EVERY DAY for two months and only 4 lbs??? I finally had enough and decided to not try to be something my genetics won't be. I mean seriously...how many people could eat like that and not gain some serious weight. I was eating a pound of tilapia a day. If I ever see another piece of that the rest of my life it'll be too soon.
The cutting diet was nearly all protein and fats with green veggies thrown in for fiber. Keto is what he called it. Worked like a champ after I adjusted to it (felt like crap the 1st two weeks). Dropped down to about 7.8% bf but eating like that long term isn't sustainable, at least for me.
Give me some ideas for meals and I'll see if I can make them fit. I hit the grocery on Sunday.
In a perfect world we'd all have personal chefs cook up our meals and just hand them to us every few hours hahaha.
Thanks for all the input.
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These numbers don't seem right, if you want to post the stats needed by the formula I can re-check it for you, that Keto diet sounds like crap, you need carbs, I don't care what anyone says, dropping carbs for cutting is ok but very low carb diets for any period of time are a recipie for failure, guaranteed.