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What is excess calories?
I am now switching over to bulking, as I have gotten very skinny at this point (but not toned at all) and I still can't see my abs very good. I want to build mass but I certainly do NOT want to raise my body fat percentage.
Right now I am 6 "2 and weigh 178 lbs.
What should be my proper calorie intake each day?
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Use this...
Calculate your caloric requirement with the Harris-Benedict Formula:
I use the following formula(for males):
66 + (6.3 x body weight in lbs.) + (12.9 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)
This gives your your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Now that you know your BMR, multiply your BMR by your activity multiplier from below:
Activity Multiplier
Sedentary = BMR X 1.2 (little or no exercise, desk job)
Lightly active = BMR X 1.375 (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk)
Mod. active = BMR X 1.55 (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk)
Very active = BMR X 1.725 (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk)
Extr. active = BMR X 1.9 (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job
Your BMR X Activity Level = Calories Needed for maintenance : what you need to sustain your body at status quo. If you want to lose weight, subtract 500 calories a day to lose 1 pound per week. Subtract 1000 to lose 2 pounds per week. To gain 1 pound per wekk add 500 calories. It is not recommended to go below a 1000 calorie deficit. It is also not recommended to go below 2000 calories a day if you are trying to maintain / build muscle mass.
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Dang. I come to 3000 calories a day.
That seems a bit much. And if I want to gain alot of mass, I need to add 500 calories to that a day?
How do I achieve this without getting fat or increasing my fat percentage?
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RipStone has some solid feedback here and as long as you follow the formula with some added calories, get those cals by eating clean, and maintain a regular training routine, you should be able to minimize your fat gain. Good luck Slappy!
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[QUOTE=Slappydappy]Dang. I come to 3000 calories a day.
That seems a bit much. And if I want to gain alot of mass, I need to add 500 calories to that a day?
How do I achieve this without getting fat or increasing my fat percentage?[/QUOTE]
If you eat clean food and you are exercising, you will not gain much fat when you bulk up. It took me a while to understand this concept, but once I did my gains have been awsome. Lemme just say that it is very, very hard to get fat when you are lifting weights 3-5x a week, doing cardio, and eating healthy food.
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i came up to apporximately 1900. i wanna bulk so i gotta eat about 2400. But currently, im eating at least 3000 but i ain getting bigger. any idea? but i do know im putting on some inches on my waist plus i try to eat as clean as possible.
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[QUOTE=tobe]i came up to apporximately 1900. i wanna bulk so i gotta eat about 2400. But currently, im eating at least 3000 but i ain getting bigger. any idea? but i do know im putting on some inches on my waist plus i try to eat as clean as possible.[/QUOTE]
If you need to eat 2400 cals and you ARE eating 3000 cals, then those extra cals have to be going somewhere....fat.
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The problem with the formula is it does NOT account for body type, genetics, or possible medical problems. It is much better to go to a dietician or nutritionist and get scheduled for a tank dunk where they can better help determine your true BMR.
For instance, that formula told me I needed 3,425 calories a day....and if I actually had a BMR that advanced I would NEVER have been fat..never...because I could not consume 3,425 calories a day without eating an entire weeks worth of groceries in one sitting. It is physically impossible.