Possible to build muscle with low calorie intake?!

[teke213]

Hey guys,
I've been lifting the last couple weeks, trying to do heavy weight low reps in the beginning of the week, and high reps toward the end of the week followed by 30 minutes of cardio, 5x a week. I intake about 1200 calories a day though and want to know if anybody has had any success with low caloric intake and building muscle and cutting fat? Eat oatmeal for breakfast, has 1 (g)fat, 400 calories chicken about 3 (g) fat, and a chicken salad for dinner followed by a post workout shake... if you have any suggestions on whether to eat more or help would be appreciated!

[UCFBuilder]

cant build muscle and lose fat at the same time...1200 is WAYYYYYYYYYYY to low of a caloric intake for a 6 foot 200 pound man...go to the nutrition section and read the stickes..educate yourself about how to properly diet dude...all eating 1200 cals a day is gonna do for u is lead to a massive binge, kill your energy levels and eventually stall any progress with your body image and strength in the gym

[teke213]

Do you think i should just snack or eat some other low fat foods in between meals? I will def read up on the stickies in the nutrition section.. i guess my first goal is to burn any unnecessary fat and get toned..which i think will be helped by the low calorie intake diet..but thanks for the help i appreciate it, ill be readin stickies -.-

[UCFBuilder]

you dont have to stick to low fat foods man...figure out what macro ratio will work for you and help you achieve the goals u want..which at this point is losing fat

what it boils down to is eating 500 cals below maintenance...eat close to or a little less than your bodyweight in grams of protein a day...get at least 20% of your cals from fat..the rest of your caloric intake should come form carbs..once u figure out what those numbers are and what your total caloric intake should be...you can meet those numbers with ANY FOODS you would like....yes that means if u want a snickers bar or a bowl of icecream then eat it...fit it into your numbers and everything is fine..there will be no difference as far as body composition goes...lift weights doing all this and you will get the body you are working towards in due time man

[teke213]

thanks for the help brotha i will try to understand these macro ratios and calculations a little better and try it out. appreciate it.

[W_Camp18]

Honestly it doesn't really matter what you consume, whether that be high fatty foods, low fat foods, or whatever. If you consume more calories than you burn off in a day then your gonna gain weight, if you burn off more calories in a day than you consume you will lose weight.

DO NOT make the mistake of going on a LOW CARB diet. Those are rediculus and retarded. High Protein Diets are also honestly not necessary to build muscle.
Carbohydrates are Brain Food - If you don't consume enough in a day your mind and body will begin to suffer. Carbs are the #1 source of energy your body uses for high intensity exercise. At a submaximal level of exercise or at rest you burn fat.

Your body needs a particular amount of calories daily to maintain your body weight.

First find your BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate - This is the amount of calories your body will burn at rest in a given day.
Generally for a 6ft 200lb man the general caloric intake for this is about 2200 to 2300 calories.

If your workout burns off 300-500 calories in a given day, then if your trying to continue to build or maintain muscle at least then you want to shoot for about 2500-2600 calories per day. If you seriously want to add on muscle mass then jack up your caloric intake to around 3000+. You will gain more body fat, but the strength gains will come with this.

[gomez26]

u should lose fat slowly to maintain muscle. say 1lb per week.

u can only do recomp if u have a lot of fat to begin with, ur weight is too light for this.

most importantly u need a decent amount of dietary fat intake so ur body makes a good hormone profile. otherwise ur testosterone levels will fall. so even if u are trying to lose bodyfat u still need dietary fat intake. i would say at least 30% of cals.