The more muscle the more your body handles?

[Misskitty91]

Is it true the more muscle you have the more food and carbs you can handle without fat gain? Or is there something like this that is true?

[Atavis]

Is it true the more muscle you have the more food and carbs you can handle without fat gain? Or is there something like this that is true?

1 lb of muscle is going to net you about 7-13 kcals per day extra. Don't count on muscle to radically increase your BMR.

If you really want to be able to eat more, you are going to have to increase your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). That means activity levels need to increase.

[pondman]

Is it true the more muscle you have the more food and carbs you can handle without fat gain? Or is there something like this that is true?

The strange thing about the human body is: The more fat you have the more your body and brain tries to make you fatter. There's a lot of chemistry involved and some of it is just reproductive chemistry and genetics. And if you are lean, your mind and body tries to regulate a lean body. That why it's so hard once you have a have fat % to lose it.

[Rugger7]

The strange thing about the human body is: The more fat you have the more your body and brain tries to make you fatter. There's a lot of chemistry involved and some of it is just reproductive chemistry and genetics. And if you are lean, your mind and body tries to regulate a lean body. That why it's so hard once you have a have fat % to lose it.

I don't know where this is coming from but if you have a high body fat % it should be much easier to lose weight than someone with a low body fat %. You do increase some male hormones by having a lean body which can help your metabolism, but you are still going to be required to eat less to maintain your weight than someone who has the same LBM plus 50 lbs more of fat will be required to lose weight.

Overeating can certainly lead to becoming habit and also trigger hormonal responses making you want food you don't need if that is what you mean, but once you start dieting and exercising those should be reigned in, particularly if you are on Keto an get off the insulin roller coaster.

[EternalReturn]

I think that a safer way to be able to eat an extra 200 calories or an extra 300 calories added to your low calorie, keto diet, is doing an extra 30 minutes of cardio exercise, 5 to 6 days per week. So if you do about 60 minutes of cardio exercise, and you add 30 minutes extra, you might be able to eat about 200 calories more, and still be able to lose weight. This cardio exercise might be 30 minutes of stationary bike, or 30 minutes of fast walking,

Is it true the more muscle you have the more food and carbs you can handle without fat gain? Or is there something like this that is true?