I have read anything from 16X your body weight to 18 X's your body weight. I just don't believe this is true. The reasons behind why I feel this way is Some have differance activity throughout the day. Some may have labor type jobs(Shoveling rock,and others sitting at a desk).
How do you find your own personal mainenance calories,without taking 2-3 weeks to do it ?
I'm 5'10" 153 pounds and have tried cutting 300-500 calories off a day , of what I thought was my mainanance calories,but I am finding I am getting no fat loss or any weight loss for that matter in a period of over 2 months.
I had been eating between 1800-1900 calories a day 5 days a week(7-8 meals) and give myself 2 days a week of 2500 calories(7-8 meals). Cardio and weights are 6 days a week.
I will save your the time(I AM NOT INTERESTED IN BULKING AT THE MOMENT)
Thanks
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06-04-2007, 01:15 PM #1
How to find what your maintenance calories are ?
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06-04-2007, 01:18 PM #2
This is an excellent calculator. It was developed by Short One here on BB.com. The height/weight defaults are in metric...change them if you need to or your numbers will be way off.
http://yianni.users.mcs2.netarray.co...WebApp/bmr.jspRIP My Beloved Son: March 2000 ~ June 2008.
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06-04-2007, 06:22 PM #14
Lower Upper Average
Meal 1: 1050.84 1116.52 1083.68
Meal 2: 966.78 1027.22 997.0
Meal 3: 882.73 937.88 910.3
Meal 4: 798.64 848.55 823.6
Meal 5: 714.59 759.25 736.92
Meal 6: 630.51 669.91 650.22
Daily Goal Intake: 5043.99 cals 5359.24 cals 5201.62 cals
Daily Maintenance Intake: 6304.98 cals 6304.98 cals 6304.98 cals
Above/Below Maintenance: -1260.99 cals -945.74 cals -1103.36 cals
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06-04-2007, 07:18 PM #16
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Alright, I just did the activity factor at 1.55 and I got my maintenance at 2876.49. I also did my activity factor at 1.2 and added my calories burned from cardio and together, it came out to 2876.96. What are the chances that they came out to the exact same thing? Does that mean my method actually worked or was it just a huge coincidence?
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06-04-2007, 10:38 PM #17
That calc is rubbish, my BMR is way higher than 1800
7th March - 232.8lbs / 17th March - 231.8 / 27th March - 231.2 / 5th April - 226.2 / 13th April - 223.8 / 20th April - 223.8 / 27th April - 222.6 / 4th May - 221.0 / 11th May - 220.0 / 17th May - 217.2 / 25th May - 216.6 / 1st June - 215.0 / 7th June - 213.4 / 14th June - 212.2 / 29th June - 207.6 / 12th July - 208.8 / 26th July - 206.8 / 3rd August - 205.0 / 3rd September - 202.4 / 25th October - 198.2
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06-05-2007, 02:50 AM #19
You need to read up on terminology. BMR is just the calories your body burns every day doing nothing. Even if you were in a coma you would still burn those calories. MAINTANENCE calories are a combination of BMR + Activity calories. It is from maintanence you subtract a percentage or set amount of calories for fat loss.
Don't go calling something "rubbish" when you have no clue as to what YOU are even talking about.RIP My Beloved Son: March 2000 ~ June 2008.
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
- Thomas A. Edison
"It's a lifestyle: train like there is no finish line."
- Steve Katai
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06-05-2007, 02:56 AM #20
I got your BMR of 1895cals using 16% BF.
From there, your maintanence cals using mod activity (3-5 days a week) are: 2939cals average.
Suggested cals for fat loss: 2424cals average. High was 2498cals and lower range was 2350cals.
So you have been eating in your correct range in your other post.RIP My Beloved Son: March 2000 ~ June 2008.
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
- Thomas A. Edison
"It's a lifestyle: train like there is no finish line."
- Steve Katai
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06-05-2007, 05:07 AM #22
Also,how does it figure out how long you slept for in that 24 hour day ?
I am just wondering because I went to bed Last night at 10:30 AM and woke up at 12:30AM (I think ECA had something to do with that). I have been up since and it's now 5:05AM. I plan on going back to bed. Hopefully I can make up for at least 5 more hours of sleep.
I know we here are all suppose to be sleeping at least 8 hours a night,if not possibly more for either cutting or bulking. I just can't help but think me being up these last 5 hours has burned more calories than if I were sound a sleep.
Maybe I'm wrong on sleeping and burning calories versus being up on the couch watching TV and looking up stuff on the net.
What are your thoughts ?Criminals prefer unarmed victims.
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05-18-2008, 07:26 AM #24
Im curious as to what people gernally put down for their activity level. I mean I workout with weights 5 days a week and do steady state cardio 7 days a week... however other than in the gym I dont really do any excersising..
You think I would put down moderate activity level or high activity level.
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05-18-2008, 07:47 AM #25
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bw X 15 works well for me
+/- 250-500 cals wether you are bulking or cutting and you are all set!Team Scivation member
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