Group: Specific Diets & Nutrition

Specific Diets & Nutrition
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 104, Messages: 22775

With so many diets and nutritional plans out there, you can get lost. Find out what works best for others and share your experiences!

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help with nutrition

needtotrim86
needtotrim86
Posts: 12
Joined: 2003/07/10
United States
2003/10/09, 09:08 PM
hey, im 17 male 5foot 8inches and just switched over from weight loss to mass gain (muscle gain...no fat hopefully). and i was wondering how many calories i should be eating on days i work out and days i dont work out. Im scared i mite get fat again (am 155 and 32 waist.....was 195 lbs and 46 waist).
Mojo_67
Mojo_67
Posts: 1,299
Joined: 2003/09/23
United States
2003/10/10, 01:11 AM
First of all congratulations on the weight loss, thats great! I have read that it is good to start with a base-line of about 14.25 times your body weight, in your case, 14.25 x 155= about 2208.75 calories a day, depending on your metabolism you can adjust up to 15 times for high & 14 times for low, once you have gone a couple of weeks you can adjust up or down 10% accordingly.

To gain muscle you will need to consume at least 1gm of protien per lb of body weight, in your case, at leas 155 gms a day, more experienced people here on the site may be able to tell you more accurately what you need to take in when it comes to protien & gaining mass. I have seen too many posts stating you need to eat 5 or 6 small meals a day which consist of either 1/5 or 1/6 of your daily calorie/protien/fat/carb requirement. Good luck on your training.




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