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08-15-2002, 12:30 AM #1Damn, so many new faces.
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required daily calories
how many calories per day do i need to eat to stay at my current weight?
is there a formulae? i cant find what it is.
im trying to find out how many calories i need a dayto stay weight, so then i can figure out how many i need to cut to lose weight
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08-15-2002, 01:24 AM #2Is Doin It 4 Da Shorteez
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I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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08-15-2002, 01:33 AM #3Fat Loss Enthuiast
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Nick,
Most BMR scales are poor, the effective ones give you a good baseline (usually insanely low) in which you should NEVER go under. Mine is like 1700 cals or something. As far as telling you what you actually should eat to maintain your weight, most are lacking.
Besides, if I ate 1700 cals of ice cream a day I'd lose weight. But I doubt much of it would be fat.
Anways.....
The point is, burning fat is burning stored energy. You must eat less, yes, but WHAT you eat is of dire importance, IMO. Try eating protein (1 gram per pound of LBM is a good bench) and fat in roughly equal amounts (grams) and keeping carbs very low (below 20).
This sets your metabolism on fat and gives most people a very reasonable caloric deficit that is not hard to adhere to (at least in comparison to a lower fat/higher carb caloric def).
You can also incorporate some cardio as well. Low intensity, first thing in the morning or after a 4-5 hour fasting period of any kind.
Hope that helps. Good luck.
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08-15-2002, 05:02 AM #4Super Moderator SUPER MODERATOR
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The one Lam posted is not just BMR but BMR with expected caloric expenditure during the day, one easy way to find out is what are you eating now? Count it.
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08-15-2002, 06:04 AM #5Senior Member
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Good post MB...however, Nick is only 15 years old and I think that type of diet may be to extreme at this point. I would suggest sticking w/ slow-burning carbs Nick, such as oats, sweet potatoes, brown rice, apples, peaches, berries, grapefruit, etc.
I agree w/ Mudge as well...log your daily food intake for a couple of days and drop calories from that figure, it is the most accurate way of determining your maintenance levels, everything else is simply a guideline.
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08-15-2002, 10:20 AM #6Fat Loss Enthuiast
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Oops he's 15! (It'd still work, though.... hahaha)
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08-15-2002, 03:52 PM #7Damn, so many new faces.
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That's news to me :]
Im 17 in november.Last edited by NickB; 08-15-2002 at 04:18 PM.
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08-15-2002, 04:15 PM #8Damn, so many new faces.
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Thanks for the link and the advice. im going to be doing low carb, i was just working out my calorie needs and stuff
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08-15-2002, 05:30 PM #9Senior Member
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Originally posted by NickB
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That's news to me :]
Im 17 in november.
Sorry...I knew you were around there
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08-15-2002, 06:03 PM #10John Mayer? Yes please.
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Glad you're back, Nick!
What was all that about you leaving a little while back?
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08-15-2002, 07:22 PM #12Damn, so many new faces.
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I just needed a break ;]
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08-15-2002, 09:18 PM #13John Mayer? Yes please.
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That's cool man
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