Thread: Formula for Cutting?

The problem with using a formula like this is that everyone is different, so you have to figure it out for yourself. Instead, this is what I want you to do: Record everything you eat for a week. Don't try to diet or whatever, just eat what you would normally eat to maintain. At the end of the week, use a website (there are lots of different ones, Fitday.com seems to be a popular one) to approximate how many calories you consume in a day. Take the average number of calories you consume in a day. Then take that number and subtract 500. That's how many calories you should be eating to cut.

Adjustments can be made later, but this should give you a pretty good idea of how much to eat. Also, you don't have to do it for a whole week, but it's better to get an average amount of calories rather than just seeing what you eat in one day, because that could potentially throw off your results.

Originally Posted by squanto

The problem with using a formula like this is that everyone is different, so you have to figure it out for yourself. Instead, this is what I want you to do: Record everything you eat for a week. Don't try to diet or whatever, just eat what you would normally eat to maintain. At the end of the week, use a website (there are lots of different ones, Fitday.com seems to be a popular one) to approximate how many calories you consume in a day. Take the average number of calories you consume in a day. Then take that number and subtract 500. That's how many calories you should be eating to cut.

Adjustments can be made later, but this should give you a pretty good idea of how much to eat. Also, you don't have to do it for a whole week, but it's better to get an average amount of calories rather than just seeing what you eat in one day, because that could potentially throw off your results.

Bingo.

Do you recomend any supplements while cutting?
Glutanimine ?(sp)

Squanto - Thanks for the advice. I know of the fitday website. I have used it in the past to figure out how many calories I eat in a given day. It also helps figure out hte ratio of protein/fats/carbs. I eat approx 4000 calories a day. I was just curious how far down I can drop that before I will lose muscle. Rather then use drugs for the fat loss I would rather just control it with diet.

TrojanMan - Generally about 500 calories below maintenance should work. But you're gonna have to experiment a little bit to find the exact number which works best. Just monitor your results weekly and you should find your niche.

skaterdude - The only supplement I currently use is whey powder right after I workout. To be honest, I don't think whey is completely necessary anyway, but I use it. While some supplements might help you, I find most of them to be unnecessary, and getting your diet/exercise under control is far more important than supplements any day.