Grams of carbs per pound for maintenance?

[BlueCorsair]

Hey hey,

Been a member for years, but haven't posted in ages (or added new pics, yeesh the ones I have up are old... though not bad, heh).

Couldn't find an exact answer after searching, so here it is:

Male, wishing to maintain body weight, how many grams of carbs per pound of bodyweight is appropriate? I've seen a few posts/stickies with ratios and the like, but no "X carbs per pound" equation anywhere. Out of curiosity, what about bulk/cut carb/weight ration?

I'm SURE I used to know the answer to these questions, but I seem to have forgotten the ratio... rather embarassing. I eat quite cleanly (one cheat meal per week, but nothing excessive) but I wanted to 're-evaluate' my diet, mostly out of curiosity.

Thanks for the hand!

 

[tucker01]

There is no exact answer as to how many carbs you require.

Here is a suggestions

1g of protein per lb of LBM

Get your adequate fat intake.

Then use carbs to fill in the rest of your caloric requirements to maintain weight.

 

[BlueCorsair]

Righto, pretty much the system I've actually been running on for all the years since I started coming to this site (2003!). I was wondering if there was some sort of more carb-specific guideline, because I've always known of the protein/pound ratio, and assumed there'd be one for carbs too.

Thanks