How Many Calories Do You Need to Eat Per Day? (Blog)

[Mehdi]

Use this thread to discuss the next post from StrongLifts.com's blog:

How Many Calories Do You Need to Eat Per Day?

[guru]

Hi Mehdi,

Carbs. Promote fat loss: your body stores carbs as fat if your energy stores are full. And they make you hungry again faster.

Taken from the article. It should be "Carbs - Promote fat gain:...", isn't it?

[Mehdi]

Hi Mehdi,

Carbs. Promote fat loss: your body stores carbs as fat if your energy stores are full. And they make you hungry again faster.

Taken from the article. It should be "Carbs - Promote fat gain:...", isn't it?

Fixed! Tnx guru

[AD69]

Ok, if I am 88.5kg = 195lb, then I should be having c.3,500 calories, just for maintenance? Without knowing my bf%, the Cunningham equation suggests similar.

The website I had been using to monitor calorie intake suggests c.3,000, albeit without any additional activity factored in.

Is that where the extra 500 calories comes in, from walking, weightlifting, etc.

Thanks for the article, it shows that if I don't concentrate, I can seriously undereat, and that could be affecting my recovery.

[rossi]

I am still not getting enough calories, can I get ca 15-20% of total kcals from things like chocolate and other luxury items? I know they are not very nutricious, but I eat very healthly, altough not enough calories.

[Mehdi]

@Rossi
Looking at your stats, I think you want to gain weight. You should do GOMAD, healthier than the chocolate and stuff.

[rossi]

I just read the new blog post, I'll try to do it gradually, step by step. Previous time I was on it for 3 weeks, but I could not keep it up, I felt full and almost didn't eat other things.