Hi guys.
First post, apologies for any rules broken.
I have been weight lifting for about 4 months and have managed to stick to upper push, upper pull, lower push, lower pull rotation with three sessions in a week. Unsure of how to calculate calorie loss but I push myself hard I do 3*8 sets then work to failure lowering the weight down one or two times failing on each set after my 3rd set of 8s with all the major compound movements + 3-5 accessories following these sets. Spend at least 1 hour each session so between 3-4 hours in the gym. No cardio.
Weight: 225b mostly fat but with some muscle coming in on the chest and shoulders.
Height: 186cm
My post is regarding my fitness pals recommended calories deficit. I know I work an office job but feel my weight lifting should be factored in somewhat. MFP recommends I eat 1500 calories per day to lose 2lbpw. I've maintained a diet without knowing about macros and have lost 8kgish in the past four months but have hit a wall and failed over Christmas with 3 or four huge binges 7k calories plus eating occasional trash meals (daily snickers bars) for 1 week I've been tracking with another app which recommended 2100 calories.
I'm unsure if the weight I have lost (230 post Christmas failure Vs 225 this morning) is due to this 2100 calorie limit or if I have just had some constipation etc following in from my binges.
Is 1500 calories enough? I did a rapid weight loss a few years back of 1200-1500 calories and lost a lot of weight however the psychological factor meant I crashed out after a month of so resulting in my largest weight gain in year (241ish 5-6 months ago).
I'm tracking my macros at 176g protein (g per/lb of weight I want to be (80kg goal). 70g of fat and the rest carbs. If 1500 is to be believed I would have an allowance of 60-70g of carbs per day? Which when putting in my meal plans leaves me not a lot of wiggle room.
Would appreciate input from experienced people and resources of available.
Sorry for the long post.
Dan
First post, apologies for any rules broken.
I have been weight lifting for about 4 months and have managed to stick to upper push, upper pull, lower push, lower pull rotation with three sessions in a week. Unsure of how to calculate calorie loss but I push myself hard I do 3*8 sets then work to failure lowering the weight down one or two times failing on each set after my 3rd set of 8s with all the major compound movements + 3-5 accessories following these sets. Spend at least 1 hour each session so between 3-4 hours in the gym. No cardio.
Weight: 225b mostly fat but with some muscle coming in on the chest and shoulders.
Height: 186cm
My post is regarding my fitness pals recommended calories deficit. I know I work an office job but feel my weight lifting should be factored in somewhat. MFP recommends I eat 1500 calories per day to lose 2lbpw. I've maintained a diet without knowing about macros and have lost 8kgish in the past four months but have hit a wall and failed over Christmas with 3 or four huge binges 7k calories plus eating occasional trash meals (daily snickers bars) for 1 week I've been tracking with another app which recommended 2100 calories.
I'm unsure if the weight I have lost (230 post Christmas failure Vs 225 this morning) is due to this 2100 calorie limit or if I have just had some constipation etc following in from my binges.
Is 1500 calories enough? I did a rapid weight loss a few years back of 1200-1500 calories and lost a lot of weight however the psychological factor meant I crashed out after a month of so resulting in my largest weight gain in year (241ish 5-6 months ago).
I'm tracking my macros at 176g protein (g per/lb of weight I want to be (80kg goal). 70g of fat and the rest carbs. If 1500 is to be believed I would have an allowance of 60-70g of carbs per day? Which when putting in my meal plans leaves me not a lot of wiggle room.
Would appreciate input from experienced people and resources of available.
Sorry for the long post.
Dan
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