Tips for Determining Calorie Intake

Determining Calorie Intake

When you're trying to determine your optimal daily caloric intake, consider the following point:

You want to be able to eat as much as possible, while making sensible progress toward your goal.

This point pertains to a fat-cutting phase or a muscle-building phase.

In terms of cutting, it means you want to avoid that drastic calorie slash. You will want your calorie deficit to be as conservative as possible, while sensibly moving you toward your goal of course. If you're losing fat with a 200 calorie deficit (example), there is no reason you have to change to a 1000 calorie deficit. You'll feel better, be stronger, and recover faster in a 200 calorie deficit than you would in a drastic 1000 calorie deficit.

In terms of bulking, you need to understand that gaining anything more than 1lb per week (and often even less) is usually going to result in excessive fat gain versus lean muscle gain. So as the point mentions, eat as much as possible while making sensible progress toward your goal; which means definitely not gaining more than 1lb per week (and often times even less per week than that).

I believe that most people will find this point more relatable/beneficial during their cut. However, it is good to mention how it pertains to gaining weight as well.

Thanks for your time.


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