You’re proabbly in that sweet spot where you can lose fat and gain muscle

Feb 11, 2019
3:42:10pm

kotacoug All-American

But at some point I don’t think you can have a calorie deficit and also build muscle. I would guess you’d want to keep the calorie deficit fairly low, maybe 300 cal per day, you’ll have to be pretty consistent with it.

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Lets pretend i burn around 4400 calories per day (cuz i do with my metabolism and workout plan, ive done RMR and Vo2

monkeycowboy Tenured Brofessor

2/11/19 3:28pm

I don't believe a healthy lifestyle should require that much math.

Sea Chicken

2/11/19 3:29pm

RE: I don't believe a healthy lifestyle should require that much math.

bluecheese

2/11/19 3:34pm

You should just PM slim. You sound like you already know more the rest of CB

SLC-Warrior

2/11/19 3:41pm

You’re proabbly in that sweet spot where you can lose fat and gain muscle

kotacoug

2/11/19 3:42pm

I've been using this calculator for the past three years

lagryffe

2/11/19 3:44pm

Muscle for life has some of the best online resources for weight

kotacoug

2/11/19 3:52pm

Yeah, it's the best I've found. Started BLS at 45 Y/O and now at 48 am in

lagryffe

2/11/19 4:11pm

I’m 47 and started his stuff a few yrs back, loved it,

kotacoug

2/11/19 4:20pm

I'm still able to do 4-6, but honestly, I should probably drop to 6-8. I've also

lagryffe

2/11/19 4:28pm

Ya I’m at 6-8 now with my shoulder surgery I don’t want to put too

kotacoug

2/11/19 4:43pm

Seems to me that if you want to both lose weight and maintain muscle that you are going to have to play the long game

kccougar

2/11/19 3:48pm

I don't know the answer but I'm actually really interested in it. Keep us posted

Martin Van Nostrand

2/11/19 3:52pm

How confident are you in your exercise calories? How does your fitbit measure calorie burn?

SpecialT

2/11/19 3:55pm

Fairly. Its heartrate and time based. The Vo2 test which is heart rate and oxygen consumption (which helps determine my

monkeycowboy

2/11/19 3:59pm

Have tried a chest monitor just to check? I believe the chest straps are more accurate.

SpecialT

2/12/19 7:31am

The Vo2 uses a chest strap and mask

monkeycowboy

2/12/19 8:20am

Read up on fasting (both intermittent and prolonged). If you keep up your

dilbert

2/11/19 4:05pm

I'd go with 3600-3800 calories/day.

JuicyJam

2/11/19 4:08pm

For someone in such a unique situation it would probably behoove you to go see

Dillinger

2/11/19 4:16pm

I'd pick a number 500-800 calories less than that and track calories. About

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