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Would anyone be able to help me with a good daily caloric number?

Posted on 5/23/17 at 7:36 pm
Posted by DudeK2
Metairie
Member since May 2017
234 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 7:36 pm
Tried a ton of different apps and sites and keep getting all these random numbers. Some have me at 2300, some put me at like 3800. Trying to lose 1 lb a week.

6'3
26 Years Old
Currently 245 lbs.

Trying to get to 195 like my doctor wants but not sure what my daily intake should be.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
82757 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 7:44 pm to
The sites vary. Just pick one (i use TDEEcalculator.net) and eat at a 500 calorie deficit of your TDEE. For every 500 calories you go below your TDEE, you lose 1lb per week.

Set your activity to sedentary unless you're extremely active.
This post was edited on 5/23/17 at 7:47 pm
Posted by CocoLoco
Member since Jan 2012
29108 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 7:47 pm to
Do you workout a lot?
Posted by DudeK2
Metairie
Member since May 2017
234 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 7:49 pm to
I go 4x a week, I just started doing more cardio though. I was following Matt Ogus's 7/5/3 program for a little while.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
36773 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 7:50 pm to
Goto ifcalc. Put all the info in except bf%. Put waist size. Select multiplier as very low activity. On next page set it to fast weight loss. Those are your numbers.

For reference I would have you at 2895 for maintenance.

Macros would be

Lift days(3days)-2895 cals
Pro-326g
Fat-45
Carbs-290

Rest days-2020 cals
Pro-278g
Fat-85
Carbs-35
Posted by DudeK2
Metairie
Member since May 2017
234 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 7:51 pm to
Wow, thanks. I'm not hitting anywhere near that though lol. I thought for protein it was supposed to be my ideal body weight, so around 200g per day.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
36773 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 8:25 pm to
Well that's the min. There are plenty of reason to hit more protein mainly because you feel fuller longer, but you can lower it some and replace with carbs on workout days and fats on rest days.

Btw this is just a starting point. You should be weighing daily and tracking the trend or average over a two week period. When you stall subtract 250 for training days 125 from rest days and start again. Continue in that fashion until you start stalking and rest day cals are like 1509 and training is at 1800. Then reverse diet, then start again.

Honestly you should look into avatar nutrition, they will do all this for you for only $10/month including telling you when to reverse diet and when to go back down again.
Posted by DudeK2
Metairie
Member since May 2017
234 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:39 pm to
Is that an app? I'll definitely look into it man. I really appreciate all your insight too, is there any foods or snacks you'd recommend to help hit those protein goals?
Posted by fumundacheese
Member since May 2017
65 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 5:14 am to
I use my fitness pal for calorie counting. Always seems accurate to me, 3800 calories seen awfully high even for a 245 lb male.
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
31024 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 7:09 am to
quote:

Lift days(3days)-2895 cals
Pro-326g
Fat-45
Carbs-290

Rest days-2020 cals
Pro-278g
Fat-85
Carbs-35


That's a shite ton of protein. I'm not saying it's wrong but I'd have a hard time hitting those numbers. I'm also not 245.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43482 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 7:23 am to
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
36773 posts
Posted on 5/24/17 at 8:43 am to
its not that much protein for his body weight. But like i said he can lower it down to 1g per lbs of body weight. But when cutting you want protein high to preserve muscle. Also it increase satiety. Also protein has a large thermo effect and close to 20% of the calories from it are used just for your body to process it.
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