Calories
Moderators: Boss Man, cassiegose
pako - probably not...start calories at 12 calories per pound of bodyweight and decrease/increase as needed and start training qwith bodyweight resistance exercises
lyrical - same calories thing as above
both of you - don't count cal's, get your food choices and timing right and it won't really matter
lyrical - same calories thing as above
both of you - don't count cal's, get your food choices and timing right and it won't really matter
Calories are something to bear in mind, but not obsess over. If you actually tried to get an exact Protein, Carb and Fat amount in grams per meal, you'd drive yourself insane.
Examples being a 3.5OZ, (100g) Chicken Breast at 30g Protein per Breast. No Chicken Breast is exactly the same proportions every time, and it might not say on the packaging, exactly what it is in weight terms, it might just say 100g approx, so one day you might get one that's 102g, another time 100g, another time 97.354758g.
So you'll end up getting a different amount of Protein if then next Breast you buy is 4g in weight lighter, even if the difference in Protein is something like 0.3g, so you can see why Calorie obsessing is pointless.
You just need to be in the ballpark, that's all.
Examples being a 3.5OZ, (100g) Chicken Breast at 30g Protein per Breast. No Chicken Breast is exactly the same proportions every time, and it might not say on the packaging, exactly what it is in weight terms, it might just say 100g approx, so one day you might get one that's 102g, another time 100g, another time 97.354758g.
So you'll end up getting a different amount of Protein if then next Breast you buy is 4g in weight lighter, even if the difference in Protein is something like 0.3g, so you can see why Calorie obsessing is pointless.
You just need to be in the ballpark, that's all.