Not exact matches
His trainer recommended that he was supposed to keep
caloric consumption
around maintenance levels.
For example, a 170 lb male may have a
maintenance caloric requirement of
around 2500 calories / day.
Lots of trainees still believe that doing sit - ups or crunches will get them a six pack — WRONG.A well balanced diet is the key for ripped abs.Eat too much and you gain weight quickly, eat too little and you'll lose muscle mass.The key is to slowly reduce calories and experiment.Try to eat 300 - 500 calories less than you burn in a day.For an example if your
maintenance calories are 2500 and you burn another 500 during your workout, that makes a
caloric expenditure of 3000 calories a day.Eating
around 2500 - 2700 calories a day is a good start in your fat loss journey.
If he was maintaining his weight before (
caloric maintenance), then it follows that he'll start losing
around a pound per week (a ~ 3500 weekly calorie deficit) with his new breakfast.
A bodybuilder who has
caloric maintenance levels of
around 3,000 calories would then eat 3,150 to 3,300 calories every day on the weekend.
If your
caloric maintenance is 3000 you must eat
around 500 less which would mean that if you need 2500 calories a day,
around 1900 calories must come from fats!