So, a mother who's breastfeeding, particularly mothers exclusively breastfeeding — all the nutrition a baby is getting is from the mother — the mother is burning 500
excess calories per day.
Not exact matches
For the guys who struggle with gaining lean mass, decreasing the risk of adding
excess body fat means eating less on rest
days — a great rule of thumb is lowering
calorie consumption to 1 gram of carbs and 1 gram of protein
per bodyweight daily.
When weight gain occurs even on a low amount of
calories there is usually something going on hormonally beyond the «
excess» cardio: I've also gained a tonne of weight despite running 90 - 100mpw plus other activites on an average 2500 - 3000
calories (despite burning over 2000
per day through exercise) so I do empathise with that problem!
In answering Craig Wright's question about kidney stones, you say, «You want to get enough starches / carbs, but not an
excess — say 400 - 600
calories per day.»
I am led to believe by what I read (which is so confusing) that the body will store
excess calories as fat if the meal is too large, even if daily total
calories are not excessive, and that spacing these out into lower
calorie meals over three meals
per day will NOT cause the body to store fat.
A 100
calorie excess per day translates to a 10 pound weight gain in that same year.
To facilitate that response the body needs
excess calories (about 500-1000 extra
calories per day),
excess protein (about 1g
per lb of bodyweight), lots of water and and lots of recovery in the form of sleep and a stress free environment.