To get your temps up, you'll have to eat at least 20X
your lean bodyweight per day in calories, and that's if you are completely sedentary.
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.
Some say 2.75 grams
per kg of
lean mass
per day, others say 2 grams
per pound of
bodyweight, and then there is the always popular answer to consume 1 gram of protein
per pound of
bodyweight.
Levels up to 3g
per kg
bodyweight per day (over 3 x the RDA) have been demonstrated to increase
lean body mass, reduce fat mass and improve performance.
I now consume about 0.8 g
per lb which at a relatively
lean bodyweight of 156.2 lbs is about 125g protein a
day.