If she's
been in a calorie surplus up to this point, consuming 2,500 calories a day, when she cuts 250 calories from her current diet, she's still consuming 2,250 calories a day — 250 more calories than her body needs.
As you can probably guess, the lower end is most suitable to when you're restricting your calories for fat loss, and the higher end to when
you're in a calorie surplus for maximum muscle gain.
The best way to do this is to deliberately eat a bit more calories than you're burning every day (
be in a calorie surplus).
one thing the author might want to add is this: To gain muscle, make sure
you're in a calorie surplus.
Hi Nazeef, You cant really gain weight if you can not bulk or
be in a calorie surplus.
The first component to a bulking phase is to make sure that
you are in a calorie surplus (eating more calories than your body requires to maintain it's current weight).
In some instances you can do both especially if you are just starting out but for the most part if you want to maximise muscle gains then you need to
be in a calorie surplus.
What you are missing, and what I drown in daily being involved in this industry to some extent, is that these people aren't saying, «Eating HFCS won't make you feel full, so you'll tend to eat more if you don't watch your intake and
be in a calorie surplus, and therefore gain weight.»