Can't be right (calories)

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by Bon, Sep 30, 2003.

  1. Bon

    Bon Banned Banned

    I'm at fitday.com and in shows:

    Calories Burned Today
    source cals % total
    Total: 2893
    Basal: 1961 68%
    Lifestyle: 380 13%
    Activities: 552 19%

    I used a conservative estmate with my activities (45mins worth, figure technique work doesn't count for much), but it still reckons I'm burning almost 2900 calories! Surely that can't be right? 'cause if I was looking to bulk up, I'd be aiming for ~3500 calories a day. Or is it that 600 calories/day (4200 calories/week) that allows us to put on the mass? That's kind of scary now you think about how easily it is to consume ~500 calories over what you should be, making you turn in a fatty boombar!

    So if I'm looking to lose weight, I'd want to keep calories at no more than ~2300-2500 a day?

    Just want someone to confirm it for me, or tell me if I'm wrong! I want to minimise muscle loss whilst I'm cutting.
     
  2. Jack

    Jack Valued Member

    You can't trust fitday.com entirely, but if you were to take it as a rough guide to how many calories you burn daily, simply subject 500 a day to cut, and add 500 a day to bulk.

    Jack
     
  3. Bon

    Bon Banned Banned

    Cheers, man! :)
     

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