I was hopeful bf to not have to count cal and record but your prob right. What is the best app for the job ?
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Honestly brother, you almost have to. No room for guessing in this game. Myfitnesspal is awesome. Check this out brohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDkdWXgyZtcDo you prep your meals for the week? This and myfitnesspal are the 2 things I believe have given me the ability to get well on the road to where i want to be. Prep foods that are healthy and fit your meal plan. Take them every where you go. Just eliminate the temptation to go grab some fast food bs. Again too, Water water water. Im close to 2 gal every day at this point.
I drink lots of water I do not prep food yet but I don't eat out much I cook most everything I eat. Hate processed foods just make me feel like death. I'm convinced they purposely keep America fat.
I love to cook tho so prepping looks not to bad. My downfall is I also love to cook with cream an butter. Can make food that makes ya wanna slap your grandma. But I'm all in on this so let's do it. What calorie range do you think I should be starting at?
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1.25g of protein per lb of weight so 357g protein = 1430 cals
Maybe start at 1g per lb carbs. 286g carbs = 1144 cals Carbs, try to do all complex carb except post workout. Faster carbs are ok then because your muscles are ready to use those cals to replenish nutrients.
Id prob try to keep fats pretty minimal maybe 100 or so. 100 g fat is 900 cals. Get these mostly from your protein sources, lean beef, chicken, fish, turkey. Dont be scared to use a little olive oil or coconut oil to cook with, just dont go overboard.
3474 cals per day give or take 5% or so.
What do you think Joko? Seem like a decent place to start?
Thats what this place is all about fellas! This is a few months after I got started back in the gym and where I was a few weeks ago. You guys can both get what you want!! Attachment 14072
It will take a bit of playing around with myfitness pal to figure it all out. You are a good bit bigger than I am but I try to hit 6-7 meals a day. Usually 6-8oz of protein per meal. Eat lots of veggies, asparagus, spinach, bell peppers all low calorie and high in micro nutrients. Carbs something like 5-6oz sweet potato or 1c brown rice or 1c oatmeal for breakfast, quinoia or however the f you spell it.Oh yea, beans are a super great carb and also have a good bit of protein and fiber. Let see what we have here.
357 /6=59g protein per meal. 10oz chicken breast is 55g protein and 8g fat for example.
286/6 = 47g carbs per meal. 1c cooked brown rice is 45g carbs.
cook your chicken in 1 tbsp of olive oil. 300 cals and 15 g of fat.
Add some broccoli, spinach peppers or something like that and you got a good healthy meal.
Get the app and play with it a bit. IT will make much more sense once you start using it. It also has a barcode scanner feature that is really cool too, just scan the bar and it will locate all the macros for that item automatically 99% of the time.