If you’re here, it means you want to build muscle. You may just want to gain weight in general, but the “weight” you typically want to gain is muscle. Either way, you’re ready to figure out how many calories you need to eat per day to make that happen as effectively as possible. Awesome. Before we get to that, here’s …
Continue Reading >>How Many Calories Do I Need To Eat Per Day To Build Muscle Or Gain Weight?
As I’ve explained a million times before, the most important part of every single weight loss diet is creating a caloric deficit. This is when you consume fewer calories than your body burns (or burn more calories than you consume, it’s the same thing). Doing so puts your body in a state of negative energy balance, where it doesn’t have …
Continue Reading >>Caloric Deficit To Lose Weight – Setting Your Calorie Intake For Weight Loss
If you’re here, it means you want to lose weight (more specifically, lose fat), and you’re ready to figure out how many calories you should eat per day to make that happen as effectively as possible. Awesome. Before we get to that, here’s a quick recap of what you’ve done so far: You learned that in order to lose weight …
Continue Reading >>How Many Calories Should I Eat Per Day To Lose Weight & Lose Fat?
In the previous step, I showed you a couple of ways to calculate your daily calorie maintenance level. Now, if your goal was to lose weight or gain weight, this would be the step when you adjust that calorie intake to suit one of those goals. However, since you’re only interested in how many calories are needed to maintain your …
Continue Reading >>How Many Calories Are Needed To Maintain My Current Weight?
As I’ve explained, your daily calorie intake is by far the most important part of your diet plan no matter what your goal is (losing fat, building muscle, etc.). And, the starting point for figuring out exactly how many calories you need to eat per day revolves around something called your calorie maintenance level. Your calorie maintenance level is where …
Continue Reading >>Calorie Maintenance Level – Daily Calorie Requirements Calculator
No matter what the goal of your diet is and no matter what terrible sources of information you’ve been exposed to, the single most important part of every single diet plan is calories. Or, more specifically, your total daily calorie intake. Like I’ve mentioned before, calories are everything. They are the true key to an effective diet plan regardless of …
Continue Reading >>Daily Calorie Intake – Why Calories In vs Calories Out Is The Key To Your Diet