Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Extra Calories or Less Calories

voton91
voton91
Posts: 24
Joined: 2002/05/15
United States
2004/06/27, 01:19 AM
Hi, I'm trying to put on some muscle while burning off extra fat over my muscles. Im 5 feet 11 175 pounds. Should I be trying to eat more or less calories?
princesslodgey
princesslodgey
Posts: 1,748
Joined: 2004/02/21
United Kingdom
2004/06/27, 03:44 AM
It's difficult to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time, but not impossible.
If you're not looking to gain or lose weight then workout how many calories you're eating at the moment and monitor what your weight does for a week or two.
If you lose weight increase your cals by 250/day
If you gain weight then decrease your cals by 250/day
This will work unless you're severely restricting your intake - how many calories are you eating at the moment?
voton91
voton91
Posts: 24
Joined: 2002/05/15
United States
2004/06/27, 12:14 PM
I never really monitor my calories. Im probably eating around 2200.