Calorie Intake

[Rob287]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 26 December 2021 at 20:18

[Matt_N]

Recommended intake for an average man is 2500kcal, eating around 2000kcal per day is why you are not putting on any weight. You need to fuel the growth with calories and protein.

Try upping your calorie intake to around 2500-3000kcal for a few weeks and see what happens, dont do it through eating junk though, although I suspect you wouldnt as you say you've lost weight so probably already have a good idea about nutrition.

In terms of protein, you want to be aiming for 2g per kg of body weight to fuel growth.

In terms of carbs/protein/fats you want about a 40/40/20 split.

Lift big, eat big!

[Wildfire]

I found that I have hit a plateau doing similar. I'm 5'6" and 67kg and have stopped putting weight on.

Recently I have upped my calorie intake by about 500 a day and found that I am now getting a little bigger, but whichever way I am losing definition.

I think you need to do the bulking phase then the cutting phase. But I'm not so keen to put on any excess fat.

[kimsmith]

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