How the frick am I supposed to eat 500g of carbs? I thought ~200g protein would be hard when I first started but this is over 1kg of brown rice per day
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How the fuck am I supposed to eat 500g of carbs?
1kg of bananas and you're halfway there
>1kg of bananas
enjoy your diarrhea
just eat straight up sugar or a whole can of condensed milk
Link?
I don't even track my macros. I think I get like 120g of protein a day.
This is on MyProtein’s site. You put in your height, weight, goal, and exercise level and spits out these metrics. Can’t vouch for the calculator as I haven’t don’t any research into optimal carb and fat intake. I used this tool to begin that process after finally figuring out how to eat >170g protein.
I was probably getting 120g a day when I was tracking it more casually and it never caused me an issue even though I was supposedly missing out on 50g. How’s your strength and aesthetic progress?
Starting Stats:
- 6'3"
- 160 pounds
Current Stats:
- 180 pounds
Goal:
- 190 pounds
I think it's going a little overboard with the protein. Like I said, I don't keep track of my macros at all, but I am thinking about switching to a mass gainer instead of using whey isolate.
I'm pretty good looking now with my current bodyfat % and muscle definition. If I went to 160g of protein I'd probably be shitting my brains out all the time and have bad gas.
My aesthetics are pretty nice. My strength is okay, but i don't go for 1rm so I don't know those stats.
I can deadlift 225 for 6-7 reps, but I usually do 190 pounds for 12 reps.
My back is definitely the strongest. I do 4x6-12 bodyweight pull-ups, then do 2 sets of lat pull-downs at 120 pounds. Then row 4x8-16 at 120 pounds.
Biceps curls I'll usually do 30 pound dumbells, 3x8-12, then go do machine preacher curls for 2 more sets at 85 pounds 8-12.
Incline Bench Press I use 55 pound dumbells for 3x6-12, then drop down to 45, or 50 pounders for 2 more sets. On flat I'll usually use 65 pound dumbells.
Hex-Bar Trap Shrugs I'll do 5x8-16 with 155 pounds.
Farmer Carry I do 100 pounds for half a mile with 3-4 breaks.
Leg Extensions I do 120 pounds, 4x8-16.
Leg Press 405 pounds 3x6-12.
I really just go for aesthetics. I don't care about being super strong. I also bike, or run 3 times a week for 25 - 30 minutes.
Your goal is 3,972 calories a day? You're just going to get fat. You don't need nearly this much food
If you goal is aesthetics, then please realize how moronic you are eating this much food.
>Didn't follow the thread
>Comes in with a douchebag attitude
Welcome to IST
I didn’t specify a caloric goal. This is just what this calculator told me to eat.
I’m new to dieting but not new to working out. I’ve been going to the gym consistently for a year and longer on different regiments and levels of consistency. I am still progressing… but my progression rate has always been one plate/one dumbbell heavier/one weight tier on the machine per month whereas programs online seem to want you to progress almost every workout.
I didn’t look into the results from the calculator before posting so I wasn’t aware that it was proposing I eat so many calories.
If anyone has any alternative advice on how to calculate your macros targets, it’d be much appreciated.
OP here again.
My approach is a little bit different because I want to just get bigger and stronger. I use my lifting figures as my metric and just myself grow passively. I must be fatter than you because I’m 5’11” and 190lbs.
I’m a little stronger, which makes sense because that’s my focus and you aren’t focusing on that at all. But overall I think it goes to show that 120g protein is probably enough.
Ya, I don't know my bodyfat %, but going by those charts people post, I'm probably like 13%.
Also this > https://youtu.be/eKrMPlW7dDg bodyfat % is hard to test unless you have a professional actually measure it for you. I store most of my fat in my lower stomach and hips, but my back is pretty shredded.
You're clearly new. You will make gains if you eat 2500 calories a day.
Once you start severely plateauing (which will take at least 3 months) then you can start adding more food.
I need to relax because this post really angered me, for anyone to think they need this many calories because they go to the gym 3-5 times a week as a BEGINNER is absolutely absurd.
Any diet with 522g of carbs is completely fricking moronic unless you're a pro athlete training for an endurance based sport. Why are you so moronic? Why are you trying to eat 2088 calories of carbs a day?
Funnily enough, I actually selected the second-lowest exercise level on the calculator. I work out 3-5 times a week which, I believe, is as much as anyone should.
The next two options were:
- daily exercise for 1-2 hours
- elite endurance athlete
Still too many carbs, even on the off chance that you are some gigajacked 6'6" dude that also does plenty of endurance on top of his lifting routine. Just up fat and lower carbs, it will be easier to down the calories and you won't rape your liver and pancreas.
looks like an absolute fricking scam. they want to keep you as fat and unhealthy as possible so you keep buying their magic powder shit, never achiving your goals the slightest
Why do you think carbs are only good for pro athletes lol? You actually lift and play sports yourself right? What else would you be doing on IST
Eat your carbs