HOW TO FIND YOUR MAINTENANCE CALORIES | No BS Ways
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Want to know how to calculate your maintenance calories? You’ve come to the right video! There are two basic methods one uses …
Doing the calculator method is a bit misleading when you are overweight/ obese, the tdee calculator is a bit more accurate no matter what your starting weight is
Hey Jack, I just wanted to say thanks for your content. I really appreciate the info and the good vibes, im trying to get like you bro πͺ
New subscriber here trying my best to get fit, taking your advice and going your route β¦ thanks man
Do you calculate by your current weight, or your goal weight?
Very helpful. Thanks Jack!
I never know what activity level to put on these. I resistance train 4x a week but I'm new ish and I walk 10-11 miles a day
I tried using this calculator and it felt like my calories were way too low for what felt comfortable. I cut to 2200 calories (Iβm 260 pounds) and felt super exhausted and irritable on that amount.
Do you think a slower pace, around 2400, would be better?
Because your calculation, multiplying by 12, would give me maintenance at 3120 which would make a cut roughly 2620.
Do you have any thoughts on this? I could try either amount for a couple weeks (21+ days).
Very excited to try your French toast casserole from the book – itβs cooling right now!
Thank you Jack for giving an idea of how to find your maintenance in calories with the online calorie calculator and I hope Maisey feels better soon <3
Quick but important distinction, when you alude to 1g of Protein per Pound of Bodyweight – Are you using Lean Body Mass or Actual Total Bodyweight?
I've always heard lean body mass because the ratios get a little wonky when you start talking Tall Broad Morbidly Obese people, so this would be a new perspective
I think it would be difficult to maintain a calorie deficit while trying to get >300g of Protein from any natural food no matter how low the calories
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This guy….feeling fluffy but obviously looking leaner πππΌ
Good video Jack , I always have a hard time figuring my calories out thanks
I do the same steps and training sessions as you do, and if I calculate my maintenance selecting "light exercise" I am 100% sure I am going eat below my maintenance, maybe you should aim higher when selecting activity level
Iβm 18, 6β1 feet, 170 pounds, stood on electric scale the other day and it said that my bmr is 1800. Is it normal?
Iβm 18, 6β1 feet, 170 pounds, stood on electric scale the other day and it said that my bmr is 1800. Is it normal?
Channel is growing like a weed!!
hard work pays off! π
I just watched the episode of Diary of a CEO with Dr. Gilles Yeo, author of "Why Calories Don't Count" – pretty fascinating – basically the way we've been taught to count calories is inaccurate- for example, cooking celery moves the count from 6 to 30 calories… and the types of food have different caloric value i.e. 10 calories of candy will effect the body differently than 10 calories of a vegetable. π
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Great information as always Jack. I do similar. Bodyweight x 14 for relatively sedentary or up to body weight x 16 for quite active people feels right. Compare that to an online calculator, find a middle/average number just like you did and go from there Also, super great info about weighing yourself 2-3 weeks and see if you're maintaining your weight. Other people online say "weight yourself for a week" but we both know how much bodyweight fluctuates even on similar calorie intake. Thanks again for another quality video with perfect information! Think you're overshooting your body fat a little but hyped to see the results of the bulk π
Hey:) Hope you are well, I am on diet, i started watching u like 2-3 montha ago in general. Do u think 1600-1800 kcal is good for cut (kcal deficit) to lose weight? Thank you for your answer in advance! π
Hello there π
I honestly think that the calorie calculator is only a good starting point for people who have little to no prior experience in tracking calories. Otherwise, I really think the best method is to track your calories consumed and your weight periodically, and adjust calories consumed accordingly.
One flaw I'd like to point out is the select dropdown options of activity levels on how vague they are in that it doesn't exactly specify one's choice of activities, intensity, wattage, workout duration, etc. I, for example, am 127 pounds at 5'8", 29-year-old male, who does hours of martial arts, running, and cycling per day (sometimes even working out 2x a day), and am eating about 4400 calories (ballpark estimate that can vary) just to maintain. Out of curiosity, when I selected 'Extra Active' (highest activity level option) with my aforementioned stats, it told me to eat 2900 calories per day. Yet, I am eating way more than that and still just maintaining my weight.
Not to mention, in most cases, I find that most of the time, the calorie calculators tend to overstate maintenance calories for extremely overweight or obese people (high BF% as opposed to high BMI) and understate that for muscular and/or lean people (like both you and I, for instance). This makes sense to me since the bodies of the former group of people typically naturally compensate more for the amount of exercise they do, or by means compensate by moving less and burning less calories the rest of the day as compared to the latter group, due to just being more tired from exercising, which is again not accounted for by the calorie calculators.
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I just bought a food scale and when I take like cheese and put it into a bowl it doesnβt read how many grams it is. How do I fix this