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Originally Posted by xxscaxx
You need to calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate), and then you can adjust from there. There are plenty of calculators online for this.
Its basically to find out how many calories your body will burn by just basically doing nothing. So if you woke up and sat on your couch all day, you would burn "xxxx" amount of calories. This is your maintenance calories. So if you were to eat this amount everyday, and lets say do some cardio and burn off 200 calories twice a week, in theory you should lose weight. So by finding out what your BMR is based off your activity level will help you set the foundation of what you should be eating calorie wise to either maintain, gain, or lose weight.
Do you have any proof of your 12%bf at your current weight now? Not taking anything away from you, but gaining 44 pounds of basically muscle is not common (naturally anyways).
A lot of people throw BF % out there and they really don't have any idea on what a real reading is, lol. Either way, good job gaining weight.
The idea of just "eating" to get big though doesn't always work. Really depends on what body type you have.
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I went to Human Performance Lab which had a hydro static composition test. You can get your body fat done there and its accurate to 1% (apparently). It costs about $50 and many universities offer this through the kinesiology department.
I was hesitant about posting due to skepticism and because people claim outrageous bodyfat percentages like you mentioned. I have before and after photos but I don't feel like turning this into a bodybuilding.com current body thread.