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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
Alright, then that's what I need to do. Time to monitor my caloric intake.
Gotta make this a process and own it.
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About 20% should be from fat, 40%protein and 40% from carbs. If you can find a place that can measure your body fat/muscle they should be able to help you dial in your numbers. I go to a Max Muscle(over priced supplement store) and they have a device that uses electrical pulses to measure resistance in your body and derive volumes from that. They then look at the changes and tell me more carbs, more fat etc. Calories as a number isn't with a lot as 2000 calories from fat will make you fat but 2500 calories from a good diet will make you lose weight (rough example). I've been lifting and attempting to get a good body fat percentage for a couple years and, speaking from experience, counting your macros (carbs, fat, protein) has made the biggest differences by far than any changes in training. It's truly the only way to effectively decrease your body fat below 20%ish