[quote]humanjhawkins wrote:
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
And for the record, try 1.5-2 grams per lb… Unless you are morbidly obese, then lower as necessary so your cals won’t get too high (after reducing carbs first).[/quote]
Respectfully Ceph, even pure whey protein has 5 cal/gram. The guy is talking about trying to maintain strength while losing weight. If he eats 570 to 760 grams of protein per day, he will be taking in 2850 to 3800 calories from the protein alone. Add minimal carbs and fat to that, and there is no way he will lose weight.
If you want to maintain strength while losing weight, you can’t eat like a powerlifter. You have to eat like a body builder in a cutting phase.
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That’s why I said “try 500 grams for starters if you want to weigh 320 lbs”.
I also said “lower as necessary if the calories get too high” or something like that. But first and foremost you’d replace carb sources with veggies like broccoli and/or cut them out completely, so I don’t see the issue here.
A bodybuilder in a cutting phase… Okay, there are genetic freaks who can eat 1 gram per lb and keep their strength and size or even grow, and then there’s everybody else… A lot of bodybuilders (at least those over 200 pounds) eat around 1.5-2 grams per lb (consciously or not… Many eat steaks or chicken plus shakes etc all day long… What do you think they end up with? Less than a gram per pound?) whether cutting or bulking.
The big difference is the amount of carbs/fats usually to increase or lower calories… And then the specific manipulation crap you can do the week up to your contest.
If you have a major amount of muscle mass and you start cutting by halving your protein intake, then good night. You’re shooting your recovery to shit even more than usual when cutting then.