Ok, so more like 1000cals a day just walking. Without conditioning or lifting or breathing or digesting or…
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Anything above 8-10k is bound to have diminishing returns, and eventually become a detrimental affair.
I’ll share with you what I remind myself with whenever I ponder undershooting my caloric intake,
Eat to gain, or don’t bother to train
— Paul Kelso
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100kg ish and thank you!
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Week 2: Day 3
Back Squat: 1x10-40,1x8-50,4x6-60
Bench: 1x10-30,1x8-35, 5x6-40
Curls: 3x10-25lbs
- lower body sore but squats felt easier than expected, bench went by quick, I didn’t feel like doing anything else so I threw in curls just to say I did something else
- honestly mentally harder than squats
I’m pretty sure your bench ratio is better than mine
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Holy shit that is one long list of accomplishments.
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@Pinkylifting how should I track quest bars? The labels say ~200kcal but that’s based on “net carbs”
What does “net carbs” mean?
Basically, they subtract out fiber, sugar alcohols and erytrithol
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Net carbs is a BS advertising campaign mainly targeted at diabetics that “subtracts” from the overall carb count of the food by only taking into account the higher glycemic carbohydrates.
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So I should track quest bars as ~300kcal?
Make your food lower calorie by ignoring some of the calories? Genius. It feels like that should be illegal if they don’t include the actual calorie content as well.
There was a lawsuit against quest a couple of years ago
It’s what I do with alcohol. I mean, I am totally going to pee it out, right?
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That was probably to do with the God awful taste though.
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British snob 
my uncultured taste buds love them 
No. You need to underestimate calories: not overestimate.
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To be honest, my main objection to quest bars has always been that they seem to inflame my tonsils somehow. But the taste is awful too.
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They do include the calorie count. The premise seems to be that if there is 10g of fiber/sugar alcohol in the food you can take that out of the 30+ carbs and therefore it won’t spike your blood glucose like a “traditional” 30+ carb snack.
Anecdotally, “net carbs” don’t matter to my blood glucose. I base my diet on “gross” carbs.
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