So I looked up the Harry-Benedict formula to determine how much I need to eat for maintenance, then eat ~500 calories fewer for weight loss.
stats: 225 lbs @ 6’3" at 22 years old
66.5 + (13.75 X weight in kg) + (5.003 X height in cm) - (6.775 X age in years)
mine is ~2200 calories per day according to this.
how can this be? I’ve been eating 3500 calories per day as I bulked.
bottom line: is my calculation right?
Do a search on “massive eating” and use Berardi’s formula instead.
I’ve always felt those calculators are just a starting point or guideline. They aren’t perfect.
Try eating that number of calories for 2 weeks and then check your progress. Did you gain weight or lose weight and then adjust accordingly depending on your goals.
[quote]yorik wrote:
Do a search on “massive eating” and use Berardi’s formula instead.[/quote]
Here’s the Berardi calculator from his site.
As Vader said, they’re a starting point.
However, the formula might have been pretty close for you.
2200 to maintain, and you were adding weight with 3500, seems logical to me.