BillS
January 22nd, 2004, 02:41 AM
Hi,
I'm 6'4, about 220 lb (down from 230) and 43 yrs.. mesomorphic acording to bodybuilding.com, and I am getting varying results from caloric intake calculators.. Most seem to say that to keep my current weight, I need somewhere in the area of 3200 to 3500 calories. I used the calculator on the AST sports science page today and it said 4000 to 4300! I'm not sure that I have ever consumed that much.. unless you count going out and eating a large pizza with a couple of beers, and following that with a large bucket of movie popcorn, a large coke and a box of red vines. ( ah.. those were the days..)
I've been back on a workout and cardio schedule for the last month or so, and thanks to this site I've put together a nutritional plan that will, maybe in time, burn off the inch or so around the waist and get me down to about 200 lb. But,... I am eating no where near 4000 calories.. 2000 to 2200 is about it by my calculation, and believe me.. I'm not going hungry.
Am I on the right track here?
I'm 6'4, about 220 lb (down from 230) and 43 yrs.. mesomorphic acording to bodybuilding.com, and I am getting varying results from caloric intake calculators.. Most seem to say that to keep my current weight, I need somewhere in the area of 3200 to 3500 calories. I used the calculator on the AST sports science page today and it said 4000 to 4300! I'm not sure that I have ever consumed that much.. unless you count going out and eating a large pizza with a couple of beers, and following that with a large bucket of movie popcorn, a large coke and a box of red vines. ( ah.. those were the days..)
I've been back on a workout and cardio schedule for the last month or so, and thanks to this site I've put together a nutritional plan that will, maybe in time, burn off the inch or so around the waist and get me down to about 200 lb. But,... I am eating no where near 4000 calories.. 2000 to 2200 is about it by my calculation, and believe me.. I'm not going hungry.
Am I on the right track here?