how many calories do i need??

[dumpslugzz]

im 5'9 185 pounds 10% bf 27 yo

i've played competitive hockey my whole life and have done 2 cycle and lost all gains.

ive never taken diet seriously like counting calories and all that ive always ate "heathier" i guess.
and i see everyone on this forum is heavy into nutrition so i started eating a ton 2 protien shakes a day *never used them before* and eating a ton of chicken breasts and egg whites omelettes ground turkey burgers and ive gained 5 previously 180 pounds in a lil over a month.

now i want to gain like 10-15 pounds but i want to keep bf at 10-11% how many calories should i eat a day? thanks guy!

[austinite]

3000.

[dumpslugzz]

thanks!

[gbrice75]

3000.

thanks!

You would just take his word for it (not saying he's wrong)? You aren't even slightly curious as to how he arrived at that number?

We encourage learning here. It's your body, so do what you want - but personally, I'd want to know the why's and how's. I'd want more than 1 opinion. What if he's a quack (he's not)? What if he was just fcking with you?

Hope you pick up what I'm putting down...

[austinite]

You would just take his word for it (not saying he's wrong)? You aren't even slightly curious as to how he arrived at that number?

We encourage learning here. It's your body, so do what you want - but personally, I'd want to know the why's and how's. I'd want more than 1 opinion. What if he's a quack (he's not)? What if he was just fcking with you?

Hope you pick up what I'm putting down...

lol, I was hoping for a "how did you come up with that" reply.

OP, you got some reading to do. What are you gonna do when you need to cut?

[JAB1]

You may have to tweak a bit. I go more like 4000 at 185 to gain at 10-12% bf. 3500 or so to maintain, 2800-3000 to cut. May not match tdee calculation exactltly. I started at 145 so I may have a bit more lean mass to maintain but that's a rough count for me at 185. Im 5'10 at best...

[gbrice75]

OP - you can start here: http://forums.steroid.com/nutrition-...1-cutting.html