calculate for total body mass or just LBM?

[mekler]

hey guys/gals, when you're creating a diet for either bulking or cutting, do you calculate calories for total body mass or just the LBM? i'm making a diet for my mom and this just came to mind. thanks everybody!

[Giantz11]

total body

[mekler]

thanks for the response. reason i ask is because i'm creating a diet for a family friend who is overweight, i'm going to guess bf is upwards of 25-30%... seriously. when i calculate our the calories per day for him the difference is ~600 calories. any other advice?

[Giantz11]

Body fat uses energy as well, it makes you expend more energy than a thinner person would because of that much more weight. So you have to account for this.

[SwoleCat]

When you are cutting, you figure one's LEAN body mass, not total weight.

I actually do the same for bulking, but I have my own personal training system.

~SC~

[scriptfactory]

When you are cutting, you figure one's LEAN body mass, not total weight.

I actually do the same for bulking, but I have my own personal training system.

~SC~

That's what I was about to say... I also do the same for bulking however I know my body and what works for me.

[mekler]

thanks for the replies. now i feel better about giving diet advice to my buddy and my mom, hopefully they can make the same lifestyle changes that i have. thanks again everyone.

[Giantz11]

You guys use LBM to calculate total cals?

[SwoleCat]

Yes indeed. That is what is needed to spare muscle and/or add to it.

Fat is, well, fat. Most don't care to hold on to that no matter what the goal is.

~SC~

[flex99]

find out her resting metabolic rate and go from there.

[Giantz11]

Would you say that this is a more accurate way of calcualting total cals than say BMR, or RMR which take into account total mass?

[flex99]

RMR is Resting Metabolic Rate

[Giantz11]

Yeah I know and RMR takes into account total body weight

[flex99]

ya it does, i think its the most accurate way.

[mekler]

bump =D