Does this type of dieting actually work?

[jsimon]

say your 215Lb and you wanna get to 250lb.

Then this is how your calorie intake would be.

desired weight 250 x 21 calories=5250 would be your daily intake for calories.

How well does this work?

[IBdmfkr]

You'd probably put on a lot of fat, but you'd deff get to your desired weight. At 215, you probably don't have a superfast metabolism. I'd ramp your calories up slowly until you find a good spot that you gain more muscle than fat.

[Austex]

I disagree. Looking at his stats (6'2", 20 years old), 215 pounds is not really "big". I'm guessing you've grown up with a very fast metabolism, probably being mainly skinny. (ectomorph) Am I correct?

I do agree, however, on the ramp up of calories. Find your maintenance calories needed, and unless you are already eating more than that, bump it up 500 calories every two weeks. Carefully observe your bodyweight, bodyfat, and lastly appearance. If you notice a steady increase in weight (1-2 pounds/week) then you simply maintain that calorie consumption.

If your bodyweight is going up and so is your bodyfat, then you can fine-tune your macros.

[IBdmfkr]

I am an extreme ecto, I was 135lbs when I was 17, now I'm around 200 7yrs later. So, 4500cal for me is just above maintainance, At 215 and 20yrs old, I just think 5200 would be overdoing it. The only way to know jsimon is to try it and like Austex said, "fine-tune your macros."

If you are going for strictly mass, then I'd say go ahead and shoot for as many calories as you can possibly swallow. Nothing is as anabolic as food.

[jsimon]

no actually I was skinny when I was younger then got really fat around age 12-16. Then started working out and turned everything to muscle with good diet and cardio. What I found out was im a fast gainer and a fast loser. Im just having a really hard time right now with my calorie adjustments for some reason.

[usualsuspect]

Don't worry too much about your exact calorie. Instead, I'd focus on getting 2X your bodyweight of quality protein, about 2X your bodyweight of quality carbs, and about 100 grams of "good" fats. About a 1/3 of your carbs can be ingested after your workout in form of simple sugars ( i.e. dextrose). Every 2 weeks I'm bump up your cals another 1000 Kcals based on your progress and how much food you can throw down the hatchet. Unless its junk food, 5,000 calorie diet are not easy to stomach (at least not for me). Let us know how it goes.

[Kärnfysikern]

the calculation is a bit simplifed. A better approach would be like the other guys said. Ramp the kcal upp slowely. Find the sweetspot where you gain 1-2ibs/week without getting to fat.

Gaining weight to fast always mean fat gains and gaining weight to fast is a tremendous stress on your body. Not healthy.

[jsimon]

alright guys thanks for the advice