My info:
1. Age: 18
2. Height: 190 cm
3. Weight: 109,4 kg / 241 pounds
4. Body Fat %: 15,2 %
5. Goal: Lean Muscle Gain
6. How long you have been exercising: 3 years ago I went to the gym actively for an year, but then I quit. Today I started the "Push, Pull, Legs"-workout
7. Daily calories: BMR is 2400 calories (according to the calculator on this website)
8. Daily macros in grams (protein, carbs, fat): ?
9. Injuries or restrictions: Nothing
Hi all,
I started going to the gym today and I'm trying to build my own meal plan. The problem is that I'm so confused about everything.
I watched the "Building your meal plan!"-video and tried to calculate my daily calories and macros. According to my calculations I need 3557 calories per gym day (I counted the surplus +500 calories already) and the macros are following: protein 307 g, fat 103 g and carbs 352 g. First of all, those numbers seem crazy to me. On daily basis, I haven't been able to hit that high grams of protein (poor student life is hitting hard😅 ). Also that amount of carbs seem too high to me. (Screenshots of the calculator are below)
So my first question is that are those reasonable numbers? I'm doing the "Push, Pull, Legs"-workout (just started today) so is the calorie intake, 3557 calories per gym day, even enough? And if it is, what should my macros be? If it isn't, what should my daily calories and macros be? I'm really confused about everything. The second question is that how much calories should I eat on rest days and what should my macros be on those days?
Thanks in advance, maybe I'm just really stupid and can't figure this out myself. And by the way, @scott_herman , love your videos and they are so inspiring. I'm even thinking to start going to the gym in the mornings, thanks to your vlogs. They have really helped me to start going to the gym again.
Sincerely Olli