Weight Loss and Macro

[BigChef]

Gidday,

I am currently weighing 300 pounds and last 2 months I have lost about 15 kilo's and over. I am quite happy but I was adjusting my diet and doing cardio's only. Few weeks ago I started doing weights. I was ex bodybuilder for 6 years and been on gear a few times.

My diet is excellent like 6-7 meals a day, high protein and low carbs but what I like to know is that BigA said in his sticky post:

VERY simple. Very important that you try to get as
close to 500g of protein per day. Easiest way to do
that is to have a whey protein shake in water with
every meal. Fats and carbs don't matter. Calories
don't count, macro nutrients (protein, fat, carb) do.
If you get to add fat on, just cut out the fats and
keep your carbs bellow 300g/day. That's all it is!
Very simple, but hard to stick to, so not many people
get results. On gear, the more protein you eat, the
more you grow. Is as simple as that. Gear maximises
protein synthesis.


Is that for mass building diet or weight loss?

Should I forget the calories? or I go on 3000 calories per day? Or just stick to Macro formula?

Protein - 1 - 1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight
Carbohydrates - 2-3 grams per pound of bodyweight
Fats - .3 -.4 grams per pound of bodyweight

Any suggestions is much appreciated!

Cheers,

Chef

 

[FuriousFarmah]

If your read the title of the post from which you took that information, it was "growth principles for beginners." Growth=Bulking.

For cutting, what really matters is calories. There are some good discussions of keto diets, and there are people who prefer high carb/low fat diets. I'm a fan of low carb, but at the end of the day, it's calories in vs. calories out.