If you did count calories....

Lenny · Jul 23, 2009

what would your daily average intake be in the offseason opposed to your precontest (guestimate if you do not count calories)? I know that it changes daily for some of us, but on average?

Currently I eating 3,500 on average, okay right now I am more like 4,000 plus calories (been doing this for about 2 months now....damn cheat meals

), but I start my offseason eating plan (I need routines) on Monday and it will be between 3,000 - 3,500 calories on average of good calories or as I call them - POWER FOODS and will increase if still hungry, trying to listen to the body...hunger is a good thing to me, so I am not afraid to increase or decrease as long as I am putting on new muscle.

Precontest eating is anywhere between 2,000 - 2,700 calories on average per day..usually I am in between that, but depends on the day.

I know counting calories will not make or break us bodybuilders as long as we are monitoring are bodies, but just wondering if you had to guestimate! Lets hear it folks!

pesty4077 · Jul 23, 2009

4000 Off season (good foods) 2600 pre-contest

Gunsmith · Jul 23, 2009

Man I jelous , I[ve been killing myself for the last 2 months with very low cals trying to play catch up for some huge mistakes I made earlier in the year "dieting" and not knowing what I was doing. I've lost a pile of muscle running a reduced cal diet and doing cardio. I'm sure gonna enjoy eating again .

I never relized what a high caloric intake one needs till I started counting what I was eating , I figured I was eating 2500-3000 cals till I sat down for a few days and logged everything I ate and calculated it up.
It was close to 3500 cals and that was after I had tightend it up but I'm moderatly active and 280lbs at the time.