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Ok, well let me start off with this. I am 6 ft tall, I weigh 165 pounds, 20 years old, and I am a male. I was 257 pounds about two years ago, I lost all my weight the healthy way, 1-2 pounds a week. I am new to weight training, so I hired a personal trainer for help, his weight training tips are helpful, but his nutrition tips sound kind of odd. He says "well you were such a big guy, your body needs to adjust to everything." He says if I go straight into a 3500 calorie a day diet, I will end up being fat again. But this other personal trainer told me I need to be at 3500 calories no matter what. This other personal trainer told me to eat 3500 the day I weight train, and cut back to 2000 calories the days I dont. But they all tell me I need to eat a gram of protien per a pound of body fat, which is understandable. Will someone please help me! Its confusing when you have three "certified personal trainers" all telling you different things!

My main question is, can I stay at a 2000 calorie a day diet, and consume a gram of protien for every pound, will I still gain muscle mass if I keep to this diet?... It seems to be working for me so far.. But they all told me i am doing it wrong. I just don't want to gain any more body fat..!
 
I doubt it. 6 feet tall, 165lbs, male...2,000 calories is pretty low. However I would not instantly jump to 3,500 a day either. I'd slowly ramp up the calorie intake 100-200 calories a week.
adding muscle is not JUST about protein intake. if you don't have enough calories the body will use protein for energy not muscle building.
 
sam101 said:
Ok, well let me start off with this. I am 6 ft tall, I weigh 165 pounds, 20 years old, and I am a male. I was 257 pounds about two years ago, I lost all my weight the healthy way, 1-2 pounds a week. I am new to weight training, so I hired a personal trainer for help, his weight training tips are helpful, but his nutrition tips sound kind of odd. He says "well you were such a big guy, your body needs to adjust to everything." He says if I go straight into a 3500 calorie a day diet, I will end up being fat again. But this other personal trainer told me I need to be at 3500 calories no matter what. This other personal trainer told me to eat 3500 the day I weight train, and cut back to 2000 calories the days I dont. But they all tell me I need to eat a gram of protien per a pound of body fat, which is understandable. Will someone please help me! Its confusing when you have three "certified personal trainers" all telling you different things!

My main question is, can I stay at a 2000 calorie a day diet, and consume a gram of protien for every pound, will I still gain muscle mass if I keep to this diet?... It seems to be working for me so far.. But they all told me i am doing it wrong. I just don't want to gain any more body fat..!
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I am 5'10 and I'm 160lbs. I eat 3500 cals a day. As long as you workout and your 3.5k kcals are not 50% fat you should be fine. Avoid saturated fat, obtain your fat from unsaturateds and polyunsaturateds. What's your body composition? Are you defined? I'll tell you one thing for sure, go on a 2000 cal diet and you'll lose fat, but you'll lose lots of muscle too. You don't want to 6ft and less than 160, or you'll start looking like a stick.
 
sam101 said:
Ok, well let me start off with this. I am 6 ft tall, I weigh 165 pounds, 20 years old, and I am a male. I was 257 pounds about two years ago, I lost all my weight the healthy way, 1-2 pounds a week. I am new to weight training, so I hired a personal trainer for help, his weight training tips are helpful, but his nutrition tips sound kind of odd. He says "well you were such a big guy, your body needs to adjust to everything." He says if I go straight into a 3500 calorie a day diet, I will end up being fat again. But this other personal trainer told me I need to be at 3500 calories no matter what. This other personal trainer told me to eat 3500 the day I weight train, and cut back to 2000 calories the days I dont. But they all tell me I need to eat a gram of protien per a pound of body fat, which is understandable. Will someone please help me! Its confusing when you have three "certified personal trainers" all telling you different things!

My main question is, can I stay at a 2000 calorie a day diet, and consume a gram of protien for every pound, will I still gain muscle mass if I keep to this diet?... It seems to be working for me so far.. But they all told me i am doing it wrong. I just don't want to gain any more body fat..!
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I responded to your other thread. Go to and read up on all of Lyle's nutrition articles. You'll have a very good understanding of nutritional physiology
 
... A 2000cal diet will 99% not allow you to gain muscle with your stats. I'm assuming your goal is to gain muscle, yes?

Start at 3000 cals /day and see how much weight you gain..then adjust accordingly.

+2lbs/week = your doing perfect.
 
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