How do caloric calculatorswork? I don't understand. If

You burn calories, therefore you need to eat more for maintenance

>>38947065
OP please be fucking with me,

I'm cutting n 3600 now and ravenous before bed, it truly depends on activity level, muscle mass etc.

Good luck with it.

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>>38947103
Is this how it work? Isn't maintenance just eating at a point where you don't lose or gain?


I thought that if you're bulking, you're supposed to eat your maintance+X every single day, and that you weren't supposed to put burned calories in your favor, because your maintenance is proportional to your amount of exercise volume (sedentary person vs active person) in the first place.

It doesn't make sense to me adding up burned calories in your favor when your maintenance come from your level of activity in the first place.

>>38947065

Theyre all bullshit.

Also metabolism varies per person. Someone with a similar build and activity can have a tdee of 3200 while the other guy only 2700.

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>>38947120
What I mean, am I supposed to eat maintenance+X everyday if I'm bulking, or should I also take into consideration my burned calories, so if I burn 200 I'm supposed to eat an extra 200? It doesn't make sense to me to be honest.

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>>38947186
Are you simple or something?

You need to hit X amount of calories.Working out subtracts from what you've been eating all day, BECAUSE YOU ARE BURNING CALORIES. Therefore you eat more to hit the number you need.

Use an app like "My Fitnesspal" if you're too retarded to math.

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>>38947442
But that doesn't make sense.

If you're an active person, you're maintenance is set at X (also considering weight, age, height, etc), if you're sedentary, it's based on a minor value.

There's no point in substracting your exercise if you already set up your maintenance as an active person (X value).

That's like saying

>I'm an active person that weights 162 and my height is 5'7, my maintenance is 2600
>I'm an sedentary person that weights 162 and my height is 5'7, my maintenance is 2100

Those extra that you need are already considered in your maintenance as an active person, there's no point in substracting AGAIN like you're saying.

>>38947525
You need to eat an active X number of calories. And a if you're bulking, eat Y calories. Remember, Y is the calorie surplus.

>>38947525
Active means consistently active throughout the day. Like a guy who works in a warehouse lifting shit all day compared to a guy who works a desk job. Working out a few hours every other day isn't the same.

>>38947525
Which is why you always set the calculator to sedentary. Better yet, use your basal instead of your TDEE.