Total workouts completed today

People in the gym at today's peak

People working out now

More statistics
Message Boards

Introducing NEW & IMPROVED Greenberry Shakeology® Same name. Tastes a million times better. Learn more.

Message Boards

The Team Beachbody Message Boards are available 24 hours a day to provide motivation, guidance, and peer support. Whether you're seeking expert advice or just want to talk to people with similar experiences, you'll find helpful and knowledgeable friends on the Message Boards. 

 

How to post photos in your Message Board threads:

Show
Categories » Workout Programs & Photo Galleries » Body Beast® » Should I consume more calories?
Threads [ Previous | Next ]
Should I consume more calories?
Should I consume more calories?
11/27/12 6:16 AM
I started at 218 lbs, 8.58% BF. The guide said to eat 3900 calories, which I have been following along with the macros faithfully (tracking using myfitnesspal). Halfway through my 3rd week of Build, I'm at 218 lbs, and 8.73% BF. I weigh myself every morning right after waking up to ensure proper calorie calculation during workouts, the BF calc I did before I started as a baseline, and the most recent one was just to check my progress.

Before starting, I did P90X and then a Hybrid of Insanity/P90X. I rested one week between each program.

My initial thought is that my metabolism is still high after doing so much cardio, so I might need more calories.

Any thoughts?
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/27/12 8:03 AM as a reply to kevinremer.
Are you doing the Lean Beast or Huge Beast ?

If your weight didn't move yet i would had 200 calories / day for the bulk phase and see after 2-3 weeks if you are gaining mass or not, if it still doesn't move i would up by another 200 calories. Don't add too much as you don't want your body to store a lot of body fat.
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/27/12 8:21 AM as a reply to DominicDuclos.
DominicDuclos:
Are you doing the Lean Beast or Huge Beast ?


Huge.
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/27/12 12:24 PM as a reply to kevinremer.
Okay like i said start by adding 200 calories then another 200 if it not enough. That basically what i did in my first round.

And if at the end of Bulk phase you are still have a low body fat you can add a few weeks to the phase before going into the beast phase.
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/28/12 10:47 AM as a reply to kevinremer.
kevinremer:
My initial thought is that my metabolism is still high after doing so much cardio, so I might need more calories.

Any thoughts?


I and many others ended up adding 300-500 calories in the Bulk Phase just to keep from LOSING weight. Don't worry about the fat...it comes off in the Beast Phase when you go on a slight deficit in calories at a higher protein diet. At your current rate you will finish Body Beast with less muscle mass and weight than you started so yes eat more!

I put on 13 pounds from beginning to Bulk, and going from 4000 calories per day to 2400 per day and then on the competition plan had me losing almost 3 pounds per week in the Beast Phase. It comes off quick man...almost too quick...lost some muscle along the way too. But overall I finished 12 lbs up on Lean Body Mass. Body fat dropped from 15% to 11% and my total weight went up 5 lbs. But my arms grew over an inch!

What is your goal? 10 lbs more lean body mass?

Robert
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/27/12 4:23 PM as a reply to RBroussard.
RBroussard:
What is your goal? 10 lbs more lean body mass?


My goal is to weigh at least 225 (don't care where I end up, as long as it's 225 or more) with roughly the same BF as when I started. Not certain if this can be attained with Huge Beast alone, so I had anticipated doing either Asylum, another Insanity/P90X hybrid or Lean Beast after I finish in February. In either case, gaining fat right now doesn't bother me. I know how easily it can come off.
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/27/12 5:43 PM as a reply to kevinremer.
I dont think you will need to do asylum after to shred off fat unless you put on fat easily. I dropped my body fat 4% in the beast phase while still keeping 6 pounds of muscle mass so yeah go for it.
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/28/12 4:18 AM as a reply to DominicDuclos.
DominicDuclos:
I dont think you will need to do asylum after to shred off fat unless you put on fat easily. I dropped my body fat 4% in the beast phase while still keeping 6 pounds of muscle mass so yeah go for it.


Ok, cool. I had been wondering about that since I started. I don't seem to put on fat that quickly, so it sounds like I'll be just fine. Thanks for the feedback.
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/28/12 5:26 AM as a reply to kevinremer.
I just wanted to confirm what everyone else is saying.

I am in my last week of body beast right now and during most of the build and bulk portions I consumed five hundred to seven hundred more than the program suggested and I ended up gaining very little fat. And for some reason most of that fat seemed to come during the first few weeks.

I was also like you in that I was sure that I would have to do some other program to cut the fat later which was fine with me. But I checked my body fat this morning and I am at 6.2% and although I am not positive, I thought that my body fat was about 8% before I started, but it may have been a little lower.

This morning I also weighed 8.8 pounds more than I did when I started and since my body fat percentage has gone down, I can only assume that it is all muscle. I have also been very pleased during the Beast phase to have lost very little if any muscle.

Keep at it and good luck,

Pat
Report Post Report Post
?
RE: Should I consume more calories?
11/30/12 6:27 AM as a reply to PatCella.
PatCella : Everybody is not the same but this seams to be a thrend for most people. Anyway i wouldn't worry about gaining too much fat if you are following you nutrition and eating clean, it shouldn't be a problem to cut back the fat you gained.

The bulk/build phase are only 9 weeks long, i don't see anybody gaining extreme body fat in only 2 months unless you are eating everything that you see and not tracking anything.

Beast up!
Report Post Report Post
?