Caloric Intake

[Bears]

What's the best way of determining one's target caloric intake?

I ask because I know it varies drastically depending on one's overall goal.

[Sportsmedjosh]

Depends on what you're tryint to acheive, weight loss, mass gain. If your an endurance runner etc.

Give us some more info.

[shawnyboy]

i'd say take your wieght in pounds and times it by 15 or 16

[Bears]

Originally Posted by Sportsmedjosh

Depends on what you're tryint to acheive, weight loss, mass gain. If your an endurance runner etc.

Give us some more info.

Ok I'll give you a quick run down of what I've done since I took up weight training. I started off at 215lbs (very overweight for my height 5'9)

In about 4 months I dropped 40 lbs which left me at 175lbs. My current weight tends to fluctuate from 170-175. I can't figure out why for the life of me

Originally I was just planning on dropping more weight until I got to "my" ideal number of 165lbs. However, seeing as that I've been able to maintain a good diet and weight program for a while now, I decided I want to bulk. I'd like to bulk up to 180lbs, then cut from there properly.

I've never bulked before so I want to be certain that I know what I'm doing before I even begin. How can I determine my target caloric intake?

Originally Posted by shawnyboy

i'd say take your wieght in pounds and times it by 15 or 16

ok so I'm looking at anywhere from 2600-2800 calories correct?

[Sportsmedjosh]

I'll let soup chime in on this one.