Hi BBM team,
Hope you’re all doing good,
I have a question, if I may - how long would you stick with a particular calorie intake before adjusting if it doesn’t seem to be moving someone toward their weight management goal?
Context:
I’ve been slowly bulking for the past year, gaining something like ~0.5kg per month. During this time I was NOT keeping a food diary, just weighing myself daily, eating similar portion sizes each day, and aiming for ~30-40g protein per meal and 5+ fruit and veg portions per day (plus ~30g fiber and moderate saturated fat).
I decided I wanted to get a bit more focused, so last week I plugged my numbers into the BBM calorie calculator, and started tracking my meals with MFP and aiming to hit the number from the calculator.
For the last 7 days, my weight seems to have flattened/started trending down slightly, and I’m feeling more hungry and am fairly confident I’m eating a little less actual food than before. So, it’s only been 7 days, but I’m getting an indication that maybe this calorie is a little low.
Would you advise bumping the calorie goal up a little at this point? Or is it too early?
For reference, I started at ~74.5kg in March 2024, and am now around ~79.5kg today. I’m 186cm (6ft 1), doing ~100 mins of running and the Bodybuilding 2 3-day template. The calculator gave me ~3100 calories to gain weight based on all of this.
Thank you,
Jake