Gaining Muscle Mass

What do i eat to stop losing weight and start gaining more muscle mass w/o losing tone?

I’ve been working out for 6 months now, lost about all the fat i need to. I would like to start gaining more muscle mass. What do i need to eat to do that? I cut back on calories to loss weight. Do i need to start eating alot of protein to gain more muscle?

You already know that you have to eat big to be big. This is the fundamental truth to bodybuilding and building muscle.

So what do you need to eat? Your calories should consist of approximately 30% of from protein, 50% from carbs and 20% from fat.

Imagine that your body is a business. The amount of money your business has in the bank is its weight. Your business must earn more than it spends for its banking account to grow. This means that you have to eat more calories than you burn to gain weight and build muscle.

Now here is the trick. There is a fine line between eating the proper amount to build muscle and while minimizing fat storage and building muscle and putting on a lot of fat.

After all, what good are those extra pounds of lean muscle if you hide them under a layer of fat?

So, the question you have to answer when determining how many calories you should eat to build muscle is how big is too big?

Fortunately, a simple rule of thumb will allow us to estimate the number of how many calories we should eat to pack on quality muscle.

The process below will allow us to calculate a target calorie intake per day that will allow you to maximize muscle gains while minimizing the amount of fat you put on.

The quick and easy method is below:

You don’t say how much you way, so lets go with say, a random 129 pounds (substitute you weight below whereever you see 129 pounds).

Example: 129 pounds

Determine your caloric needs per day by multiplying by lean body mass by 19.
Example: 129 x 19 = 2451 calories eaten per day to build muscle
Note: This calculation assumes you are undergoing a rigorous workout program that includes weight training several times per week.

Now, if you don’t gain weight at this number of calories, then you should add 500 calories per week until you start to see gains.

When you start gaining, be sure that the gains you are seeing are due primarily from muscle. If not, then consider cutting calories slightly to maximize muscle gain while minimizing fat gain.

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