calculating caloric intake based on lean mass or total weight for fat loss/muscle gain.

after taking the much needed time to really scrutinize why I wasn't making any consistent progress in F1, I found my component of undereating was affecting my performance. just this passed week, i jotted down several days worth of organize intake(grams of protein, carbs, fats) and significantly notice a change in mood, perception, critical thinking, muscle contraction, reflexes, memory was returning after eating 360-387g of carbs per day. i felt awesome! (and saw myself more muscular too, even on a day that i hadn't trained.)

so now I know that perhaps my genotype/thenotype does not like going too low carb. 

going back to what this thread originally intended, as a goal to further improve F1 performance, I was wondering if I should calculate caloric needs for the day based on lean mass of entire body weight including body fat% since it isn't tissue that aids in muscular contraction? or will this cause fat loss or muscle loss? 

Your over thinking it. Just eat a healthy diet of whole foods whenever your hungry as much as you want . If you find yourself getting fat your not training as hard as you think or your eating crappy low quality food .

If I learned one thing this weekend at the seminar is that everyone including myself overthinks and analyzing everything . Coach did all the thinking and trial and error in the training department . All we have to do is follow what he says and eat whenever we're hungry .

KeilaniG said:

after taking the much needed time to really scrutinize why I wasn't making any consistent progress in F1, I found my component of undereating was affecting my performance. just this passed week, i jotted down several days worth of organize intake(grams of protein, carbs, fats) and significantly notice a change in mood, perception, critical thinking, muscle contraction, reflexes, memory was returning after eating 360-387g of carbs per day. i felt awesome! (and saw myself more muscular too, even on a day that i hadn't trained.)

 

so now I know that perhaps my genotype/thenotype does not like going too low carb. 

 

going back to what this thread originally intended, as a goal to further improve F1 performance, I was wondering if I should calculate caloric needs for the day based on lean mass of entire body weight including body fat% since it isn't tissue that aids in muscular contraction? or will this cause fat loss or muscle loss? 

This is a normal thing to notice when you switch from depriving your body of the basic nutrition that it requires to giving your body what it needs.

When looking at caloric expenditure, it is generally advised to go with total body weight, because your muscles burn energy based on how much of you there is to lug around. It takes energy to carry that weight, literally. Defying gravity with a larger load requires more energy.

That keeps things simple and is also in line with what research suggests.

If you're already on point with nutritional basics, meaning getting the food you need and having large piles of veggies in each meal, and spreading it out across the day, then you're already doing the most important things.

if Josh liked the post, means I'm on the right track. #onward