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Originally Posted by GodzGift after creatine i was at 184lbs, i went down to 167lbs after hydro.Now i'm tring to go back up an im having alot of trouble. I've been tring to fix my diet but i'm having trouble counting my carbs and protien intake, never done it before so im not sure how to. i was told at the gym that this could be a good time to introduce a test booster, but if you guys say not yet, then would can i use? |
dude your 21, you do NOT need a test booster at that age, until you reach your mid 30`s and beyond then maybe look into a test booster,
as far as counting your carbs and protein, and fats its pretty easy if you know the amounts your getting in each meal, look at the label on any foods you have and wright them down in a journal or just a note book, at the end of the day add up all your totals and then multiply the numbers by the corresponding calories for each ,, that looks confusing so let me break it down a bit easier
1 gram of carbs = 4 calories
1 gram of protein= 4 calories
1 gram of fats = 9 calories
so if you eat lets say a chicken breast with around 40 g, protein you would take 40 x 4(calories) and that = 160 calories
so you would use the same for your carbs and then the same for your fats except fats are 9 calories instead of 4,,
at the end of the day just total up all your total grams of protein and carbs, fats use the the above calculations and that will give you your total calories for the day,
use food labels that are on the boxes or like on your container of protein which will give you a idea of the amounts of your macros in each meal, like i said wright down your daily meals and that will help you figure out your daily intake
as for supplements go, stick with creatine mono, whey protein, get some BCAA`s and get that diet on track,