A question to the nutritional gurus.
I'm currently gaining mass at a slow rate at the moment, even stagnant, however am getting leaner.
My calories on workout days are around:
carbs 300g - 45%, pro 260g - 40%, fat 43g - 15% - 2600cals
Rest days is around:
carbs 131g - 25%, pro 262g - 50%, fat 58g - 25% - 2100cals
This was a cutting diet I used in the past, so I am just bumping up the carbs and fat by about 10g each per meal (over 3 meals) so this adds about 400 cals to each days total.
So far after just a couple of weeks on this diet, I'm happy with the results of my recomposition.
I just think I will need more calories soon to keep growing.
Question is, if I stagnate with this current breakdown, can I continue to gain lean mass by just adding more good fats to my diet?
Or, do I also need to add more protein and carbs too?
This is something I don't understand, about how fats work in a diet.
Do they just make up the numbers to bring calories up to a certain level?
Thanks
I'm currently gaining mass at a slow rate at the moment, even stagnant, however am getting leaner.
My calories on workout days are around:
carbs 300g - 45%, pro 260g - 40%, fat 43g - 15% - 2600cals
Rest days is around:
carbs 131g - 25%, pro 262g - 50%, fat 58g - 25% - 2100cals
This was a cutting diet I used in the past, so I am just bumping up the carbs and fat by about 10g each per meal (over 3 meals) so this adds about 400 cals to each days total.
So far after just a couple of weeks on this diet, I'm happy with the results of my recomposition.
I just think I will need more calories soon to keep growing.
Question is, if I stagnate with this current breakdown, can I continue to gain lean mass by just adding more good fats to my diet?
Or, do I also need to add more protein and carbs too?
This is something I don't understand, about how fats work in a diet.
Do they just make up the numbers to bring calories up to a certain level?
Thanks