Nutrition Series Part #1

The cold hard truths to changing your body composition! Welcome to part one of our five-part series on transforming your body.

Our goal is to share the honest and healthiest ways to change your body composition.

First up: Calorie Intake! The most beneficial step you can take today is to monitor and track your calories.

We all have a baseline number of calories we need to consume just to function, but this varies based on your lifestyle.

For example, someone with an active job and exercises regularly will need to eat more calories in order to maintain their weight compared to someone with a sedentary lifestyle.

If you eat the same number of calories as what you burn in a day you would be eating at your maintenance number of calories. This means you would remain at the same bodyweight. Eating above this maintenance number is a called a calorie surplus, while eating below is called a calorie deficit.

Shown below is a handy guide you can use to help you estimate your maintenance number of calories. With this graph you will take into account your daily activity level and current body weight. Select the number that matches your bodyweight and activity level! Now, if your goal is to gain weight, you’ll need to eat in a surplus of this number, and if you want to lose weight, aim for a deficit. If you’re attempting to maintain weight, keep the maintenance number of calories the same

Finding that perfect maintenance number might take some trial and error, but having a coach that understands the process can really help you stay on track.

Give us a follow if you found this information helpful and stay tuned for more tips in the second part of our series!