How many calories do i consume a day?

Question

im 15

5'3

male

i workout alot

i need to know how much to eat so i dont loose muscle mass and so i can burn fat

i wanna burn 5 lbs of pure fat

any ideas of how long it will take?

4-5 days a week

i need to know how much i should eat

Answer 1

Maybe 2,500-2,600 calories.

Answer 2

Ok, so first we can tell you nothing because you didn't tell us your weight.  Use this bmr calculator

http://health.drgily.com/basal-metabolic...

it'll tell you how many calories you burn doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING



then from that add on the calories you burn working out, add how many minutes from each activity on this page and calculate the result

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cb...

and that is how many calories you burn daily.  if you want to lose weight the recommendation is to cut out ~500 calories per day.  remember that a pound is 3500 calories so from that you can gauge how fast you want to lose weight, subtract more for faster weight loss, less for slower and steadier weight loss (don't subtract too much or else it'll be easy to pack the pounds back on!)

and for WHAT you should eat, which is the most important part - eat foods that will support lean muscle mass.

these foods include

-fresh vegetables

-whole wheat breads, pastas etc. (complex carbs + fiber)

-PROTEIN most important! (chicken, fish, other white meats...)

hope that helps, and good luck!

PS. if you have trouble counting calories of the foods you eat, go to

www.caloriecount.com

or

www.calorieking.com

or

www.thedailyplate.com

Answer 3

Eat normally. But no junk food.

It will take about a week and a half or

2 week max