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Gym 20h
Walk me through what yall eat to build muscle while not getting too fat in dining halls. Im a newer lifter 5’7’ 135lbs
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Anonymous 20h

Eat lean meats. Lots of veggies. Just start counting your calories. Don’t overcomplicate it

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Anonymous 20h

You choose your own meals based on your personal preference. It’s all about macros at 5’7 135. assuming casual lifter and age around 18-21. You should do a controlled lean bulk if ur worried about getting to fat around 2300 cals and 130-145 g of protein. 290 carbs. 65 fats. I don’t know your past diet with food, but if you do see a high spike in your weight at first that you don’t like that is completely normal and fine don’t just change it based off of that. and if you’re not gaining enough add

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 20h

what app do you use?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20h

Cronometer

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20h

Haven’t used it in a while though

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 20h

i use micro factor

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 19h

I would say higher cals. I’m a 5’5” 123 lb female and my maintenance is around 2450

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 19h

you must be a very active person

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 19h

but yeah poster can def go higher no prob

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 19h

moderately, but i’m not doing anything crazy. I lift 5x a week and do 20mins of low impact cardio 4x a week. other than that I just aim for 10k steps a day.

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