Kaylee

Well it goes both ways. But in a nutshell, yes.

If you're interested in a longer response lol:

If you're overweight, you should be eating the number of calories you calculated; so as you lose weight (I'd say every 15-20 pounds) you should re-calculate and gradually eat less until you get to your desired weight...then you stop calculating and go consistantly.

If you're not overweight, and just want to eat right, you calculate your BMR and thats that.

If you start putting on muscle mass, you calculate about once a month (and start eating more) until you get to your desired weight or "look"..because having more muscle tissue makes your metabolism work harder and faster; therefore it will be using more energy and you'll need to keep up with it. You only have to calculate once a month if you're lifting because physically you can only gain around 5 pounds of muscle monthly.

Now, if you start gaining fat (signifigantly only..ie. 10 pounds), then you calculate and eat a bit more so you can lose the weight faster.



I dont know if that all made sense, it's early..

Basically, it's good to eat to your max, but not over..and not too far under.