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Originally Posted by April RD  I haven't had much experience in exercise physiology or fitness, so that's an area I could learn a lot in. I hadn't even considered that someone like yourself would want to count calories in an attempt to maximize performance and muscle mass, but that definitely makes sense. |
In my case, or anyone like me actually, counting calories becomes ridiculously critical if you want to take it to the next level, really. And not just calories. I mean, I'm lean. Relatively speaking. But when dieting down, if I don't make sure I'm getting in adequate amounts of proteins, there's a very real chance I'll lose some of my hard earned muscle. Our bodies don't like carrying a lot of extra muscle in the face of an energetic deficit. By increasing my caloric intake at times like that, it gives my body a source of aminos in the bloodstream to preferentially pull from instead of the existing stores (muscle).
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