Molon Labe
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I am going on a 11 day DIY sheep hunt with a partner this year in august.
I am 6'0" 160lbs with not much body fat and pretty decent shape.
Trying to not add any mass on this summer through my training program.
Spent my entire adult life within the 158-163lb range.
For the hunt I am going to be averaging 125 cal/oz for food with 140-150gr of protein a day.
The plan is to intake 4000 cal/day on the hunt but will be burning 7000-8500 cal/day based on estimates.
The diet I have dialed in and can't really add any calories since I am at 22lbs for food already.
This puts me at a 3000cal/day deficit. Which would equate to roughly a .6-1lb drop in body weight a day.
I don't think it would be very smart/healthy at all to lose 8lbs of body weight on this hunt with my frame.
So my question to you guys that know a ton more about nutrition and how the human body works...
Should I be adding on 5-6lbs of body "fat/weight" the week or so before going on this hunt?
And follow up question would be...if I should be doing that...how do I do it? What can I eat to put fat on but still be food that is healthy for me? I can't handle the fast food very well at this point...so "eat mcdonalds for a week all day" is not what I am looking for haha!
I have not done much research on this because it is way too overwhelming on the internet researching that sort of thing. Felt like the rokslide group has more knowledge in the room on this and more practically applied to my hunt/situation.
I am 6'0" 160lbs with not much body fat and pretty decent shape.
Trying to not add any mass on this summer through my training program.
Spent my entire adult life within the 158-163lb range.
For the hunt I am going to be averaging 125 cal/oz for food with 140-150gr of protein a day.
The plan is to intake 4000 cal/day on the hunt but will be burning 7000-8500 cal/day based on estimates.
The diet I have dialed in and can't really add any calories since I am at 22lbs for food already.
This puts me at a 3000cal/day deficit. Which would equate to roughly a .6-1lb drop in body weight a day.
I don't think it would be very smart/healthy at all to lose 8lbs of body weight on this hunt with my frame.
So my question to you guys that know a ton more about nutrition and how the human body works...
Should I be adding on 5-6lbs of body "fat/weight" the week or so before going on this hunt?
And follow up question would be...if I should be doing that...how do I do it? What can I eat to put fat on but still be food that is healthy for me? I can't handle the fast food very well at this point...so "eat mcdonalds for a week all day" is not what I am looking for haha!
I have not done much research on this because it is way too overwhelming on the internet researching that sort of thing. Felt like the rokslide group has more knowledge in the room on this and more practically applied to my hunt/situation.