11/25/2025
Calories for each goal
Fat loss(cutting) Eat in around a 200-300 calorie deficit. This keeps your progress steady but sustainable while protecting muscle.
Muscle Building(Bulking) Eat in around a 200-300 calorie surplus. This provides some extra fuel for unnecessary fat.
Main-Gaining(Lean Building) Eat in at maintenance or slightly above. You won't gain as quickly but you'll add some lean muscle while staying relatively lean. Focus on lifting heavy and progressive overload.
Most people fail because they either go too hard and aggressive and either starve themselves with huge deficits or overeat in giant surpluses. You want to do controlled adjustments, this is the key.