One of the cool things about this tool for me is that I am able to watch my metabolism move. Recently my metabolism went from 2550 kcals a day to 2340 kcals a day. I felt this in that I could no longer get 3000 kcals in my body without feeling really awful. Now I know I can back off the calories and still be in a gain mode. I believe the metablism changed due to my body adjusting to weight training and a decrease in the total amount of cardio that I have been doing. In any case I was able to see it on the charts and that gave me the confidence to decrease my daily intake a bit. It's actually very cool to know these things at this level.
Oh yeah and it is also telling me that I am gaining lean muscle at about a .55 lbs a week. This is down from .7 lbs a week in the beginning. I think that is the "beginners luck" thing that is starting to fade. In any case it gives me a good guage for what is possible and realistic.
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