Burning fat and not muscle - calorie question.

[SuperOne]

Hi guys, im a 22 year old male, who is 160 pounds, 5'8 and a half inches tall, 32 inch waist, and im pretty lean. Im guessing my bodyfat percentage is mabye 13%? Anyways, i want to lose bodyfat, but not muscle. What would be the daily calorie intake for me? 1600? Im going to start the zone diet and dont know how many calories i need to eat to burn fat and not muscle. I woud like to burn 10 pounds of body fat. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[poysyn]

more than 1600 thats for damn sure..i weigh less than you at the same height and eat around 1900-2200

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Use this:

http://michaelandkendra.com/BMRCALC/bmrcalc.htm

 

[SuperOne]

poysyn, eating the amount of calories you do, are you buring just fat and not muscle?

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Your questions around the board.... make me want to...



... You are overanalzying, just do something and stop thinking about it already

 

[SuperOne]

whatever

 

[nikkita]

As everyone is different... from the total cal intake you are consuming now, reduce around 10%-15% and see how your body responds. Try not to lower your fat intake more than 15% of your total.