Here is your recommended calorie intake per day, made easy to understand. Daily calorie intake for those who are trying to build huge muscle and keep their fat levels low.

Since this site is all about building muscle and keeping the fat levels as low as possible, we'll focus on a calorie guideline designed just for you.

A great starter guide to building meals according to a particular calorie intake per day, would be to eat 15 calories for every 1 pound of body weight.

Here's an example of what this would look like.

Based on this guideline, a 200 pound person would consume 3000 calories. 15 x 200 = 3000

This is an approximation, and can be raised or lowered according to your activity level. If you're more on the active side, for example, a marathon runner, then don't hesitate to move this up to 20 calories for every 1 pound of body weight, for your calorie intake per day.

If you're more of a sedentary person, or a person who's at a desk most of the day, then this guideline may be too much, and should therefore be brought down a little, say...between 10 and 15 calories for every 1 pound of body weight.

Just simply start out with lower calories and adjust based on this simple to understand guideline, and you'll be fine.

It's not written in stone to do the 15 calories for every one pound of body weight, for your calorie intake calculator but it's definitely a good start if you're the kind of person who's more strict than the average.

Side Note:

1 gram of protein = 4 calories

1 gram of carbohydrate = 4 calories

1 gram of fat = 9 calories

The best way to go about consuming food, is to consume most of your calories in the form of proteins and complex carbohydrates. Keep fat levels to a minimum, preferably no more than 10 grams of fat per meal.

This is the best approach for calories.

Here's a healthy eating tip... Every meal, try getting 1 protein source, 1 fruit or vegetable source, and 1 source of grains or legumes.

From that selection, you can fill a plate, and get all that you need.

Eat until you feel satisfied. Not necessarily full to the point where you can't move, just satisfied.

And since you are going to be working out every other day, you will be able to keep your fat levels down, and can simultaneously build good quality muscle.

As long as you eat healthy food, and are exercising, you don't have to worry much about counting the calories, that's the point.

But if you are looking to be a bit more discipline, then follow the calorie intake per day suggestions at the beginning of this page.

Also, when it comes to male and female bodybuilding, give your digestive system a rest, and don't feel obligated to keep eating constantly to help build muscle. Give your body a break.

Here are a few extra tips.

Read nutrition labels.

When you're reading nutrition labels, go for the food that has the least ingredients. That's the closest to natural you can get.

If people had access to it hundreds or thousands of years ago, then you can be sure that your body is meant to have it.

For most of human history, we've survived on plantation and animal proteins. Our bodies have been introduced to a whole new food selection.

So you can be sure that eating natural unprocessed foods are going to be favored by a body or human structure that's already adapted to a particular food arrangement. Which would be, grains, fruits - Vegetables, animal and or plant proteins...

If you set up your eating habits according to earlier times, you won't have to worry about your calorie intake per day.

Eat healthy. Exercise. Say goodbye to junk food. Keep your stress levels down.

Drink at least 1 gallon of water a day.

Stay consistent. Have a goal. And keep reading this site.

If you did just these things alone, you'd lose fat, and gain muscle faster than any magical potion that they have on the market could ever offer.

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