Dieting how many cals per pound of bodyweight?

[chiefwiggum]

I've been using Scott abel's 12 calories per pound of bodyweight. HAs anyone else used this method. I'm 6 weeks out from a show, 5"6, 187 8.5%bf.
I'm just looking for the last finishing touches, i'm losing approx 2 pounds per week.
Any help is appreciated.


Thanks,
Wiggum

 

[BiggerisBetter]

what exactly is your question?
if your losing 2 lb of fat per week, id say those are pretty good results

 

[chiefwiggum]

I guess it's if 8.5% is good enough at 6 weeks out. I'm starting to get paranoid about everything now. Losing m uscle, strength going down, etc. I keep wanting to up my calories but my buddy says don't, he's been right so far but the paranoia about looking like a rack of bones onstage is killing me.

Wiggum

 

[BiggerisBetter]

theres no way around it man
if you wanna get to like 4 %bf, which you probably do since your doing a show
your gonna have to sacrifice some muscle and start gradually lowering your cals

 

[chiefwiggum]

4% seems pretty ambitious, I was thinking between 5.5 and 6%. MAybe it's the combo of precontest prep and the ephedrine but it seems like every little thing is starting to worry me. For example, in the gym yesterday there was a kid who wasn't more than 130 pounds but to me he looked ripped and I was thinking that I couldn';t even beat him. Is it always this bad.

Wiggum