You are not overweight you are undermuscled and weak. Get strong and your body will recompose just fine. 3500 works.
Male
35 years old
186cm/6'1"
104kg/230lb bodyweight
~30% bodyfat
Last meaningful strength training was a (poor attempt at) NLP over 10 years ago that culminated in a 280lb squat and 365lb deadlift, with no real attention paid to my diet and ended within a few months
Desk job with no real regular physical activity
I started back on Friday with:
40kg squat
25kg press
80kg deadlift
I feel I know what I need to do programming-wise pretty well and got decent results last time, despite sub-optimal diet and I stopped too soon. I got complacent and now my situation has changed.
On the diet side, I've read "A Clarification", and I pretty well match the "fluffy" example. As a result, I've come up with the following for my macros:
230g Protein - 920 cals
320g Carbs - 1280 cals
90g Fat - 810 cals
Total Cals: ~3000
Do the macro splits look correct?
Is this the right amount of total calories or would 3500 be a better level for someone of my height and weight?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
You are not overweight you are undermuscled and weak. Get strong and your body will recompose just fine. 3500 works.
Apologies, I was euphemistically referring to myself as overweight, when I should have just said fat.
I'll take the feedback on board re calories and up it to 3500, broken down as:
230g Protein
375g Carbs
120g Fat
Thanks again for your assistance.
Undermuscled. Get to work and fix that. You are very welcome.