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How Many Carbs to Lose Weight

How many carbs to lose weight is something which is commonly asked. I've always been told that to become successful at something find good role models that are already great at what you want to be successful at. Once you find these people or this person, mimic their behavior and actions. Simply by doing so you will reap the same benefits that they did. That brings me to body building.

Bodybuilders are not the best role model for everyone muscle wise, and maybe sometimes they get their body fat just way too low. However, everyone can learn and mimic the actions of bodybuilders to decrease body fat and improve body composition. It is a fact that the art of bodybuilding or body building is literally attaining the best leanest body structure. So even though we might not want to resemble a weight lifter, especially one at its best, we can learn a whole lot from how bodybuilders eat and exercise to achieve a much better fat to muscle ratio. After all they are the best at it. The question remains so, just how many carbs to lose weight?

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[caption id="attachment_28895" align="alignleft" width="300"] Happy young female in old jeans pant after losing weight[/caption] Most bodybuilders - that I have studied consume a 40, 40, 20 split of carbs, necessary protein, and fat. 40% carbohydrates, 40% protein, and 20% fat. This split does work, and I say that from experience. This is usually the split i do when trying to have a lean look. To determine your 40, 45, 20 split you first have to find out how many calories you should be having a day. Then take that number and take 40, 40, 20 percent from that number respectively. Soon after you divide the amount you get for carbs by 4 because there are 4 calories in every gram of carbs.

That is important to exercise if you need to be able to eat more carbohydrates without hitting spillover. Spillover is a huge no no when trying to lose weight with carbs. This occurs when you're human body's carb "gas tank" is full and stores any extra carbs as fat. By exercising your body requirements more carbs to be used in muscle.