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trigden1991 wrote: »kpolanski1 wrote: »I just went to my nutrition specialist and discovered that my work out is too intense which equals to burning too many calories. My workout is Rapid Toning = 45 min. each day (4 days/wk) and burning about 350 to 400 cal. per workout. Solution, reduce cardio to 1 time per week and do weight lifting 4 times per week and stay at 2200 cal per day with my meal plan. It takes time but when we stay mindful of our workout & food intake, we can gain weight. I'll let you know my results in 4 weeks. Stay Strong!
"Rapid Toning", "too intense", "burning too many calories".
I hope this is some kind of joke?!
Could you be a bit more informative /helpful? There are many people on here who,like me,are just starting out and I would appreciate information rather than cryptic responses! What is the problem with what is being said? This is a genuine question, not trying to start an argument!0 -
comptonelizabeth wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »kpolanski1 wrote: »I just went to my nutrition specialist and discovered that my work out is too intense which equals to burning too many calories. My workout is Rapid Toning = 45 min. each day (4 days/wk) and burning about 350 to 400 cal. per workout. Solution, reduce cardio to 1 time per week and do weight lifting 4 times per week and stay at 2200 cal per day with my meal plan. It takes time but when we stay mindful of our workout & food intake, we can gain weight. I'll let you know my results in 4 weeks. Stay Strong!
"Rapid Toning", "too intense", "burning too many calories".
I hope this is some kind of joke?!
Could you be a bit more informative /helpful? There are many people on here who,like me,are just starting out and I would appreciate information rather than cryptic responses! What is the problem with what is being said? This is a genuine question, not trying to start an argument!
Apologies for being cryptic. Any program that has the word "toning" in it, is likely to be a badly written thing based on broscience as one cannot tone a muscle. You either build muscle or reduce bodyfat. Workouts cannot be "too intense" unless you are injuring yourself, it is down to not eating enough to compensate for the calories burned. Also it would be interesting to know how the poster has calculated the calorie burn for each session.
One should eat to fuel your activity, not adjust your activity to meet your intake. Hope that clears it up a bit.6 -
trigden1991 wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »kpolanski1 wrote: »I just went to my nutrition specialist and discovered that my work out is too intense which equals to burning too many calories. My workout is Rapid Toning = 45 min. each day (4 days/wk) and burning about 350 to 400 cal. per workout. Solution, reduce cardio to 1 time per week and do weight lifting 4 times per week and stay at 2200 cal per day with my meal plan. It takes time but when we stay mindful of our workout & food intake, we can gain weight. I'll let you know my results in 4 weeks. Stay Strong!
"Rapid Toning", "too intense", "burning too many calories".
I hope this is some kind of joke?!
Could you be a bit more informative /helpful? There are many people on here who,like me,are just starting out and I would appreciate information rather than cryptic responses! What is the problem with what is being said? This is a genuine question, not trying to start an argument!
Apologies for being cryptic. Any program that has the word "toning" in it, is likely to be a badly written thing based on broscience as one cannot tone a muscle. You either build muscle or reduce bodyfat. Workouts cannot be "too intense" unless you are injuring yourself, it is down to not eating enough to compensate for the calories burned. Also it would be interesting to know how the poster has calculated the calorie burn for each session.
One should eat to fuel your activity, not adjust your activity to meet your intake. Hope that clears it up a bit.
Ah ok - thanks for the clarification; that's really helpful.
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blopmiyers wrote: »You are not eating enough op...I bulk on about 2800 to 3000 calories and I am 5-10 37 180 pound male...
Pretty much. I am a 34 yo male, 5'11, 174, with a desk job and I maintain at 3k, so I bulk around 3300. So a 18 y/o should definitely be higher.
OP, how much are you losing per week? You provide that, we can easily figure out your real maintenance calories.
I lose about .4-.6 a week. Some other weeks I lose .2
Your real TDEE is around 2300. Eat 200-2700 and you should be gaining. When actual data is available, never use a calculator. It doesn't understand actual activity and the multipliers are based on your assessment which can be off.
But in the OP he said he's losing while eating 2500 a day. If he's losing 1/2 lb per week on average, wouldn't that put his TDEE at about 2750, so 3000 cals would be a good gaining target?0 -
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chocolate_owl wrote: »blopmiyers wrote: »You are not eating enough op...I bulk on about 2800 to 3000 calories and I am 5-10 37 180 pound male...
Pretty much. I am a 34 yo male, 5'11, 174, with a desk job and I maintain at 3k, so I bulk around 3300. So a 18 y/o should definitely be higher.
OP, how much are you losing per week? You provide that, we can easily figure out your real maintenance calories.
I lose about .4-.6 a week. Some other weeks I lose .2
Your real TDEE is around 2300. Eat 200-2700 and you should be gaining. When actual data is available, never use a calculator. It doesn't understand actual activity and the multipliers are based on your assessment which can be off.
But in the OP he said he's losing while eating 2500 a day. If he's losing 1/2 lb per week on average, wouldn't that put his TDEE at about 2750, so 3000 cals would be a good gaining target?
Whoops, I though he said he was eating 2000. So yea, eating 3000 would be correct.1 -
It's all estimates, your body always has the answer more than any computer, chart, calculator, guru, or theory. Obviously it's a deficit if you are losing body fat. Don't confuse body weight with body fat though, the body is much more than fat cells!!!! No reason to be confused, you'll learn your body over time if you pay attention to it. We all shed water or sometimes fat over time. Also food logging is merely estimates as well. The answer is always in your own body over any computer.0
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blopmiyers wrote: »My TDEE is around 2000 calories a day. I eat over that by 500, so 2500 calories a day. But I'm somehow losing weight and I'm confused to how. I only lift 4x a week for periods of 40 mins each. Anyways, I'll be bumping up my intake just confused on how I'm losing weight.
You're an 18 year old male...I can pretty much assure you that your TDEE is more than 2,000 calories per day. I'm a 42 year old office jockey and without exercise my maintenance calories are around 2,500 calories per day...you should be shooting for more like 3,000 calories per day...which is around my maintenance BTW...1 -
kpolanski1 wrote: »I just went to my nutrition specialist and discovered that my work out is too intense which equals to burning too many calories. My workout is Rapid Toning = 45 min. each day (4 days/wk) and burning about 350 to 400 cal. per workout. Solution, reduce cardio to 1 time per week and do weight lifting 4 times per week and stay at 2200 cal per day with my meal plan. It takes time but when we stay mindful of our workout & food intake, we can gain weight. I'll let you know my results in 4 weeks. Stay Strong!
how are you burning 400 calories per 45 minute workout and what are you using to measure that?2 -
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Just realised i liked my own post. Guess this thread must be dead....0
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