Calories and Working Out

anashnyc

This could also be posted in Fitness and Exercise section, but this made more sense here. Bear with me. I have been using MFP since Sept 8th to great success. I was 196.5 lbs and have lost 22.5 lbs by just cutting calories according to the MFP suggested goal of 1360 per day. MFP now says to eat only 1270 per day, which is very doable. Tomorrow (Monday, 11/24/14) I begin with a personal trainer. We will be doing various weights and some push ups and sit ups. In order to have the energy for the workouts I will need some food i.e a protein shake or bar in the morning. If I do this, it will be counted towards my calorie goal and I am afraid I wont be able to continue hitting my calorie goal due to an increase in what I take in for the gym. I want to hit my weight goal of 165 or ten pounds to go. So, for those of you who have started weight training, what do you do in this instance. I know I will burn calories in the gym, so I can maybe increase the overall caloric goal and still lose weight, but I am so paranoid of doing that. Thanks

DancingMoosie

You can eat more. First of all, you are a man and 1270 is very low. When you workout, log your exercises and eat those calories back. Don't be paranoid, just log and think rationally. This weight-loss thing is a bit of trial and error. What calorie goal do you get if you input 165 as your weight to maintain? Try eating that number.

EddieV2

DancingMoosie wrote: »

You can eat more. First of all, you are a man and 1270 is very low. When you workout, log your exercises and eat those calories back. Don't be paranoid, just log and think rationally. This weight-loss thing is a bit of trial and error. What calorie goal do you get if you input 165 as your weight to maintain? Try eating that number.

Exactly what she said, but don't touch a protein bar, unless it's a Quest bar, if you want to lose weight. They're complete junk food. You'll be filled up as long as you eat right, but again, listen to what she said.

TavistockToad

anashnyc wrote: »

This could also be posted in Fitness and Exercise section, but this made more sense here. Bear with me. I have been using MFP since Sept 8th to great success. I was 196.5 lbs and have lost 22.5 lbs by just cutting calories according to the MFP suggested goal of 1360 per day. MFP now says to eat only 1270 per day, which is very doable. Tomorrow (Monday, 11/24/14) I begin with a personal trainer. We will be doing various weights and some push ups and sit ups. In order to have the energy for the workouts I will need some food i.e a protein shake or bar in the morning. If I do this, it will be counted towards my calorie goal and I am afraid I wont be able to continue hitting my calorie goal due to an increase in what I take in for the gym. I want to hit my weight goal of 165 or ten pounds to go. So, for those of you who have started weight training, what do you do in this instance. I know I will burn calories in the gym, so I can maybe increase the overall caloric goal and still lose weight, but I am so paranoid of doing that. Thanks

with 10lbs to go you should be aiming to lose 0.5lb per week. and you should be eating back exercise cals

TavistockToad

DancingMoosie wrote: »

...don't touch a protein bar, unless it's a Quest bar, if you want to lose weight. They're complete junk food. You'll be filled up as long as you eat right, but again, listen to what she said.

the what now!?

Sued0nim

you're eating too few calories <full stop>

lower your weight loss goals to 0.5lb and up your calories

then eat back 50% of what you get for entering your workout in the exercise planner

My trainer works me really hard - with a mixture of cardio, calisthenics and weights - I turn up 20 mins to get my cardio / warm-up out the way and then get an hour with him - I burn around 650 cals with him (according to HRM which I understand is for steady-state cardio, but seriously with the amount of energy I'm throwing into squats, lunges I'll take them) - I eat back about 75% of them

you absolutely need to eat to fuel your body for workouts - I didn't to begin with and suffered for it with lack of energy

personally I like real food and avoid protein shakes and bars - I try to eat something carb-based pre-workout (about 2 hours before because I felt sick on a number of different foodstuffs) and eat protein immediately after (chicken / fish / beef / egg etc)

baxterroxy

You need easily digested carbs before working out not protein.

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sijomial

Eat more.
Set a sensible rate of weekly weight loss to give you an appropriate calorie goal.
Which will let you eat more.
Understand that MFP calorie goals are plus exercise calories.
Which will let you eat more.
Set a sensible daily goal for protein and supplement only if you need to. Ignore protein timing, irrelevant for 99.9% of the population.

Train hard.

And eat more.

anashnyc

The calorie goal is what MFP says prior to workout. Ill lower my weekly weight loss goal for now and get some calories in there. Thanks