Does waking up earlier then normal require more calories during the day?
baxterroxy
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Say if you wake up 2 hours earlier then you usually do, does your body need more calories that day then usual? Especially if you are getting up early to exercise?
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I would just spread mine out a bit more.0
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No, it just means you will need a nap later.0
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Nope. I get up at 4:30 every morning!
If you wake up earlier than usual, just spread your calories out more efficiently. If you think you'll be hungrier? Exercise and earn more calories.0 -
That's a great question about finding the appropriate calorie goal for the day. What I do and what I recommend to people is to eat at a calorie level that allows you to make good progress towards your goal. If you are trying to lose weight, eat so you drop 1-2 lbs/week. This assumes an average calorie burn from you getting in all of your workouts. This will be different for everyone, so you'll have to do some trial and error to figure it out. I'd start ~1600 cal/day. Hit this goal, along with your macros and getting in your workouts, for a week. If you lose 1-2 lbs, you're good to go. If you lose too much, increase your intake and repeat. If you don't lose enough, reduce your intake a bit and repeat. After a few weeks, you'll figure out what works for you in your situation.0
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I don't think so, but when I wake up earlier, I'm hungry earlier, so tend to snack more. My job shift starts anywhere from 7am to 830 am, & when I have to be in at 7, I'm hungry by 8. If I get in later, I can push off breakfast til 9 or 930 (always eat @ work, just have coffee on the ride in). Love the weekends (every other) when I can sleep late, it's easier for me to stay at or under my calorie goals!0
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Waking up an hour or two earlier will give you 100-200 steps extra a day (unless you're working out in that time frame). So no real extra calories (maybe 5, so a bit of broccoli extra?).0
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Sure, have a snack to compensate.0
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Yes, but hardly enough to worry about. It is less then 10 calories per hour difference between sleeping and normal activity.0
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No. The minimal extra energy you'll need will be more than offset by the way you'll be less energetic on insufficient sleep.0
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When you are asleep, you use a ton less energy, some 40-60% less. Therefore, when you are awake more, you need more food. The relationship is direct.0
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TimothyFish wrote: »That's why God made coffee.
Coffee wasn't invented by God. Coffee *is* God. I'm a big fan of coffee.
Having said that, getting enough sleep still has been proven in study after study to help with weight loss.0
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