not sure what im doing wrong

rosanna421

I am 123lbs at 5ft1 25 year old female, and I exercise 5-6x a week, i mostly body build and power lift, i burn around 500 cals or more each session. im eating 1700 calories per day, at this point i really want to just maintain my weight, but im finding it difficult to set my macros up well, i have been training for a year and a half. I think 1700 might be too low for me to maintain, especially considering that my period keeps skipping. I dont know how to accurately measure how many calories i burn a day. i want to maintain the amount i exercise so i need help determining how much i should eat. I work in an office, so i spend most of the day sitting and i workout 1-1.5 hrs a day. ive used scobbys tdee but im not sure how accurate it is, does it account for office workers, since im sedentary most of the day, what would my activity level be. this is kind of confusing. any advice or women in my situation who have gone through this? thanks all!

Mycophilia

If your activity through the week is pretty consistent. Then all you have to do is pick a calorie goal for a couple of weeks and track your weight. If you're losing weight, then increase calories by a small amount, if you're gaining weight then reduce calories by a small amount.

A TDEE calculator will give you a decent estimation to start with. But tracking your calories and weight gain/loss over a period of time will give you your actual TDEE.

MissAnya123

I don't know if this is what's going on with you but its possible to skip your periods because of overexercising. You can also miss your periods if your body fat percentage is too low.

sofaking6

Yeah have you had your body fat tested?

rosanna421

i havent had it test, i had it tested when i was 128lbs and it was 20% but it wasnt tested professionally so that was more of an estimate. i lost a few pounds this year so im not sure where its at now, i had this same issue last year and when i put on some weight and maintained the same exercise and my period came back but i didnt like the extra weight so i lost some of it this year and continued to train. my period would come for one month, then skip a month or two.

rosanna421

Mycophilia wrote: »

If your activity through the week is pretty consistent. Then all you have to do is pick a calorie goal for a couple of weeks and track your weight. If you're losing weight, then increase calories by a small amount, if you're gaining weight then reduce calories by a small amount.

A TDEE calculator will give you a decent estimation to start with. But tracking your calories and weight gain/loss over a period of time will give you your actual TDEE.

i think i might be overexercising too, i noticed somedays i cant sleep and my body feels overheated at night after training