Calorie goal lowered

BoxerDogGirl
BoxerDogGirl Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi. I've been using MFP, eating healthy, & working out since the end of May. I have lost 27 lbs so far. My calorie goal was just lowered to 1560. I'm not currently working so I go to the gym twice a day, five days a week. I do 65 mins on elliptical & burn around 650 calories & then for my second visit I do the recumbent bike for another 200 - 250 calories. I am lifting weights M, W, & F. I feel light headed (at the previous 1790 cals) most days. Worried that the new adjustment is not enough. Thoughts?

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  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    That number is without exercise. If you move more then you should eat more. Eat back some of those exercise calories to fuel your workouts.
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    As above. If you're doing that amount of exercise you should be logging and eating at least 50% back to fuel your workouts. If you're eating 1560 and burning 850 (plus the lifting) you're body is running on around 700 calories. Not enough.
  • BoxerDogGirl
    BoxerDogGirl Posts: 2 Member
    That's what I was thinking! Thanks!
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