How to handle high cardio

iceqieen

Hi,

I need advice, I am doing allot of cardio over the summer (untill August) and I am a bit sceptical about how much and what to eat to feel that I have the energy to keep going and lose weight.

But! I do not need "just lift, stop cardio!" advice, because all the cardio I am doing has a purpose aside from weightloss (social and fitness goals).

So here's what I have been doing in june (although you will need to go back to Tuesday and before in my diary for "proper" looking, because I had to take a break on wednesday untill yesterday so that is full of crap :P):

An average of 3 hours/day of any mix of exercising:
Lifting 3 times a week, ca 1 hour including 10 min warmup - each time doing: Squat, Barbell row, Deadlift, Overhead lift, Benchpress, 5x5 sets.
Riding bike between places: average 90 minutes pr day, moderate to high intensity
Karate: average 2-3 times a week, 1.5 hours each
Walks, fast paced and/or up mountains: 2-3 times a week, 1-2 hours each, moderate intensity
Run, or run/walk intervals: 2-3 times a week, ca 30 minutes each, high intensity

Eating on average 2.600 calories per day (on average 240 carb, 110 fat, 140 protein)

I am 167 cm (5'5?) and ~82 kg (180lbs?)

My problem:
When I eat less than 2200 calories I become very tired.. but to reach higher than 2500 I usually end up eating "not so healthy snacks". I have a bunch of numbers from all the time I have been on MFP and it seems I lose weight best when I am netting ca 1600 calories (which, doh is close to my BMR).. the problem I have now is that would mean I need to eat close to 3000! And I need advice on #1 macros! #2 how to meet those macros!

:flowerforyou:

AmyRhubarb

Can't see your diary....

iceqieen

Can't see your diary....

oh sorry! I thought I had saved it as public. Open now! :blushing: