To eat back calories or not

jellebeandesigns

I have a client who's a personal trainer she says that I need to eat 300 calories below my BMR on a daily basis, regardless of activity. This is 1259 calories.

Fitbit suggests anywhere from 1600-2600 calories for weightloss.

I work at a desk 3 days a week for 5-6 hours, I'm also a mom to four very active & busy kids. My 'other' activities include
Running - 4/6/4 miles during the week (3 different days) Saturday I have a long run that varies from 9-15 miles (I'm training for a marathon in March so the miles go up weekly, this week was 10)
5x5 Stronglifts - 2-3 times a week
Yoga - Hot yoga for athletes 1 time a week.

Would you eat back calories or stay under 1300 a day?

Side note: I'm counting macros but frequently don't hit my fat (I'm working on upping it), I'm not losing on the scale but have to size down pants this week

bclarke1990

Not usually. Exercise to be in a deficit and if you work out very aggressively have an apple and some carrot sticks so you're still fueled.

3dogsrunning

jellebeandesigns wrote: »

i have a client who's a personal trainer she says that I need to eat 300 calories below my BMR on a daily basis, regardless of activity. This is 1259 calories.

Fitbit suggests anywhere from 1600-2600 calories for weightloss.

I work at a desk 3 days a week for 5-6 hours, I'm also a mom to four very active & busy kids. My 'other' activities include
Running - 4/6/4 miles during the week (3 different days) Saturday I have a long run that varies from 9-15 miles (I'm training for a marathon in March so the miles go up weekly, this week was 10)
5x5 Stronglifts - 2-3 times a week
Yoga - Hot yoga for athletes 1 time a week.

Would you eat back calories or stay under 1300 a day?

Side note: I'm counting macros but frequently don't hit my fat (I'm working on upping it), I'm not losing on the scale but have to size down pants this week

That's absolutely ridiculous to say for everyone. It might not be bad for someone who is inactive but it is crazy for someone who is very active. I would completely ignore her.
You are far too active to eat that low.

I'm not familiar enough with Fitbit to give advice on that but you should definitely eat at least some exercise calories in your case.

3dogsrunning

bclarke1990 wrote: »

Not usually. Exercise to be in a deficit and if you work out very aggressively have an apple and some carrot sticks so you're still fueled.

An apple and carrot sticks are not going to fuel a 15 mile run.
It completely depends on how much activity one is talking about. The amount and type of activity she is doing should be fuelled. She'll likely crash and burn with too few calories.

3dogsrunning

3dogsrunning wrote: »

bclarke1990 wrote: »

Not usually. Exercise to be in a deficit and if you work out very aggressively have an apple and some carrot sticks so you're still fueled.

An apple and carrot sticks are not going to fuel a 15 mile run.
It completely depends on how much activity one is talking about. The amount and type of activity she is doing should be fuelled. She'll likely crash and burn with too few calories.

3dogsrunning wrote: »

bclarke1990 wrote: »

Not usually. Exercise to be in a deficit and if you work out very aggressively have an apple and some carrot sticks so you're still fueled.

An apple and carrot sticks are not going to fuel a 15 mile run.
It completely depends on how much activity one is talking about. The amount and type of activity she is doing should be fuelled. She'll likely crash and burn with too few calories.

To add - eating below BMR already puts her at a deficit. She doesn't need to exercise to put herself at a deficit. Exercising on top of that would create an even larger deficit.

jellebeandesigns

3dogsrunning wrote: »

3dogsrunning wrote: »

bclarke1990 wrote: »

Not usually. Exercise to be in a deficit and if you work out very aggressively have an apple and some carrot sticks so you're still fueled.

An apple and carrot sticks are not going to fuel a 15 mile run.
It completely depends on how much activity one is talking about. The amount and type of activity she is doing should be fuelled. She'll likely crash and burn with too few calories.

3dogsrunning wrote: »

bclarke1990 wrote: »

Not usually. Exercise to be in a deficit and if you work out very aggressively have an apple and some carrot sticks so you're still fueled.

An apple and carrot sticks are not going to fuel a 15 mile run.
It completely depends on how much activity one is talking about. The amount and type of activity she is doing should be fuelled. She'll likely crash and burn with too few calories.

To add - eating below BMR already puts her at a deficit. She doesn't need to exercise to put herself at a deficit. Exercising on top of that would create an even larger deficit.

I try to stay about 200 total calorie deficit for the day (which is what Fitbit is set to, so if I run 10 miles and walk another 3 through the day it auto calculates that 200 cal deficit). I feel like if I tried to eat 1200 calories after running/lifting I would be starving

ModernRock

jellebeandesigns wrote: »

I have a client who's a personal trainer she says that I need to eat 300 calories below my BMR on a daily basis, regardless of activity.

That would make sense if he/she meant TDEE.

jellebeandesigns

She asked me what tdee was and told me to stop trying to complicate things