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PLGlass131
PLGlass131 Posts: 50 Member
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I am not in shape by no means, but I worry I am over exercising. My diet consists of the low carb lifestyle, and I typically run/walk 3.1 miles a day. I also started doing the Jillian Michaels beginner shred at night. I'm afraid I might end up over doing it. Am I just being paranoid or should I maybe cut back on my runs?

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  • _benjammin
    _benjammin Posts: 1,224 Member
    Your walking/running and shred routine is likely far from "over doing it". You may be under eating and sleeping.
  • PLGlass131
    PLGlass131 Posts: 50 Member
    @_benjammin I know I was under eating, and have been working hard the last couple of days to make sure I close as I can to the 1,550 calorie MFP set for me while still staying low carb. It's not that I am feeling over exhausted or burnt out from my work outs, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing more than I should.
  • _benjammin
    _benjammin Posts: 1,224 Member
    Any medical reason you are doing low carb? If not, and assuming you are trying to lose weight, you might try a balanced diet, ~0.8-1 gram protein per pound body weight, ~0.4 grams fat per pound body weight, remaining calories in carbs. Also, if your weekly exercise routine is consistent you may want to consider setting your calorie goal at a reasonable deficit and don't eat back exercise calories.
  • PLGlass131
    PLGlass131 Posts: 50 Member
    @_benjammin No medical reason, it just what works for me. I've tried low calorie, and even vegetarian for a while, but low carb has seemed to the only thing that I can stay committed to. I don't feel like I'm starving with low carb, and I've lost a good bit with it. I did have my calorie goal set at 1200 and was barely eating the 1200 but wasn't losing much. I thought I wasn't getting enough food, so I let MFP set it for me and have been trying to make sure to get that much. However, I don't eat the calories I have burned. I just eat the 1550 that it gives me at the beginning of the day. I actually put all my food in at the beginning of the day so I don't stray from it throughout the day. Sorry that was book lol
  • _benjammin
    _benjammin Posts: 1,224 Member
    ^sounds good!
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    You might start noting your HR every morning before getting up and moving around.
    Let it settle after alarm freak-out of course.

    Of course right now you have no idea if elevated from poor sleep/recovery - but if it starts to go the wrong way, up - then you are overdoing it for the amount of recovery you are getting.

    I agree rarely do ones over-exercise as first possible reason for some stress in body - but since exercise and recovery and diet all go hand in hand - you can create a situation where what seems like not very much exercise is actually more than your body can take because of lack of recovery (sleep and frequent intense exercise level), or extreme deficit for what you are burning.

    Watching that restingHR trend will usually point that out.

    So why are you trusting the eating goal estimate that MFP gave you for days with no exercise - but not the days with exercise?
    Any reason why when you burn more you wouldn't want to eat more?
    Getting an average extreme deficit could get you in trouble.

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