What am I doing wrong?!

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  • meganwbell849
    meganwbell849 Posts: 26 Member
    This is the dumbest question ever, but what does it mean that I never want to "net" lower than 1,200? Sorry guys, I'm so new to this!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    The 1200 calorie standard for women is actually a nutrition standard. It is saying that the average woman will find it very difficult to get all the nutrients she needs from her food if she consumes less than 1200 calories of a diverse variety of food. Your exercise is quite vigorous and frequent, and that increases your bodily needs for protein. Your body weight, 140, divided by kilograms, 2.2, multiplied by 1.2 yields the number of milligrams of protein you should consume each day. That works out to 76 mg of protein. The point of the '1200 calorie' rule is nutrition. If you are getting the nutrition you need, modified with protein in light of your exertion, you do well. Don't obsess about net calories for the sake of net=1200. You will notice if you are in a deficit of glycogen or electrolytes. If that happens, a sports drink is adequate to restore your energy. It will have calories and you do have to count them. Stay in your calorie deficit. Accurately log all you eat and drink. Work as hard as you wish. Get plenty of protein.
  • dmt4641
    dmt4641 Posts: 409 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    16%-17% body fat is very hard to get too. This takes perfection and if and when you ever get there, maintaining that will be the devil. This body fat range is around competition level.

    Good luck with this..

    I was thinking the same thing - that is a difficult bf % to reach for a woman and would be hard to maintain without possibly causing hormonal issues. Fitness competitors only reach low body fat level for a few days or a week at a time, peak for the show, then purposefully gain some back in between shows. That is because it is not good for your body to maintain a body fat level that low.

    21% is pretty fit for a woman. You may want to instead work on recomp - eating at maintenance while lifting heavy weights and lose a little fat and gain a little muscle.

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