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Am I eating enough

stuski85
stuski85 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 190cm 136kg. Currently losing 2kg a week for last 3 weeks. Target weight is 80-100kg

I'm consuming 1900 calories a day. But also walking 6-7 miles every day. Leaving me with about 900 net calorie intake.

I'm not feeling tired or hungry.

I had read I should be eating half my burnt calories.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Yes you should be eating more. At least 1500 net calories, if not your goal. 2 kg per week, even after the initial water weight loss, is too fast.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    1 to 1.g kg is safe per week is safe
    Exercise calories are usually overestimated. That's why some people eat back about a third or a half.
    Stay focused on your long term goal -- to be healthy.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Yes, you should be eating more. What typically happens when someone eats that little is that they'll feel fine...for a while. But then it catches up with them in the form of extreme hunger, fatigue, and sometimes injury. This can lead to vicious cycles of overrestricting and bingeing.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    stuski85 wrote: »
    I'm 190cm 136kg. Currently losing 2kg a week for last 3 weeks. Target weight is 80-100kg

    I'm consuming 1900 calories a day. But also walking 6-7 miles every day. Leaving me with about 900 net calorie intake.

    I'm not feeling tired or hungry.

    I had read I should be eating half my burnt calories.

    Use the calculation:

    Bodyweight in lbs x 0.63 x distance in miles

    To get calories burnt running and eat them all back.
  • stuski85
    stuski85 Posts: 2 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    stuski85 wrote: »
    I'm 190cm 136kg. Currently losing 2kg a week for last 3 weeks. Target weight is 80-100kg

    I'm consuming 1900 calories a day. But also walking 6-7 miles every day. Leaving me with about 900 net calorie intake.

    I'm not feeling tired or hungry.

    I had read I should be eating half my burnt calories.

    Use the calculation:

    Bodyweight in lbs x 0.63 x distance in miles

    To get calories burnt running and eat them all back.

    That's around 1300 calories!

    That's a lot of good food.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Yes you should be eating more. At least 1500 net calories, if not your goal. 2 kg per week, even after the initial water weight loss, is too fast.

    Yeah. That^^
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    He's walking not running. I believe the multiplier is .3
  • greenlizard72
    greenlizard72 Posts: 76 Member
    edited November 2017
    Hunger, fatigue and possible injury were mentioned. What happens in your body when you don't eat back your burned calories and are way below your deficit mark? Is it the same as not exercising and eating below your bmr? Will your body shutdown non essential systems? Does it matter if its just a day or two, compared to a week or two of the same pattern? I'm glad this thread popped up. I've been hitting my my cico with no exercise logged but have been doing hard work in my yard for about 6 hours a day and will continue until thanksgiving. My weight loss continues on a downward trend. Thanks in advance for enlightenment
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,488 Member
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    He's walking not running. I believe the multiplier is .3

    Just confirming this. .3-.31 for walking.
    .63 is running/jogging.

    Cheers, h.
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