Struggling to eat enough healthy calories

Jcrowder2169
Jcrowder2169 Posts: 4
in Food and Nutrition
I am supposed to be eating 2100 cal/day for a one pound weight loss each week. However, I work out fairly hard and most days I am supposed to eat between 2500-3000 calories. I can't get to this calorie count without eating unhealthy or eating beyond being full. Any suggestion on high calorie healthy food? I don't want to stop losing by cutting to many calories or lose muscle mass. Any help would be much appreciated.

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  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    Exercise cals are highly inflated on here in my opinion, shoot for 50% or less and you'll be fine. Unless you're using a HRM, that may be more accurate. You could also consider going by TDEE so you don't have to worry about eating back calories.

    ETA: Peanut butter, avocado, and most dairy are calorie dense. A glass of chocolate milk and a heaping spoon full of peanut butter is around 500 calories.

    Rigger

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