Insanity calories

twiggy8459
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Just want to go over this with everyone. I started at a weight of 300lbs. I have completed max30 twice and am currently down to 263lbs. I have been stuck at this weight for about 3 months now. I will admit my tracking has not been spot on. For insanity i want to keep track of my calories better. I have been trying to eat around 1700-1800 a day. But according to insanity i should multiply my weight by 12 and subtract 500. This brings me to 2,663 calories a day. This seems like a bunch of calories to me. Do i need this many? Has my metabolism slowed down due to not eating as much as i should be?
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If you ate that number of calories then you wouldn't need to eat back exercise cals.
Up to you if you want to try it. It doesn't seem that unreasonable a number given your stats and how intense insanity is.0 -
MFPs TDEE formula has been pretty spot on in my experience. I would stick with the cals it gives you here.
That said - 1700 calories is super low. I'm 6'1, 253 this morning, moderately active, and with exercise cals (lifting 45 min - I actually lift over an hr but mfp is too generous with exercise cals IMO) I'm eating 2300-2400 a day AT A 1000 CAL DEFICIT. I can't imagine how you are getting by on 1700 at 263, with or without exercise cals.0
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