Maintaining at 2700 CALS🤮
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Jeez...I'm a 6'2" male and weigh 170 pounds. I maintain at 2300 calories! 2700 is sooo many.
If you are 6'2" and maintaining at 2300 calories then you aren't very active at all. I am 6'2" 195" and I maintain anywhere from 3500-4000 calories. Its pretty irresponsible to tell someone they are eating too many calories without knowing their activity level or anything else about them.
Cool your jets there, turbo. Mine wasn't a statement of judgement, it was a statement of fact. 2700 calories is a ton (and I'm very jealous). For my maintenance, you are correct that 2300 calories is my basal burn before exercise. I run about 35 miles a week and eat all of that back.
You originally said that you maintained at 2300 calories, not that your BMR was 2300. There is a big difference between a person's maintenance calories and their BMR. The OPs maintenance calories are completely realistic depending on their activity level.5 -
I maintain around 2400-2500 (I don't log in maintenance), and I'm 5'0" 118lbs, but I'm breastfeeding so that gives me a few extra calories.3
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I maintain on a high calorie amount. Making high calorie items such as fat bombs, protein bars and smoothies and granola bars helps me to reach my high calorie goal.
Also usually I eat a less calories during the weekdays and more over the weekend and it all balances out.
I enjoy cashews too and it's so easy to get a lot of calories in with such a small amount.7 -
I only wish I could maintain on 2700 cals LOL, being petite means anything over 2000 and I gain but that's how it goes..
OP from all the advice here already you now know how to add to your daily calories - enjoy5 -
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What do you do that needs the calories? Totally not judging![/quote]
I'm actually not quite sure, I'm generally pretty active during the day, I don't sleep much because i have a 6 month old and a 3 year old. I work out about 60-90 minutes a day (rowing, running, kettlebells, weights, plyometrics).
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collectingblues wrote: »Jeez...I'm a 6'2" male and weigh 170 pounds. I maintain at 2300 calories! 2700 is sooo many.
If you are 6'2" and maintaining at 2300 calories then you aren't very active at all. I am 6'2" 195" and I maintain anywhere from 3500-4000 calories. Its pretty irresponsible to tell someone they are eating too many calories without knowing their activity level or anything else about them.
Cool your jets there, turbo. Mine wasn't a statement of judgement, it was a statement of fact. 2700 calories is a ton (and I'm very jealous). For my maintenance, you are correct that 2300 calories is my basal burn before exercise. I run about 35 miles a week and eat all of that back.
With that mileage, and 2300 being your BMR, you likely ARE eating 2700 calories, if not more, since you say you eat your calories back -- I don't understand why you're jealous.
I'm jealous because I need to run 5 days a week in order to eat 2700 calories a day. If I interpret OP's original statement properly, she gets 2700 calories with no cardio involved...0 -
collectingblues wrote: »Jeez...I'm a 6'2" male and weigh 170 pounds. I maintain at 2300 calories! 2700 is sooo many.
If you are 6'2" and maintaining at 2300 calories then you aren't very active at all. I am 6'2" 195" and I maintain anywhere from 3500-4000 calories. Its pretty irresponsible to tell someone they are eating too many calories without knowing their activity level or anything else about them.
Cool your jets there, turbo. Mine wasn't a statement of judgement, it was a statement of fact. 2700 calories is a ton (and I'm very jealous). For my maintenance, you are correct that 2300 calories is my basal burn before exercise. I run about 35 miles a week and eat all of that back.
With that mileage, and 2300 being your BMR, you likely ARE eating 2700 calories, if not more, since you say you eat your calories back -- I don't understand why you're jealous.
I'm jealous because I need to run 5 days a week in order to eat 2700 calories a day. If I interpret OP's original statement properly, she gets 2700 calories with no cardio involved...
Despite posting in the Maintaining weight forum OP also states she is going to be eating at a surplus at that level though, how big that surplus is isn't clear. How good the advice is to eat at a surplus is also not clear.... It could be good advice depending on goals or it could be the often repeated and erroneous "you must be in a calorie surplus to gain muscle". Only OP knows.
Personally at 5'9" & around 170lbs I get to eat in a wide range of roughly 2750 - 3500 a day to maintain but a lot of that is because I'm active and cycle a lot.
(OP - to answer your questions I really don't find that level of eating at all difficult, I just eat "normal food" in appropriate quantities, I don't have to consciously choose high calorie density foods but I do enjoy starchy carbs. My preferred pattern is 2 or 3 meals plus snacks. I've also never had to deliberately gain weight to build muscle either.)
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I maintain high too, generally.
My issue is food volume. Eating a lot of food really makes me feel bad, so I aim for higher fats (e.g. nut butters) vs. "volume" lower calorie, less dense foods0 -
2,700kcal/day is roughly the same as my maintenance...6'0'' 165lbs male. 2,700kcal/day TDEE seems a bit on the high side (just judging by your photo) unless you are very tall & have large activity/exercise & NEAT contributions to your TDEE (very possible).
You are not going to hit 2,700kcal/day eating "clean" bulk vegetables/salads unless doused with copious dressings, oils, etc. Liquids/less solid foods to complement if needed0 -
I'm 6"3 and 190lbs and to go upto 220lbs I need to eat around 2800 apparently?? Aren't men meant to have a higher base calorie intake than women too?0
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I'm 6"3 and 190lbs and to go upto 220lbs I need to eat around 2800 apparently?? Aren't men meant to have a higher base calorie intake than women too?
Yes but that also depends on your activity level. I'm 5'3" and 113 pounds and my maintenance calories are anywhere from 2,000 to 2,300 on average. People underestimate how much any movement, even just walking, can add to one's TDEE.3 -
Maxematics wrote: »I'm 6"3 and 190lbs and to go upto 220lbs I need to eat around 2800 apparently?? Aren't men meant to have a higher base calorie intake than women too?
Yes but that also depends on your activity level. I'm 5'3" and 113 pounds and my maintenance calories are anywhere from 2,000 to 2,300 on average. People underestimate how much any movement, even just walking, can add to one's TDEE.
What source do you use to estimate your TDEE? I am 5'5" and 115-117 lbs. I average 12-14,000 steps a day. I do occasional squats and push-ups here and there... nothing too strenuous. My basic step counter shows that I burn 1900-2000. Should I trust that number?0 -
Tolstolobik wrote: »What source do you use to estimate your TDEE? I am 5'5" and 115-117 lbs. I average 12-14,000 steps a day. I do occasional squats and push-ups here and there... nothing too strenuous. My basic step counter shows that I burn 1900-2000. Should I trust that number?
So you're probably in the middle of very active purely based on steps.
Your watch is also saying you're in the middle of very active based on the activity it has been detecting.
Whether this really does translate into 1900-2000 Calories based on your particular body and on how you log calories remains an open question which will be resolved by observing your weight trend over time.
You won't know until you try!4 -
Tolstolobik wrote: »What source do you use to estimate your TDEE? I am 5'5" and 115-117 lbs. I average 12-14,000 steps a day. I do occasional squats and push-ups here and there... nothing too strenuous. My basic step counter shows that I burn 1900-2000. Should I trust that number?
So you're probably in the middle of very active purely based on steps.
Your watch is also saying you're in the middle of very active based on the activity it has been detecting.
Whether this really does translate into 1900-2000 Calories based on your particular body and on how you log calories remains an open question which will be resolved by observing your weight trend over time.
You won't know until you try!
Excellent advice! Thank you!3 -
Tolstolobik wrote: »Maxematics wrote: »I'm 6"3 and 190lbs and to go upto 220lbs I need to eat around 2800 apparently?? Aren't men meant to have a higher base calorie intake than women too?
Yes but that also depends on your activity level. I'm 5'3" and 113 pounds and my maintenance calories are anywhere from 2,000 to 2,300 on average. People underestimate how much any movement, even just walking, can add to one's TDEE.
What source do you use to estimate your TDEE? I am 5'5" and 115-117 lbs. I average 12-14,000 steps a day. I do occasional squats and push-ups here and there... nothing too strenuous. My basic step counter shows that I burn 1900-2000. Should I trust that number?
My TDEE comes from years of Fitbit data and tracking my food. I think you should trust the numbers and make adjustments as needed after you have enough data.6 -
Maxematics wrote: »Tolstolobik wrote: »Maxematics wrote: »I'm 6"3 and 190lbs and to go upto 220lbs I need to eat around 2800 apparently?? Aren't men meant to have a higher base calorie intake than women too?
Yes but that also depends on your activity level. I'm 5'3" and 113 pounds and my maintenance calories are anywhere from 2,000 to 2,300 on average. People underestimate how much any movement, even just walking, can add to one's TDEE.
What source do you use to estimate your TDEE? I am 5'5" and 115-117 lbs. I average 12-14,000 steps a day. I do occasional squats and push-ups here and there... nothing too strenuous. My basic step counter shows that I burn 1900-2000. Should I trust that number?
My TDEE comes from years of Fitbit data and tracking my food. I think you should trust the numbers and make adjustments as needed after you have enough data.
Thank you for your helpful reply! I will keep a close eye on the trend overtime. Mathematical maintenance is a new frontier for me.4 -
@_piaffe sorry to hijack thread. But you have the most stunning arms ever. What the heck did it take to get to looking like that?
Lol! Thanks... that was last summer. I was training 3 x week full body at home, 100% dumbbells - about 30mins of which (each session) was arms. I did a "circuit-style" approach and rotate through about 10 different arm exercises due to RA restrictions. To give an example of my main moves:
-lateral and front raises, bicep and tri kickbacks = 15lb and 20lb dumbbells x 3 sets of 15-20 reps
-chest press 40lbs dumbbells x 2 or 3 sets of 25 reps
-single arm row = 50lbs x 2 or 3 sets of 15 reps
...and tracked calories. Weighed about 158 (at 5'11). I was also spinning 6x a week.
Got RIPPED. Am fluffy now. Plan to get back on because I miss those arms too!!5
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