Maintaining at 2700 CALS🤮
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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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