Reaching a Net of 1200

sazzyanne14

Hi everyone.

I play one or two football matches a week which burns at least 1800 calories a game (we wear hrms to monitor our heart rate). In addition to this I train twice weekly and have fitness only sessions twice a week too.

On game days, and on fitness days (depending on intensity) I struggle to get my net calories consumed to at least 1200.

Is there anything you can suggest to help with this.

Thank you in advance

p4ulmiller

Yes. Eat more ;-)

I netted 34 calories yesterday, and am still here typing away. I ate a bacon sandwich, pizza, drank wine and jack Daniels.

Enjoy the days you train to relax your dietary needs and don't stress about it.

melaniecheeks

1800 calories per game? Really?

p4ulmiller

1800 calories per game? Really?

Very conceivable. 90 minutes of interval training, running up to 10km in the period.

rella_1003

spoil yourself with calories

JesterMFP

Eat more foods that are calorie dense, so you meet your goal without having to fill up on a larger volume of food. Anything with fat in is a good start. Olive oil on salads or in cooking, cheese, eggs, nuts, peanut butter, chocolate, oily fish, full fat yoghurt, toast liberally spread with butter, switch any low fat/lighter products for their full fat versions. Some people find it easier to drink their calories - full fat milk, smoothies, protein shakes. Experiment with meal timing/frequency - some people find it easier to get more in if they eat every couple of hours. You could also spread those "extra" calories out across the week; you don't have to consume them all on match day.

Mr_Knight

I play one or two football matches a week which burns at least 1800 calories a game (we wear hrms to monitor our heart rate).

HRMs are notoriously inaccurate for this kind of activity. A midfielder playing for Chelsea wouldn't burn anywhere neat that much in a game - that number is almost certainly vastly over-estimated for you.

Before you start trying to eat more, you need a proper assessment of what you are burning, otherwise you don't know your actual net calories and are at risk of over-eating if you follow the "eat more" advice.

Mr_Knight

1800 calories per game? Really?

Very conceivable. 90 minutes of interval training, running up to 10km in the period.

The OP would have to weight over 450 pounds to burn that many calories over 10km of running, intervals or no intervals. And 10km is at the upper end of what a professional footballer runs - the distance in this case is probably half of that.

There's no question that burn number is vastly over-inflated.

p4ulmiller

[And 10km is at the upper end of what a professional footballer runs - the distance in this case is probably half of that.

There's no question that burn number is vastly over-inflated.

Sorry. You're wrong.

The last game I played, I ran 12km. As a midfielder. And I'm old and overweight.

10k is wholly conceivable and 1800 calorie burn, in intervals, is about right.

Mr_Knight

Sorry. You're wrong.

The last game I played, I ran 12km. As a midfielder. And I'm old and overweight.

10k is wholly conceivable and 1800 calorie burn, in intervals, is about right.

Then congratulations are in order, as you are outrunning a Premiership midfielder.

Intervals are neither here nor there with respect to calorie burn - 10k running is 10k running.

Her stated calorie burn is a solid double from reality, meaning that in all likelihood she is already netting considerably more than 1200 calories. If she takes the well-intentioned but wrong advice to eat more, she will gain weight.

Cortelli

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And 10km is at the upper end of what a professional footballer runs - the distance in this case is probably half of that.

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I believe you are underestimating average distance covered (but this may be neither here nor there for OP's issue).

I have consistently seen reports of average distances covered across all positions exceeding 11 kms, with recorded highs much higher. For example:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/8109769/Tottenham-wing-Gareth-Bale-stuns-experts-with-speed-and-distance-run-against-Inter.html
http://www.scienceofsocceronline.com/2010/03/running-with-ball-how-much-how-often.html
http://www.soccerperformance.org/playertypes/physdemandsprosoccer.htm
http://gizmodo.com/5992583/how-far-do-you-run-in-different-sports

There are plenty of published scientific studies (many on how much of that distance is covered at various intensity levels) you'll find via Google on professional players in the elite leagues that consistently show the *average* player - not just mids - exceeding 11 kms per game.

Now, you referred at one point to Chelsea - I will concede that it is likely that those layabouts never exceed 10kms :devil:

smc864

I think that is an over estimation of calories burned. 1800 seems a bit high, heart rate monitor or not. Furthermore, I wouldn't recommend trying to eat all those exercise calories back if you are trying to lose weight. Just sayin.

EMTFreakGirl

I so feel you! I had a crazy day at work today, and really...I grazed all day, eating something between each call and even grabbed a meal at the hospital, yet my net calories are just 318 for the day. How in the world do I eat another 900 ('ish) calories tonight? OMG!!!! I'm feeling the mixed nuts calling to me! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: 900 freakin' calories still to eat when I just want to collapse into bed!

Note: I wear a Body Media Fit and have for over 3 years. I have found it to have "learned" me and is usually very accurate. I was hauling patients into the ER all day with a smattering of Fire calls in between. I'm pretty sure it is NOT an overestimation.