Hunger and calorie intakes
LessthanKris
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Tomorrow is the last day of my first week. I have been SO hungry this week. The last few days I have been over. I know I need to find more filling foods and more protein to eat but I have been turning to the bad things in my pantry. Normally I have no problem resisting but it is also that time of the month so I think my sweet tooth has been kicked into overdrive on top of being hungry.
I am debating about moving to the TDEE method since I have no real measure of how much I am burning on the strength days but the amount of calories seems so high to me. I am used to eating around 1500 on workout days, 1600 if it was a running day. I used to use my HRM to determine how many calories I would eat back each day. My TDEE - 20% is about 1715 when I look at the online calculators.
So I am just wondering what everyone else is doing and if anyone has had any proven success. Right now I am putting 150 for strength days (so eating 1350) and I use my HRM for cardio still.
I am debating about moving to the TDEE method since I have no real measure of how much I am burning on the strength days but the amount of calories seems so high to me. I am used to eating around 1500 on workout days, 1600 if it was a running day. I used to use my HRM to determine how many calories I would eat back each day. My TDEE - 20% is about 1715 when I look at the online calculators.
So I am just wondering what everyone else is doing and if anyone has had any proven success. Right now I am putting 150 for strength days (so eating 1350) and I use my HRM for cardio still.
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I have been doing TDEE minus 15% for the past couple of months and I feel so much better and I am still losing. I work out 6 days a week, currently doing Chalean Extreme and trail running. There is no way I could stay at what MFP suggested for me.0
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I also feel like you're underestimating your strength burns - that 150 would be a reasonable estimate if you were doing multiple sets with rests inbetween - CLX is not designed like that.
I would just wear your HRM and log those burns instead - obviously it's not perfect, but it'll be good enough and provide you with some more food on your strength days.
I have used TDEE - 20% in the past, but I like to "earn" additinoal calories, it helps keep me focused on actually doing the workouts - to be honest TDEE - 20% or MFP + exercise comes out to pretty much the same for me.0 -
I recently did the TDEE for about 3 months and it was great. I could eat all the things! Every day, not just "earn it back."
This may not happen to you but:
1. It made me somewhat lazy about tracking.
2. I miss adding the calorie burn into MFP and seeing "PipsG1rl burned 50000 calories watching Game of Thrones!" and getting cheers and thumb-ups from my crew.
But you are going to be SO hungry on this workout plan. Like no other. Also, depending on your HRM I'd be careful about logging the calories as stated.
My advice is to try it out and see if it works for you. There isn't really a "right way" for any one person.0
