Suggestions for meeting caloric intake goal...

hoyahen2005

Hi All...
I am wondering how do people meet their caloric intake goals daily. My problem is when I exercise I blow out the number of calories I have eaten in the day and don't want to eat a dinner that is too chuck full of calories. Does anyone have any ideas?

SHBoss1673

plan ahead. estimate your exercise calories and plan your day's nutrition accordingly. there's no need to have a giant dinner, just increase all your meals by smaller amounts.

SMarie10

I just talked to my trainer who told me strength / weight training can burn 400 - 500 calories for 1/2 hour depending on how hard you work out. I do this 3-4 times a week and am not getting any credit on the exercise tracker for calories. Anyone else running into this same issue?

lilRicki

hoyahen, dried fruit and nuts are a great way to boost your calories...it's nutritional and 1 cup is 350 calories...that's insane! That's my "snack" when i come home at night from the gym...you aren't going to be dead on your calories every day...just stay above 1200 and try your best.

SMarie10, I hate that we can't track our weight training either...your best bet is to ask Santa for a heart rate monitor like i did...that way we can track it ourselves...everyone is so different when weight training that there isn't one set way to calculate calories...it's just like when you're doing cardio on a machine...write down what the machine says not what MFP says...because i certainly do NOT burn 600 calories on the bike like MFP was telling me...the best i can do is 210 lol...

leighclayton

Yes I have noticed that calories burned for strength training are really low on the exercise database too . I've heard that strength training burns calories for 24 + hours afterwards so maybe it is hard to calculate?

hill242

Add-ons to your meals & snacks:

Whole milk
Nuts or nut butters (try something like almond for a change)
Cottage Cheese (not the fat free kind)
Apples or berries
Greek yogurt