Struggling to Eat Excercise Calories!

GraemeSkinner

Hey everyone! The usual question of excercise calories etc here! But I am struggling to eat the excercise cals I pick up following on from a gym session.

I've been doing a body combat class which is easliy burning 1000 calories per session and today, I mixed in a Gym session which too added me to a total of 1350 calories burned.

So my daily goal for today is just under 3000 calories! I'm not hungry now and see no point in eating the extra 700 calories I should eat just because they are there.

My concern is however that as my net calorie intake is low at around 800 for today, that I've simply not eaten enough and my body might think I'm starving it!

The dilemma continues!!! Advice / thoughts please? Should I just snack a little more this evevning purely to make up the calories or not bother?

Thanks!

AdamATGATT

One day isn't going to kill you or throw off your weight loss.

In the future, you may want to try to add one more side item to each meal. A banana, orange, mixed vegetables, trail mix, etc. If you all ready don't do five/six meals a day, I've found that dividing it up more has helped me sqeeze in those extra calories to meet hightened caloric intakes for workouts.

3kidsin3years

I sure wish I had your trouble! ;-) I'll be curious to see what replys you get! Good luck and good job on the workout!

ahbach2005

If you know ahead of time what you plan to burn ( you seem fairly adept at this type of thing) you might want to plan out your food for the day. I.E have enough food at your disposal by bringing food to work with you or having snacks and meals ready to go.

Or...buy a bunch of small protein bars and have them ready. Peanuts are god protein as well.

Hope that helps

I once was able to lay out that amount of calories on long raod and mountain bike rides but it was far in the past. I know what it is too bonk and I wonder if that is what you are worried about?

GraemeSkinner

Yeah ahbach I think your right about hitting the plateau. I'm getting down to the weight I was before Xmas and sadly this is where I plateaued last time round. I'm worried that if I dont get it exactly right that I'm going to stall again and not lose the weight or worse start losing muscle mass.

I think its the preperation to the day that is key, knowing what to eat and when as well seems to help, but additional planning is needed to make sure I eat the right amount. It just feels weird being on a "diet" (I know it's actaully a lifestyle change) and eating more food than I used to when trying to lose weight.

stormieweather

When I increased my calories to maintenance, I simply added one small (nutrient dense) thing to each meal/snack. A boiled egg to breakfast, a handful of almonds to my morning snack, an extra slice of cheese on my lunch wrap, a yogert in the afternoon, cooked dinner with olive oil, and had a protein bar/shake after my workout. This added 760 calories to my daily intake and was not noticable at all as far as feeling full.

Then, to reduce again, I just eliminated those things . Otherwise, I eat pretty much the same...full or reduced calories.

It's a pretty neat concept.