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Help with Calorie Intake for Insanity -- which is correct?

bug1114
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I'm trying to figure out which calorie total to go with for my food intake while doing the Insanity program (today is day 3). Previously I was eating 1390 and doing light excercise. Using the formula in the food guide for the progam, here are my numbers:
655 +(4.35 x 163)+(4.7 x 67")-(4.7 x 26) = 1556.75 x 1.2 (sedentary) ((1868.1)) or 1.55 (moderate exercise 3/5 days a week) ((2412.96)) . This is for maintenance. To lose, I would subtract 500 from those totals.
So basically I need to chose between 1368 or 1913.
Here's where I'm having trouble. I have a sedentary job and work 8.5 hours a day. Basically the only time I'm really moving is when I'm working out. So I don't know if I'm supposed to chose sedentary as a lifestyle or moderately active. I'll be working out six days a week with Insanity for 40ish minutes a night. The last two nights I've been so sore I haven't been able to push as hard as I would like to through the program. I worry that if I eat 1913 calories per day that I will gain weight instead of lose it.
Any insight on this would be great. Thanks in advance!
655 +(4.35 x 163)+(4.7 x 67")-(4.7 x 26) = 1556.75 x 1.2 (sedentary) ((1868.1)) or 1.55 (moderate exercise 3/5 days a week) ((2412.96)) . This is for maintenance. To lose, I would subtract 500 from those totals.
So basically I need to chose between 1368 or 1913.
Here's where I'm having trouble. I have a sedentary job and work 8.5 hours a day. Basically the only time I'm really moving is when I'm working out. So I don't know if I'm supposed to chose sedentary as a lifestyle or moderately active. I'll be working out six days a week with Insanity for 40ish minutes a night. The last two nights I've been so sore I haven't been able to push as hard as I would like to through the program. I worry that if I eat 1913 calories per day that I will gain weight instead of lose it.
Any insight on this would be great. Thanks in advance!
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Basically the only time I'm really moving is when I'm working out.0
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i have the same thing going on. BMR is like 1280 but i also have a desk job and the only time i move is when i'm doing the insanity workouts. it was telling me about 1900 but that seems like a lot also.0
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