Extremely Active: Upping calories

jblenkle

Hey all.
My weight is currently fluctuating from 161-163 pounds (goal is 150). I have been reading a lot where people who were at 1200 and not losing anything upped to 1500-1600 and started losing weight. I'm wondering if that is what is happening to me?

The rundown: My old personal trainer set my daily intake at 2200 calories with high protein, high carb, and low fat. That's great and all. I was at 171 at my highest this year, and am currently at 161. My activity level has increased substantially, and I often find myself extremely fatigued, and have been a little hungrier. I'm 5'9" and 23 years old.

My normal day:
3am: wake up, breakfast, usually multi-grain cheerios and organic fat free Clover milk
4am: work (I am a baker, I mix the dough and bake about 400 loaves a day, this is EXTREMELY draining, and according to my BodyMedia armband, I burn 2800-3000 calories in a 9 hour period)
6am: break, almonds or a protein shake
9:30am: lunch, PB&J and sometimes a salad
11am: last break, usually protein shake
12:30pm: finally OFF, will go home and have some sort of snack
2pmish-4pm: possibly a nap
5pm: something to fuel me up and go boxing for 1 hour (about 400 calories burned)
7pm: dinner, usually up in the air as to what it is.
8/9pm: sleep.

I am pretty good about hitting the 2200 mark on my days off and eating back the calories I burned on my work/out days. But I am kind of scared and now know how everyone else feels when thinking about upping their calories. I am going to do it, but I just wanted to get some other opinions on this as well. What should I up it to? Somewhere in the 2500-2800 + eating back calories burned?

Thanks!