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Calories?

anitaplus4
anitaplus4 Posts: 3,338 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a question. I have had a lot of my friends at home telling me I need to eat more with working out. I have been getting around 1200-1300 calories (not net calories). I haven't been doing the best with logging my food on here the last couple weeks but I do write down what I eat. Sorry I have been slacking on here. :ohwell: Does anyone have any advice? How many calories should you be consuming on days when you workout? :smile: Thanks for any advice.

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Generally speaking you should be eating back your exercise calories, especially if you're netting a fairly low intake like 1200 per day.

    Have you worked out your BMR and TDEE (http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/) That's an alternative, to work out TDEE and back off a modest deficit based on the amount of weight you want to lose weekly.
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