HIT YOUR CALORIES!
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Cory, if your calorie goal is 2000 calories, that is what you can eat if you don't exercise that day. If you exercise 700 calories, then you eat another 700 calories that day. But, wow, what do you do to burn 700 calories? That would be a long, hard workout! So on the day of the long hard workout, you would eat 2700 calories. And if you don't workout that much the next day, you go down to 2000 calories plus the calories you work off. It's always 2000 calories plus workout calories.0
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Brandon - If you track what you eat and you're not counting calories, what exactly is it that you're tracking?0
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i have no clue how you EAT and then get to the point where you're not hungry. i know that when i wasn't eating, or was grossly undereating, i wasn't hungry. ever. i had no appetite, no hunger pains, no headaches, nothing like that.
someone would say, " are you hungry?" and i would usually respond with, " i can eat." because i could eat, i just wasn't hungry.
now that i'm eating ( and some if not most days i don't hit my NET goal) i'm hungry, ALL OF THE TIME!!!! what i have found is that i have to find things to focus on that are NOT related to food, LOL!!! as long as i stay active it's tolerable :-) but, once i get some down time i immediately think about what to eat. i can't say i enjoy it. it really does make me want to stop eating again!!!!!
i actually like eating higher protein with fewer but bigger meals. for me, i think that helps....... at least i'm not focusing on food as much. and i eat til i'm full pretty much.0 -
I measure most things I eat because I want to be as accurate as I can. I actually think I underestimate my exercise times because I don't want to over estimate! whew, That being said, most days have many calories left over. They are exercise calories. I am always full after I eat and when I go to bed!! I have been losing more inches then pounds but since I have a larger midsection thats dwindling, I'm ok with that! I do eat ALOT of veggies but always have plenty of protein, usually I go over on protein. So, I do think it's possible to not eat all of your calories and not be putting your body into starvation mode. My doc says I must be doing things right because I'm seeing results AND I feel great !!! oh, I drink alot of water too ; )0
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I'm the same ... I find it really hard to eat everything I need to some days and hit my calorie intake. It's time to get creative!0
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How do you get to the point where you are not hungry? Please give me your secret!
Balanced meals, lots of water, snacks in between... works for me.0 -
Brandon - If you track what you eat and you're not counting calories, what exactly is it that you're tracking?
Yea, What?0 -
If your body is going in starving mode, it will let you know by making you feel hungry.
If you are not hungry. Then don't eat!
Exactly! Listen to your body!0 -
I have time to exercise at NIGHT. I am not going to eat 200+ cals after 9pm. Wouldn't that be worse?0
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I need some clarification as well. so does that mean if for example my calorie goal is 2000 cal a day, i eat 2000 cal a day.. so if i exercise 700 cal.. that brings me down to 1300.. so am i supposed to eat another 700 calories to get back up to 2000? please help.. i have always been confused on this
Cory
I don't. I eat 1300 a day- flat. I burn 500-600 a day in workouts. I don't eat any exercise calories back. It's working for me. I've been consistently losing 1-3 lbs per week since I started. I have plenty of energy, I'm not hungry and I feel great. If I go over my 1300 a little, I don't stress it because I know I burned and the diet creates a deficit. But, I enjoy that my calorie burning creates loss, too.0 -
I need some clarification as well. so does that mean if for example my calorie goal is 2000 cal a day, i eat 2000 cal a day.. so if i exercise 700 cal.. that brings me down to 1300.. so am i supposed to eat another 700 calories to get back up to 2000? please help.. i have always been confused on this
Cory
I don't. I eat 1300 a day- flat. I burn 500-600 a day in workouts. I don't eat any exercise calories back. It's working for me. I've been consistently losing 1-3 lbs per week since I started. I have plenty of energy, I'm not hungry and I feel great. If I go over my 1300 a little, I don't stress it because I know I burned and the diet creates a deficit. But, I enjoy that my calorie burning creates loss, too.
So you're netting 700-800 calories on days when you workout? That's pretty scary.0 -
Counting calories leads to confusion. So far I've just eaten healthy and eat smaller meals 5 times a day, even if I'm not hungry. I track what I eat and workout 5 times a week and this works well for me. Counting calories is just a big waste of time.
ok? 3500 calories is 1 lb. How is counting calories a waste of time if ur goal is to lose lbs?0 -
I understand where you're coming from this, but you aren't going to gain weight by eating less than what your body burns in a day. That sort of defies the law of thermodynamics.0
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For everyone who doesn't eat the amount of calories they should. Does the idea of netting less than 1000 calories bother you? Or the fact that when you complete your diary its screaming at you that you are not eating enough?0
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Have some almonds, avocado, a glass of milk, these are calorie dense foods that are good for you. But eat your calories and your exercise calories. Your body needs fuel, if it doesn't get it enough it will stockpile fat. Its not that difficult.0
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Best bet, see a nutritonist and ask them. That's what I did and she said I am doing well !!! Also, If you are constantly hungry or for that matter, not hungry, you should really see a nutritionalist and it will be a more personally effective.0
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sorry I should of clarified I didnt mean your body will go into starvation after one day but you do want to get as close as you can to your magic number. I have just seen alot of people congratulating each other because they are way under their goal. That is where this came from
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If your body is going in starving mode, it will let you know by making you feel hungry.
If you are not hungry. Then don't eat!
Exactly! Listen to your body!
Actually, in this context your body usually lies. The hormones Leptin and Ghrelin basically tells your brain whether you are hungry or not and these signals do not necessarily have to do with whether you actually should be eating or not.0 -
I have time to exercise at NIGHT. I am not going to eat 200+ cals after 9pm. Wouldn't that be worse?
No - when you eat has no impact on weight loss, assuming you are hitting your targets.0 -
Your body doesn't go into "starvation mode" in one day. If you're under a little one day it isn't going to do anything. Yea if you are consistently under 500+ calories maybe, but a 100-200 a day isn't going to make much of a difference. For most people that is the difference of maybe not weighing/measuring their food or not calculating exercise calories right. I'd be willing to bet that most of us underestimate how much we eat, even though we count our calories.
Personally, I may be over one day and under the next. As long as I'm right around the number for the week is all I care about. It has been working for me.
^^^ yeah what she said ^^^ :drinker:0 -
People need to understand that not eating enough calories in the day is going to make you gain weight as well! The number that it calculates for you is the number you want to try and hit. When you dont get enough calories your body goes into starvation mode and stores the fat.
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So, when you work out you need to eat all the calories back? It seems like everyone has their own opinion on what you should be doing, it's just a little confusing, sorry.0
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So, when you work out you need to eat all the calories back? It seems like everyone has their own opinion on what you should be doing, it's just a little confusing, sorry.
As per MFP(probably the best/easiest explanation):
We set your nutritional target in Net Calories which we define as:
Calories Consumed (Food) - Calories Burned (Exercise) = Net Calories
What that means is that if you exercise, you will be able to eat more for that day. For example, if your Net Calorie goal is 2000 calories, one way to meet that goal is to eat 2,500 calories of food, but then burn 500 calories through exercise.
Think of your Net Calories like a daily budget of calories to spend. You spend them by eating, and you earn more calories to eat by exercising.0 -
So, when you work out you need to eat all the calories back? It seems like everyone has their own opinion on what you should be doing, it's just a little confusing, sorry.
As per MFP(probably the best/easiest explanation):
We set your nutritional target in Net Calories which we define as:
Calories Consumed (Food) - Calories Burned (Exercise) = Net Calories
What that means is that if you exercise, you will be able to eat more for that day. For example, if your Net Calorie goal is 2000 calories, one way to meet that goal is to eat 2,500 calories of food, but then burn 500 calories through exercise.
Think of your Net Calories like a daily budget of calories to spend. You spend them by eating, and you earn more calories to eat by exercising.
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Right now I weigh 291 lbs.. First thing I do when I get to the gym is hit the elliptical machine hard for a 30 min.. I burn 640-700 calories just doing that... then I usually burn anywhere from 250-250 doing 20-40 min. of weightlifting. I am sure those numbers will start going down as I keep losing weight,0
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OMG! Really?! I have NEVER heard this before, EVER!!!!
Why didn't anyone tell me?!0 -
I use a tool that was taught me by Naturally Slim. This program teaches you to eat for 10 minutes, stopping for 5 and then eating again for another 10. Take at least 25 minutes to eat. I still use this and it does help, I do feel full sooner. That is why sometimes I have trouble reaching my calorie goal I feel full sooner and want to stop eating. I usually have a piece of 12 grain bread and I can take the first 10 minutes just eating that. It usually takes me about 45 minutes to eat a meal.0
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I have a serious problem doing this! I'm horrible about not eating breakfast and sometimes if work is crazy Ill skip lunch too! It is so hard for me to get my calories in! And I've had these eating habits for years!
Not eating breakfast is a huge issue - - it's really doing your body a huge disservice.0
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