Nutrition help/suggestions

buckmeatball

I'm currently on my second round of Insanity and it seems like I've stalled out. My starting weight was about 210(I did a poor job of taking measurements because I say let the mirror be your measuring stick) and I'm currently 199. I'm 22 percent body fat and would like to be 15-17 so thats a goal weight of 185-190. I just started MFP about 3 weeks ago and I just started researching the body and how calories and metabolism truly works. I did the formula for insanity and also used the automatic calorie device for MFP. They're light years apart.

According to my BMR I need 1950ish calories. Just for grins I put on my heart rate monitor last night before bed and it's been 14 hours later and I've burned 1950 calories already. I'm about to do an Insanity workout that will burn another 800 calories. My total calorie burn for the day will be at least 4000 calories(speculation). I'm set on about a 2000 calorie a day intake. I'm not even close to perfect on my diet but I am with workouts. Something seems messed up. I'd like some input on how many calories I should be eating and what the macros should be. The more I research this the more confused I think I am. I've seen SO many opinions on here that are so far apart. If the theory "calories in verse calories out" was that simple I'd weigh 16 pounds. Anybody who's done insanity or similar type intensity that might have any insight?

buckmeatball

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marycmeadows

You're 199 and you're burning 4000 calories a day?? Sorry but WTH are you doing?! That's really high for someone who doesn't even weigh that much.

buckmeatball

I'm not sure what I'm doing. I do Insanity, I'm a dad of two young kids, a husband of a hot wife and I work on my house and my yard and have an office job. I think I'm pretty normal. I've had my heart rate monitor(chest strap kind) on for 17 hours and 47 minutes and it says I've burned 3385 calories. That's kind of part of my question I guess.