Which is it?!?! Nutritionists and pfts more than welcome!

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  • Polly758
    Polly758 Posts: 623 Member
    So tired of hearing one thing from one person, and another from another person. I looked up my bmr today, and it is for some reason telling me my calorie intake to maintain my weight should be 1444 to 1750 according to me being 167lbs, 23, and 5ft5in, with moderate to very active exercise throughout the day. I exercise every day of the week. Do weight lifting every other day, and the non weightlifting days, I substitute with strictly cardio, but I do cardio every day. I aim to burn 1000 calories a day from exercise. And most every day I do burn that many.

    1444 to 1750 is a great number to have... does that INCLUDE your exercise? Or is that BEFORE you exercise? I suspect it is before you exercise.

    A standard weight loss formula is to subtract 15 or 20 percent from your maintenance. In other words, multiply your maintenance by .85 or .8

    So if your 1444 - 1750 takes into account your exercising every day, then 15 percent of that is 1227 - 1487. But if you exercise you have to eat more.

    What did the MFP calculator tell you to eat when you put in all your numbers? If you don't like that one then maybe try
    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    When I tell that one you're exercising 5-6 hours a week, it's saying eat 2170-2306 calories every day (that's a 15-20 percent cut).

    If you're used to eating very little, then weight loss is going to be difficult...
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    Lol but I barely have been able to pull eating that much, other than today, with the foods i ate today as well as being abnormally hungry ive gone between 1900 and 2000, but usually i have to force myself to get to 1200 so i dont know how im going to manage 2200

    If optimal nutrition and fitness is a priority, you'll figure it out. You're LOL but I'm SMH.
  • TheMommyWifeLife
    TheMommyWifeLife Posts: 194 Member
    Okay so here is what I am going to try, and you can let me know if you agree with me. I just changed my calorie goal to 1700. I still plan to aim for burning 1000 a day, but 500 minimum. So if I eat 1700 but burn 500 I have actually got 1200.

    So my plan that I have will leave me with a net of 700-1200, which is much better than it was before. I will be taking in the amount of calories the website told me to (stay between 1600 and 2100 or whatever), and be able to exercise without taking much more in.

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