Is this right? Ridiculous amount of calories to eat

mdaniella
mdaniella Posts: 42 Member
in Food and Nutrition
hey y'all today I decided to see how many calories a day I should eat for doing insanity. I calculated it to be 2814?! There is NO way I could eat that much a day! I'm pretty sure I'd gain weight if I started eating that many.. Did anyone else get a really high calorie calculation and actually eat it? I'm currently on day 8 and lost 3lb on week 1. Should I do what I'm doing or go with the book??

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  • BackTatJIM
    BackTatJIM Posts: 1,140 Member
    3 pounds a week is a lot! maybe just slowly add calories until you are at a comfortable loss every week.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    You don't need to eat exercise calories back and if this is the beginning of your diet it's not uncommon to lose a lot of water weight the first week or two.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    No. Only an athlete (or one in training) should eat like that. Do as the others suggested and don't eat your exercise calories back.
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
    Yea, I'd keep it at 2000 or less if I were you
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    How did you figure that number?

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