Should I drop calories by 100? 200?
caligulala
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I've been the same weight & just about the same measurements since January 27th. I've had a lot of recomposition happening, but I'd like to see a little drop in size so I can get out of my mom clothes!
Right now I'm averaging about 2100-2200 calories a day (I'm not someone who has trouble eating my calories. ha!) If you check my diary, you'll see that I am great about logging through dinnertime and then poop out and don't enter dinner, but I know I don't go past my 2100 most days - only Friday night pizza night!
I'm training for a tough mudder in May, so my team is trying to get together to do the TM boot camp workouts 3x a week. They have all been too sore to handle that, so I've been doing the boot camp 2x a week, doing the You Are Your Own Gym 10 week program on other days for a total of 4 or 5 strength workouts and walking loads (average 5-7 miles a day.)
So my question is, should I drop down to 1900 calories to expedite some more weight/fat loss? Or should I stick with 2100? I'm happy with the recomp that has been happening, but I would like to get some more of my baby chub off and drop my waist & hips a couple inches.
Here's a picture of my back. First image in 4 weeks ago, second is today.
Thanks for your input! I would love to keep eating as much as possible, but I also have some pretty cute clothes waiting for me to get a little smaller!
Right now I'm averaging about 2100-2200 calories a day (I'm not someone who has trouble eating my calories. ha!) If you check my diary, you'll see that I am great about logging through dinnertime and then poop out and don't enter dinner, but I know I don't go past my 2100 most days - only Friday night pizza night!
I'm training for a tough mudder in May, so my team is trying to get together to do the TM boot camp workouts 3x a week. They have all been too sore to handle that, so I've been doing the boot camp 2x a week, doing the You Are Your Own Gym 10 week program on other days for a total of 4 or 5 strength workouts and walking loads (average 5-7 miles a day.)
So my question is, should I drop down to 1900 calories to expedite some more weight/fat loss? Or should I stick with 2100? I'm happy with the recomp that has been happening, but I would like to get some more of my baby chub off and drop my waist & hips a couple inches.
Here's a picture of my back. First image in 4 weeks ago, second is today.
Thanks for your input! I would love to keep eating as much as possible, but I also have some pretty cute clothes waiting for me to get a little smaller!
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Did you ever check to see if the foundation for the math was valid and best estimate?
Meaning having a bodyfat %, and using Katch BMR with whatever method you used?
Because I've seen many cases where the Katch BMR is 200-400 less than what was used. Meaning TDEE is even more inflated, and so is daily eating.
To the point there is no actual deficit or very little in place.
Because after about 4 wks if a new exercise program, body improvements that are major should about stop, and weight as fat should drop, if you have an actual deficit.
Many don't.
Use this for getting BF estimate and better BMR and activity calc. It may indeed be a need to lower cals. But, could be need to go up too.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/813720-spreadsheet-bmr-tdee-deficit-macro-calcs-hrm-zones0 -
Thanks Heybales. I used your spreadsheet to come up with the 2100 goal back in February, but my workouts have changed since I added in the tough mudder stuff a couple weeks ago. It's a lot more cardio intensive, so I tweaked and the spreadsheet is saying to go up to 2300.
That's an answer I can live with! And now, I'm thinking, duh, you woke up hungry in the middle of the night multiple times last week. That means eat more, not less.0
