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ajmccracken11
ajmccracken11 Posts: 2 Member
edited January 21 in Social Groups
Hi all,

I'm beginning to eat more calories to get up to my TDEE and I'm starting NROLFW tomorrow! I read in the book that you should ALWAYS eat more on training days, but I've seen in several places in the EM2WL threads that you should eat the same every day so your body knows where maintenance is (as long as your exercise doesn't take you below BMR). Which one is correct? Let me clarify I'm NOT at TDEE yet and not cutting either...I'm slowly working my way up to do a reset and should be there in another couple of weeks. So I'm currently eating 1700-1800 calories, working my way up to a guesstimate of 2200, and my BMR is 1421, so on training days I could get pretty close to my BMR at my current level. Help!

Thanks,
Amber

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  • redraidergirl2009
    redraidergirl2009 Posts: 2,560 Member
    The way I understand it is that you should eat the same everyday, training or not unless you train excessively but to me that seems too complicated so I plan on just staying the same.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Hi all,

    I'm beginning to eat more calories to get up to my TDEE and I'm starting NROLFW tomorrow! I read in the book that you should ALWAYS eat more on training days, but I've seen in several places in the EM2WL threads that you should eat the same every day so your body knows where maintenance is (as long as your exercise doesn't take you below BMR). Which one is correct? Let me clarify I'm NOT at TDEE yet and not cutting either...I'm slowly working my way up to do a reset and should be there in another couple of weeks. So I'm currently eating 1700-1800 calories, working my way up to a guesstimate of 2200, and my BMR is 1421, so on training days I could get pretty close to my BMR at my current level. Help!

    Thanks,
    Amber

    For simplicity while you learn what to eat to have enough calories, keep it the same daily.

    And you aren't going to be burning nearly as much as you must think. Lifting doesn't burn that much during the session. Use the MFP estimate if you want to see really how low it is.
    If you will ONLY be doing the lifting for maybe 3 x 60 min, as the book recommends for awhile, and only walking as cardio for 3 x 60 min, you'd be at Mod Active rounded down.
    Probably about 2100 - 15% = 1785, call it 1800.

    But make your way up to 2100.
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