I decided to not focus so much on calories burned with JMBR

Zilla100

and just work on keeping my food calories between 1100 and 1300 a day. Generally I am coming in at just under 1200 a day so I think I am on course. I feel that the calories I ingest are really going to be the true variable anyway.

I know that I am doing the work, I can feel it, and I am doing my best. The calories burned with BR is so subjective with each person anyhow, and I can't afford to get the Body Media armband yet, which is the HRM I really want, that this is just the way I have decided to go for now.

I will log it as general circuit training, subtracting the time for cooldown, and I just log that general MFP number for the day.

dewsmom78

Wow, 1100 is way too low, especially with doing JMBR. I really think 1200 is too low too. You need to fuel your body to do these workouts. That's what I keep being told anyway.

I have been eating around 1500 per day. I don't feel like I'm starving and I feel like I'm eating enough so I'm not tired and crabby. While I haven't lost scale weight, I have lost 4 inches and 2% body fat and I am in the middle of phase 2. So, I am seeing results. I just dont' think I could handle working out everday on so little calories.

Zilla100

It's just the way it works out with my schedule and the kinds of things I am eating. I work nights, so I have to get my exercise done in the morning. I learned to eat denser things, like oatmeal and plain greek yogurt and hardboiled eggs, that are keeping me fuller for longer. By the time I am done with exercise, shower, and whatnot, I have a few hours before work, and I am not hungry for a second meal before work. I eat that later on, and it is usually something like a Trader Joe's salad with some extra protein (like smoked salmon).

I end up eating two main meals and two solid snacks (150-200 calories) a day and then I am trying to keep myself satiated in between with a lot of green tea...so far it is working ok. The main place I get into trouble is when I have too much time on my hands at night when I get home and there is something in the house that I could potentially go crazy on, so I just don't buy that stuff any more.

But I have at minimum a good solid 50 pounds to lose, so I really have to watch my intake. I try to keep it to as close to 1200 calories, with dense, good balanced food, as I can.

kymkan

It is different for everyone. I stayed around 1200 and didn't eat back my exercise cals and that worked for me. Not saying that it is ok for everyone. I think it depends on a lot of things. That is; however, what Jillian recommends and for my sedentary lifestyle, it worked. I am now around 1500 for maintenance and that is ok w/me

marydhastings

see when I added up a meal from her health guide, it only added up to about 1020. I know that is WAY too low. So it doesn't make any sense.

sunshinestater

You have to find the balance that works for you. I'm doing JMBR and C25K. MFP put me at 1200, plus I eat back,exercise, and I lost pounds initially but hit a plateau. I just went up to 1500 but really don't feel the need to eat that much so I'm going by what my body says. I've definitely toned and lost inches.