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xidia
xidia Posts: 606 Member
edited January 11 in Social Groups
My Weds workout was tough: 50mins bike+run on hills, workout A where both squats and bench left me feeling wrung out.retreat I felt like I could eat anything that stood still, and today is shaping up to be no better (normally if I eat back my exercise calories I'm fine). I went over by 125cals yesterday, reducing my deficit to 175. If this keeps happening, might it be time to switch to maintenance and body recomp that way as my BMI is 24.6?

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  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    I find the more cardio I do, the more calories I need to put back in...cos it makes me feel so hungry....
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    My Weds workout was tough: 50mins bike+run on hills, workout A where both squats and bench left me feeling wrung out.retreat I felt like I could eat anything that stood still, and today is shaping up to be no better (normally if I eat back my exercise calories I'm fine). I went over by 125cals yesterday, reducing my deficit to 175. If this keeps happening, might it be time to switch to maintenance and body recomp that way as my BMI is 24.6?

    I think that's not a bad idea as something to try - also a LOT of people find MFP actually underestimates their maintenance so you might be able to still lose weight eating that number.

    for me and many people I know, MFP underestimates a LOT if I follow their descriptions. I'm actually set to active in MFP and "maintain", and that means if I don't eat exercise cals (which I don't) I get a deficit, but I have a desk job.
  • Will_Thrust_For_Candy
    Will_Thrust_For_Candy Posts: 6,109 Member
    I have been finding the same thing as my lifts are getting heavier....I'm just darn hungry more often than not! I have actually cut down my cardio to a walk on the treadmill, sometimes with an incline because of it.

    Tameko, funny that you mention that about MFP settings today as I was farting around with my settings here last night (I don't use the site to log because I prefer my notebook old school style) and I changed my preference to maintain and it told me to eat roughly 2000 which is a far cry from what any other site says. What I found to be super interesting is that on gokaleo.com she links to one calorie calculator where you actually input what you do for an entire 24 hour period and my TDEE was over 3000....generally most calculators come out to about 2500. HUGE DIFFERENCE!

    Anyway, what this has taught me is that eating at 1800 "could" have been a HUGE deficit, which would explain why no loss. Even at a TDEE of 2500 it's a big cut.....soooo.....now I'm eating.....and I'm happy as a pig in *kitten*......and my lifts are better and I like to eat.

    I really effing like to eat.
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    Been there, done that. At one point I was lifting (2x a week with a trainer) and eating like, 1550? And I started to be like, uncontrollably BINGE eating HUNGRY. And I am not a binger, at all, ever. Upped to like 1850 on rest days and 2050 on workout days and it made a HUGE difference. Plus I wasn't losing, just feeling starving and weak. *sigh*

    Do be conscientious though, after my successes there I started going "awww eff it whats a few hundred more calories" and then I spent the rest of 2012 barely losing some more. But yeah you do more than me, I think you should be eating at LEAST 2k.
  • Will_Thrust_For_Candy
    Will_Thrust_For_Candy Posts: 6,109 Member
    Yeah, I hear ya....it's easy to get carried away that's for sure. The good thing is that I find it difficult to hit even 2200 when I'm making good choices and getting my protein....so to go much higher than that would prove challenging unless I'm eating junk!

    Worst case is that I'm at maintenance and maybe progress a little more in my lifts!
  • xidia
    xidia Posts: 606 Member
    Thanks ladies.

    I'm running a 10k on Sunday so lightening up the exercise this week anyway. I'll give it another couple of weeks after that since I only broke my 1200-induced plateau when I went up to 1500 net in mid Jan. But it's encouraging to hear that you can still lose on 2000 plus with the right exercise. Let's face it, one of the reasons I do cardio is so I can have treats like alcohol & chocolate!
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