My trainer said to eat more

My trainer was p'd off that I was eating 1200 calories or less (some days, a lot less). I work out 6 days a week for about 75 mins (including strength training). I lost almost 4 lbs week one but my second week weigh-in yesterday showed just a 1.2 lb drop. But that may be due to my water weight dropping as well.

I was down on myself because I was hoping for a 2lb loss and my body fat % to go down. So I am going to try her advice for this week and eat more.

So to make sure I am doing this correctly, my BMR is about 1500 calories. She told me eat at least 1600 calories. Today I will burn about 600 calories through exercise, so should my net calories be 1500 calories (my BMR) or 1200 (per MFP). I understand the importance of eating calories burned but I don't want to eat all 600.

Today my food calories will be a little less than 1400 so I will have 800 net calories after working out. Should I eat the 452 extra calories MFP suggests?

You can do this either one of two ways.

1. Follow MFP. Change your stats to 'sedentary' and your goal to lose 1lb a week. Log and eat all your exercise calories back. I would recommend getting a HRM for more accurate calorie burns.

2. Read this:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013?hl=road+map+2013

Work out your TDEE and eat at a 20% cut from it. DO NOT eat back your exercise calories.

You say you want to lose BF, then you need to learn to be happy with 1lb a week. Faster weight loss is not better.

My TDEE when I don't exercise is 1800, when I exercise it is 2600. 2100 calories is a lot and I'm not sure I can manage that.

You must have eaten at least that at some point to be in a position where you want to lose weight,

If you really don't feel you can manage the quantities, there are many things that are calorific, healthy, yet small in volume that can be eaten. Peanut butter, for example.

Ouch! HAHA. You are so right though. But it is hard to switch to that mentality when you are "dieting." Peanut butter is a greaaaaat suggestion. When I was severely cutting calories I would have killed just for a spoonful.

Oh and I bought 2% milk this morning. I needed the extra calories so I knew I couldn't get skim.

I dont remember the website, but it calculated my BMR at 1600. I multiplied it by 1.2 and 1.55 to get 1920 to maintain with little exercise and 2480 to maintain with 3-5 days of exercise. So i subtracted 20% from those values to get weight loss and came up with 1536 with little exercise and 1984 with 3-5 days of exercise. So i wasnt sure if im suppose to always aim for the 1984, or do i eat that only on the days i workout? And you're right i havent been too consistent on logging on days im not at a computer and out in the field for work, or too busy on weekends. I will try to improve on that. But yes, 1oz of chicken in my cup of soup, N no my baked potato will have additional topping, but i havent gone home to eat dinner yet, so i havent filled it out yet, but still have cal remaining, so i dont think that is the issue. I have only been trying to eat and exercise with this routine for a couple weeks. but i started logging since august of last year and havent figured it out yet. Weight has been up and down, due to different activities changing.

This may help my situation and unsuccessful results. My BMR is 1600, TDEE non workout days is 1536 cal, TDEE 3-5 workouts a week is 1984 cal. Since i only workout 4 days a week, sometimes 5 ( 2 days cardio jogging 2miles- 300 cal, 2 days bike ride to gym and weights 200 cal, and help boyfriend cut lawns on weekends 400 cal) Should i be eating the 1984 cals everyday even though there are a couple days i dont workout. Or am i supposed to only eat 1984 on workout days, and 1536 on non workout days? havent quite figured this out yet, and my BF% is going up, gained 2lbs last week, not much inches has changed. Any advice. O jus started this run and ride routine a couple weeks ago, should i wait it out longer?

The bolded part does not make sense. Your TDEE will always be above your BMR. And if you follow the TDEE method, you eat your TDEE -x% (assuming you want to lose weight) every day, whether you work out or not. If you calculated your 1984 number correctly, use that number. If that's the number to maintain, then subtract a certain %. Of course, if that's true, and your BMR is really 1600 (or 1536, maybe you got those backward?) then subtract 10% for a daily Calorie goal of 1785.

I dont remember the website, but it calculated my BMR at 1600. I multiplied it by 1.2 and 1.55 to get 1920 to maintain with little exercise and 2480 to maintain with 3-5 days of exercise. So i subtracted 20% from those values to get weight loss and came up with 1536 with little exercise and 1984 with 3-5 days of exercise. So i wasnt sure if im suppose to always aim for the 1984, or do i eat that only on the days i workout?