Insanity [NEED HELP PLEASE]

Akramkhaled
Akramkhaled Posts: 20 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
okay i used to use a 1800 calorie diet ... how ever i felt lack of energy [i'm in week 4] when i used insanity nutrition guide to measure how many calories i need i found out i needed 2500 calorie , i don't know what to do x.x ... i have had good changes in my body by using 1800 calorie diet but at the ending of week 3 i felt lack of energy ... should i continue using 1800 calorie diet? or i should change to 2500 calorie diet , btw my basal metabolism rate is 1911 calories ... that's it PLEASE PLEASE HELP.

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    If your BMR is 1911 then you should be eating at least that.

    I suggest using the following calculator: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
    This will set you up with how many calories to eat daily, based on your stats and how much you exercise, along with how much you want to lose.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    okay i used to use a 1800 calorie diet ... how ever i felt lack of energy [i'm in week 4] when i used insanity nutrition guide to measure how many calories i need i found out i needed 2500 calorie , i don't know what to do x.x ... i have had good changes in my body by using 1800 calorie diet but at the ending of week 3 i felt lack of energy ... should i continue using 1800 calorie diet? or i should change to 2500 calorie diet , btw my basal metabolism rate is 1911 calories ... that's it PLEASE PLEASE HELP.

    If it were me, I'd opt for a middle ground - say, 2100 - for a bit. If you are still lacking energy, up it some more.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    never eat less then your BMR, your like guarunteed to lose muscle then.

    if it was me, i'd just eat what the guide told me too. you could start by splitting the difference if you wanted to though.
  • Akramkhaled
    Akramkhaled Posts: 20 Member
    Okay i'm gonna take it up to 2500 calorie and 110 fat and 100 protein per day is it good? i'm just afraid of getting extra weight
  • spammarino
    spammarino Posts: 34 Member
    So how many pounds per week were you losing? You want to be in the 1-2lb/wk range. You know 1800 works but you are lacking some energy so i would try increasing that slightly (maybe 2000-2100?) and review your progress after one week. Calculators are just estimates. So don't drastically change your current plan.
  • Akramkhaled
    Akramkhaled Posts: 20 Member
    i dont really lose pounds but my look really changed and my friends told me i've increased muscle mass i will take 2200 calorie today btw when i did the workout today while eating a lot before it ... i really felt better
  • spammarino
    spammarino Posts: 34 Member
    Great! Keep us posted.
  • Akramkhaled
    Akramkhaled Posts: 20 Member
    i woke up today and i really feal powerfull i 've got energy still didnt train :D
  • Akramkhaled
    Akramkhaled Posts: 20 Member
    Okay I've Done my Plyo. cardio circuit and burned 360 calorie in 47 mins [orginal time 42 min] and i didnt really feel a lack of energy!! that's really good!
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    may want to up your protein to your body weight if you can.. i believe the nutrition guide has you eating more than that but I would attempt to do that too, as you said your only getting 100g of protein..
  • Akramkhaled
    Akramkhaled Posts: 20 Member
    i got 143 gm of protein today like 42 gm of proteins increased than my limit when i asked a friend he told me that increasing protein intake isn't really good o.o

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