how many calories do you eat for insanity

rAc_hEl
rAc_hEl Posts: 246 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I eat around 1570 but today for cardio recovery i only had about 1350. I'm about 165 (i haven't weighed in 5 days so it should be about that) and I went on to figure out that I'm suppose to eat just over 1700 calories for insanity. Am i close enough that I'll still lose? I'm going to but some apples and other fruits to up my calories a bit. I'm not weighing in until the day after my birthday which is in 2 weeks and 5 days hopefully I'll have some kind of los!!

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  • Marrowshard
    Marrowshard Posts: 24
    Did you use the HBE that came with the Nutrition packet? I found that to be the best gauge of where I should be but I've never come close to hitting it. Honestly, if I'm done with dinner and FULL, I don't try to pack in extra calories just for the hell of it. Making smart dietary choices to achieve the best nutrition for your body is going to serve you better than trying to hit a magic number.

    Think about it like this: every body is different. You have to eat what's best for YOU. I came into dinner tonight with MFP telling me I needed to consume 2100 calories (I'm on a 2000-calorie set and after my Insanity this morning and a jog this evening I was officially in the hole) but short of eating butter-schmeared bacon that just wasn't going to happen. All told I still didn't meet the 2050 I'm "supposed" to consume while doing Insanity but I'm not going to gorge myself to make it happen either.

    A note about adding fruit to your diet: it's an excellent choice but Insanity emphasizes building muscle rather than just sweating out calories. Don't max your carbs and sugars and forget about protein intake!

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