Calorie goal seems absurdly high
azrielda
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Recently, I have been trying to put on more muscle mass to help with sport/general health as I am a little underweight (50kg at 165cm; 110lb at 5"5'). I have an active lifestyle (I honestly can't remember the last time I had a day without exercising) but apparently my resting calorie need is around 2300, so when I factor in my olympic lifting and cycling it can sometimes be has high as 3200! This seems ridiculous, I can just about manage to reach 2000 let alone 3000! Do I really need to eat this much?
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probably.
I ate 2700 yesterday fairly easily... add some ice cream and milk and it bumps you right back up.0 -
You're trying to put on mass AND are active, so it makes sense. Just eat more calorie dense stuff.
After you hit your protein macro, if you need some fats, unrefined coconut oil is sooo good. Peanut butter. Any kind of nuts or nut butter. Avocados.
And then there are the delicious, delicious carbs. Anyone here who can't eat 500 calories of bread? I doubt it.0 -
Not that ridiculous to me.
I'm 5'5" and 133-134 today. When I was intentionally bulking last fall/winter…I had to continually eat close to 3000 calories a day just to maintain a .5 lb gain per week.
And…I do no cardio. I lift heavy 4 days a week and walk my dogs regularly…but that's it.0 -
It sounds about right.
If 2000 Cals per day is difficult, then it also sounds like ice cream just became your new best friend.0 -
And then there are the delicious, delicious carbs. Anyone here who can't eat 500 calories of bread? I doubt it.
I can't as I'm ceolic ;P0 -
Peanut butter....0
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And then there are the delicious, delicious carbs. Anyone here who can't eat 500 calories of bread? I doubt it.
I can't as I'm ceolic ;P
BOOOOO!!! jk, kind of.0 -
Recently, I have been trying to put on more muscle mass to help with sport/general health as I am a little underweight (50kg at 165cm; 110lb at 5"5'). I have an active lifestyle (I honestly can't remember the last time I had a day without exercising) but apparently my resting calorie need is around 2300, so when I factor in my olympic lifting and cycling it can sometimes be has high as 3200! This seems ridiculous, I can just about manage to reach 2000 let alone 3000! Do I really need to eat this much?
You should be happy. You get to eat more food.
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I could do 3000 a day. I have to restrain myself to stick to 2300.0
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My currently weight loss caloric intake is 2500ish calories, and it's going to increase as I get more active over the summer.
Eating 3000+ to put on mass? That sounds about right.0 -
Nutella!0
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My goal weight maintenance is going to be around 2800 calories so yours isn't surprising at all.
My goal is 6'2 200 pounds and lightly active.0 -
I'm 48 years young and maintain pretty-well at anywhere from 2,800 to 3,200. I lose weight around 2,500. But I need to eat about 4,000 daily for about 3+ months to add any muscle on my frame - it's really annoying.
So yeah, I can believe it *seems* absurdly high, but it's likely not as absurd as you think.0 -
I don't question this. I've had the goal number on biking days come up past 2800... -after- taking out for intended weight loss. This is what happens when you rack up a lot of exercise, and if you're ramping up the workouts on top of it the numbers will only get crazier. Yes, eat them all.0
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Load up on peanut butter, nuts, avocados, and Quest bars. You will reach 3000 easily.0
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at 110lbs there is no way your resting calories are 2300. I weigh 145 and my maintenance without exercise in he the 2000 cal range, I thing the 2300 is either a surplus, or includes your exercise.
go to goal, look at calories burned from normal daily activity. that is maintenance with no exercise, so you would have to eat more than that plus exercise calories to gain weight.0 -
It really depends on you activity...the more active you are, the more calories are going to be required to maintain...thus the more calories that would be required to gain mass.0
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that's a lot of chicken and rice.
<< jealous!0 -
at 110lbs there is no way your resting calories are 2300. I weigh 145 and my maintenance without exercise in he the 2000 cal range, I thing the 2300 is either a surplus, or includes your exercise.
I think he is on to something.
Looks to me like your BMR is around 1270 (note, I used the BMR calculator on this site and used 5ft 5 in, female, 20 y/o, 110lbs). So a very active TDEE modifier would be something like 1.75, which puts you at 2222. You could start with a 10% surplus, which puts you at 2444 calories per day. About the highest you would likely be able to go would be a 500 calorie surplus, or 2722.
At any rate, I'd be curious to see how you actually calculated that you need 3200 calories? Did you use Scooby's or the IIFYM calculator?0 -
Recently, I have been trying to put on more muscle mass to help with sport/general health as I am a little underweight (50kg at 165cm; 110lb at 5"5'). I have an active lifestyle (I honestly can't remember the last time I had a day without exercising) but apparently my resting calorie need is around 2300, so when I factor in my olympic lifting and cycling it can sometimes be has high as 3200! This seems ridiculous, I can just about manage to reach 2000 let alone 3000! Do I really need to eat this much?
Don't rely on MFP's calculations for this stuff as they are generally geared in the national generic public range of these things and is not reflective in my experience of people who are very active.
What you need to do is get someone to measure your fat percentage using calipers or some other physical method; your gym should have suggestions; (not online tools that are more worthless than farting in the wind) and that together with your weight, I can accurately calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate - the calories you would burn if you laid in bed all day). This is your starting point for weight loss/maintenance/gain.
The more you workout each day, the more calories you burn on top of your BMR. PM me if you want some help on figuring out your BMR and how much you should eat to gain.0 -
that's a lot of chicken and rice.
<< jealous!
gurl please- you can only eat so much chicken and veggies- then I dive headfirst into the oreos and ice cream!!!!0 -
The only way to know for sure is to give it a try. MFP originally told me maintenance was somewhere around 2300 a day. I'm tall (5'10 female) and very active (runner, lifter, casual soccer player), but this amount would have caused my weight to skyrocket. There's no way a computer can know your metabolism exactly as it is.0
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Nachos, so delicious but can be so high in calorie
oh and beer, add a couple pints a night and you are well on your way.0
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