New Rules of Lifting For Women (NROL4W)

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NROLFW calorie recommendations?

mommysockmonkey
mommysockmonkey Posts: 88 Member
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Hi all. I just started NROLFW this past weekend. Today was my second workout. My question is about the calorie recommendations from the book. They seem high to me. My current tdee minus 20% is 1419. I run 2-2.5 miles 4 times a week. The book would suggest almost 1800 calories on workout days. Who follows the book's guidelines? Why or why not? Thanks in advance everyone.

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  • glreim21
    glreim21 Posts: 206 Member
    I did not follow the calculations in the book because for some reason, the number ended up below my BMR! I used TDEE -%15 percent. I lost a lot of body fat but only a few pounds of scale weight.
  • BarbellCowgirl
    BarbellCowgirl Posts: 1,271 Member
    I don't like the books recommendations- it has me eating much less than the TDEE method. If your current method is working, I wouldn't worry about what the book says.

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