Calories and Exercise

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barthel2387
barthel2387 Posts: 15 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello! I know what people say shouldn't really matter to me but what someone said has me questioning what I was doing. I eat around 1300-1500 calories a day, lift 3 times a week, and cardio twice a week. This person saw I was eating scramble egg whites and I got full and had some left. He said, " if you were working hard in the gym, you would be eating more then that" For the amount of calories I eat, is that enough for what I am doing in the gym? Hunger wise.. I am perfectly content with how much I am eating. Any thoughts?

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  • FitnessTim
    FitnessTim Posts: 234 Member
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    Are you tracking your calorie in/out? What are your goals? Do you want to gain or lose weight?

    In general, trust the numbers you are tracking not the opinion of some random person.
  • barthel2387
    barthel2387 Posts: 15 Member
    edited July 2015
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    I am female, 5'10. I am 162 lbs right now trying to get down to 150-155. Have lost 25 lbs in 4 months already :)

    I do not track all calories, only the ones I know for sure what they are. Packaged items, drinks ect. I am currently deployed, and have NO idea what the dining facility puts in their food. Or for instance, I ask for scrambled egg whites... I get a scoop of egg whites..
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
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    Everyone has an opinion and is more than happy to share that opinion with you. The only opinion that matters is yours.

    If it's working for you, stick to it.
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
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    barthel2387 wrote: »
    I am female, 5'10. I am 162 lbs right now trying to get down to 150-155. Have lost 25 lbs in 4 months already :)

    I do not track all calories, only the ones I know for sure what they are. Packaged items, drinks ect. I am currently deployed, and have NO idea what the dining facility puts in their food. Or for instance, I ask for scrambled egg whites... I get a scoop of egg whites..

    If you're not weighing, you're eating more than you think, so you're probably taking in much more than 1300-1500. Since you can't accurately track and with only a few pounds to go, if you're losing more than 0.5 lbs a week, I would add a little bit each day to get to that rate of loss. If it's less of a loss, cut back a bit.

    Congrats on your success so far!
  • barthel2387
    barthel2387 Posts: 15 Member
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    I am honestly not even sure EXACTLY what my weight loss would be per week.. I know a lot of its water weight but this has been the month of July..

    1 July- 168.8
    5 July- 163.8
    8 July-165.8
    12 July-165.2
    15 July-168.0
    19 July-163.4
    22 July-165.0
    25 July-163.X
    26 July-162.6
    29 July-163.X
    31 July

    I know why it fluctuates every other week ( I weigh in Wednesdays and Sundays, I weight more on Wednesdays..) ( cheat day is Sunday) and where the X's are.. I forgot what the .# was lol

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