Accommodating for weight lifting not burning many calories

I don't really exercise for the calorie burn so I don't aim to burn a certain level of calories while lifting.

If you're having problems with hunger while lifting, consider changing your meals around a bit. If you lift early in the morning before breakfast, you might want to eat a snack at night before bed. Or if you lift in the afternoon before dinner you might need a snack after lunch before your workout.

I think you've got things reversed here -- you eat enough to fuel your workouts, not workout enough to burn your eating.

Are you building muscle (if so, you need the caloric surplus anyway)? Or are you lifting for endurance (in which case you're going to be burning a lot more than 200 calories/hr)? Plus you generally do cardio on the non-lift days.

If you change your workout regimen and goals, you gotta change your caloric intake and macros appropriately.

ebrass73 wrote: »

I don't necessarily want to "bulk," just build some more muscle. I don't have any specific numbers for that. When I train for long-distance races, I tend to neglect lifting out of lack of time and energy, so I suppose I'm looking to rebuild muscle/gain muscle endurance for future races when, most likely, I'll repeat this same process again.

To build ANY amount of muscle, do you NEED to eat at a calorie surplus?

you do need to eat a calorie surplus to add muscle some people eat 400-600+when they bulk on there surplus me personally i just do 150-250 because i want to slowly add the weight on so it does not hit me hard @ once and have a spare tire over night. everyone has there own methods i would play around with these numbers so you figure out what is that you want

ebrass73 wrote: »

I'm currently training for a half marathon, but as soon as my race is over, I plan to get back into lifting weights 3-4x/week. However, I really struggle to stay under my calorie goal when lifting is my primary form of exercise because my body burns only 100 calories per 30 minutes (200 calories/hour). I'm used to burning 600 calories of running for an hour. Cardio is just so much easier in terms of burning calories...

How do YOU burn a decent amount of calories lifting weights without staying at the gym for 5 hours or killing yourself both running and lifting?

I ran into that problem. The first thing that I realized was that I was using my cardio burns as a crutch for over eating. If I am burning a lot then it doesnt matter what I eat. However, what happens if I twist my ankle or injure myself? Why set myself up for failure? At first it was horrible. However, I learned which macros allowed me to reach a decent, satisfying, calorie goal number without needing the 100-200 calories from strength training. That now becomes beer/treat calories. My goal also isnt to bulk, it is to gain strength and muscle endurance. I make sure to have adequate protein and basically eat the same. I have been maintaining now for over a year.

Edited to add: I like what someone else said. Sometimes I might supplement my lifting with 10-15 minutes of cardio. That adds and extra 100-150 calories right there (in my case).

I don't worry about burn if calories since I'm so active. I pay attention to which way my weight is moving on average and adjust my calories accordingly if I'm trying to gain or lose weight.

Simple and most accurate way without having to get anal on what activity does what.