Confused about calorie intake

joehempel
joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Okay, I'm talking to some folks that ran gyms and did nutrition stuff etc, and I'm confused:

He stated that if I'm taking in 2500 calories in one day, I better be burning 2800...netting -300. That doesn't make sense to me.

When I talked about, Netting 1400 calories after exercise he said thats what my body would store as fat or not utilize.

I guess I don't get it, and am getting very confused.

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  • ladylu11
    ladylu11 Posts: 631 Member
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  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    Okay, I'm talking to some folks that ran gyms and did nutrition stuff etc, and I'm confused:

    He stated that if I'm taking in 2500 calories in one day, I better be burning 2800...netting -300. That doesn't make sense to me.

    When I talked about, Netting 1400 calories after exercise he said thats what my body would store as fat or not utilize.

    I guess I don't get it, and am getting very confused.

    He was basically saying you need to burn off more than you eat so if you eat 2500 cals you better burn off 2800 (factoring in your BMR or the calories your body burns just existing + exercise) so you have a deficit to lose weight. If your net calories are too low then your body isnt getting nutrition and could potentially start storing fat because it isnt getting enough food.
  • anthony438
    anthony438 Posts: 578 Member
    Okay, I'm talking to some folks that ran gyms and did nutrition stuff etc, and I'm confused:

    He stated that if I'm taking in 2500 calories in one day, I better be burning 2800...netting -300. That doesn't make sense to me.

    When I talked about, Netting 1400 calories after exercise he said thats what my body would store as fat or not utilize.

    I guess I don't get it, and am getting very confused.

    He be wrong :smile:
  • Buffton
    Buffton Posts: 1
    It sounds like he forgot to mention you need to count the calories you normally burn during the day just being alive. If you check your goals page on here it should tell you. Most likely it's close to 2500.
  • lilybug13
    lilybug13 Posts: 154
    If you calculate your BMR, that is the amount that your body burns with out doing anything, so if it is say 1500 that's how much you can eat with out gaining/losing weight. If you exercise, that increase the number. So if you burn 500 on a work out that puts you at 2000 for the day with out gaining or losing. To lose weight, you need to eat less than that. The net should be 500 less for the day in order to lose 1 pound a week. SO if you have 2000 that you burn in a day through everyday life and exercise, you should only be eating 1500 if you want to lose a pound a week.
  • jujubean1992
    jujubean1992 Posts: 462 Member
    Okay, I'm talking to some folks that ran gyms and did nutrition stuff etc, and I'm confused:

    He stated that if I'm taking in 2500 calories in one day, I better be burning 2800...netting -300. That doesn't make sense to me.

    When I talked about, Netting 1400 calories after exercise he said thats what my body would store as fat or not utilize.

    I guess I don't get it, and am getting very confused.

    He be wrong :smile:

    this! MFP recomends you *net* 1200 cals a day.
  • ranewell
    ranewell Posts: 621 Member
    the above are correct. My normal calories burned from just daily activity is about 2600. if I burn 500 from exercise, I'm burning 3100 calories that day. my calorie goal is 1660. huge deficit :)
  • Schwiggity
    Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
    Personal Trainers aren't nutritionists and most of the nutrition advice they spew is bro science.
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    Both ways make sense to me which is the problem.

    I brought up the calories to just "live", and he said that I should be eating every few hours...so my body will use it AS IT COMES IN and will become more efficient at using the nutrients when they enter my body. Think of my body like the gas tank of a car. My body won't use the extra that's being put in, just like your car can't use the extra gas that spills out of the tank.

    I'm just going to make good choices and not worry about it, I lost 20lbs without looking at calories in the past 6 weeks.....the craziness of tracking is just going to make it worse for me I guess.
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    Personal Trainers aren't nutritionists and most of the nutrition advice they spew is bro science.

    This guy isn't a personal trainer....he's someone that's gone from 300lbs to around 180lbs and built. And "bro" science works for everyone I know. It's worked better than anything I've ever tried anyway.

    Working in Pro Wrestling for 10 years you see alot of different diet things, some healthy, some not...but what's being told to me...with the exception of the calorie thing...which we figured out we were saying the same thing differently, is what I'm going with...I lost 20lbs in 5 weeks with it, and counting and all the other crap I've been doing, I've lost 4-5....so I'm going back to what I was told.
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