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How many Calories should I be taking in?

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KristyIB
KristyIB Posts: 4 Member
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How did everyone figure out how many calories they should be taking in? I run 4 days a week and lift 2 times a week. I just got back to counting calories and would like to lose 15-20 lbs.

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  • antennachick
    antennachick Posts: 464 Member
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    Go to goals on your app for my fitness pal. Set your weight, height and activity level (based on what you do most of the day) that will give you a general ballpark. And depending on how much you run you may need to log calories burned and eat back some.
  • KristyIB
    KristyIB Posts: 4 Member
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    Ok thanks. I already did that. Wasn't sure if runners were setting their calories higher because of all the running.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,676 Member
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    If you log your running every day, you will see the number of calories burned added to your daily total. In my case my net goal is 1600 calories. Most days I run 6 or so miles and walk 2-3, so my total calorie intake is about 2300 calories. On long run days it's a lot higher.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    KristyIB wrote: »
    Ok thanks. I already did that. Wasn't sure if runners were setting their calories higher because of all the running.

    How are you measuring your running burn?
  • KristyIB
    KristyIB Posts: 4 Member
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    TavistockToad wrote: »
    KristyIB wrote: »
    Ok thanks. I already did that. Wasn't sure if runners were setting their calories higher because of all the running.

    How are you measuring your running burn?

    100 calories a mile about. I mostly run trails so I might be burning a little more.

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