Needs advice on calories

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  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member

    I did read it, thank you.

    What you should have gotten from it then it that you should eat more.
    Your caloric deficit shouldn't be so great if you want to lose weight and sustain the weight loss. Start with a 15% caloric deficit and if that doesn't work, lower it a bit more, but slowly, make adjustments 1 week at a time to see how your body takes the caloric intake adjustments.
  • Candikickbutt
    Candikickbutt Posts: 97 Member
    Thank you so much. I am going to bump up my calories starting tomorrow!!! Thank you all!!!
  • neuro316
    neuro316 Posts: 42 Member
    How are you calculating the number of calories you're burning in exercise? 1000-1500 sounds really high, at least to me. For me, that would be like spending 2-3 hours on the elliptical, at a high intensity. That amount of exercise would make me feel SO hungry by the end of the day if all I had to eat was 1000 calories (and frankly I probably wouldn't be able to get through that amount of exercise on so little food). I'd at least start with inputting your weight/age into the machines at the gym (if that's where you're exercising) or getting a heart rate monitor. I've found that the calorie tables online are wildly different and often way off from what the machine tells me when I input my info.

    I've just started on MFP this week, so I'm new to this as well, but I think you might have more success if you just follow the site's suggestions. Go for 1 lb a week loss, eat the minimum calories MFP tells you to, and eat back at least most of your exercise calories. Give it a month, and see how it goes!
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    What sort of exercising are you doing to burn 1000 calories if you dont mind me asking?
  • Candikickbutt
    Candikickbutt Posts: 97 Member
    What sort of exercising are you doing to burn 1000 calories if you dont mind me asking?
    I am doing boxing on a daily basis. Anywhere from 90-120 minutes worth
  • Hirundo
    Hirundo Posts: 148 Member
    What does your food diary set for your calorie intake goal before exercise?


    Well before exercise, MFP is set at 1200 calories, which I only meet half the time, then after I exercise, like today, it tells me I still have another 1669 calories remaining to eat. So do I need to eat that much more?

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    Basically, yes !

    and, by the way, wanting to loose 3 pounds per week is probably a bit too much... you'd want to loose a constant 1.5-2lbs/week max rather than a 3lbs/week that might get you in plateau more often ...
  • Hirundo
    Hirundo Posts: 148 Member
    I think it's important to understand what you are doing !
    Read that !

    http://body-improvements.com/resources/eat/
  • Bamacraft
    Bamacraft Posts: 175 Member
    forgive me fo saying so but i doubt your caloric burn is more than ~750 -800. I have been training fro a couple of years and dont have the stamina to burn 1200 - 1550 in 1.5 - 2hours of KB. You probably burn ~500 the first 45 minutes but after that you should be way too tired to keep up that pace (assuming you are at 70- 80 % MHR for the first 45 munutes). Also, mix it up. do KB 3x per week and do a few days of run/jog/ jump rope in between. pick a rest day. rest days can include a walk or relaxing bike ride. Try to eat most of you exercise caories but avoid a single meal over 500 - 600 and anything over 200 for snacks. 3 - 400 calorie meals and a few healthy snacks of ~150 - 200 puts you at ~1600- 1700+. take out about 500 for exercise and you'll be a safe range and losing a lb or so per week on average. Dont expect 1lb every week. over 6 weeks you should see ~6lbs but dont count on it every friday like a pay check. learn to deal with the ups and downs and enjoy the ride...Good luck. oh...based on 1200 calorie BMR.
  • CuteEllais
    CuteEllais Posts: 39 Member
    I eat a min of 75% of my "earned calories" for the day...and if I'm over, I make myself do something to make up for it!

    You have to eat to survive.
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