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Don't feel like eating over 3000 calories.

kwehkweh
kwehkweh Posts: 70 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
With my exercise today MFP says I need to eat over 3000 calories. I really really don't want to do that but I don't want to eat too few calories either. Would staying at around 1700 calories actually be that bad for me? That's my BMR -1000...

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  • it_be_asin
    it_be_asin Posts: 562 Member
    Why not save those cals for use for later in the week if you don't want to eat them today? That's what my stomach prefers.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    With my exercise today MFP says I need to eat over 3000 calories. I really really don't want to do that but I don't want to eat too few calories either. Would staying at around 1700 calories actually be that bad for me? That's my BMR -1000...

    I would suggest planning when you know you are going to have a big workout -- eat extra calories in ADVANCE of the workout, in order to store energy.

    When I ride a century (100-mile ride), I will burn over 4000 calories in 5-6 hours of riding. I will eat some of those calories over 3 days before the event, and the remainder on the day of the event and the day after as a recovery/refueling day.

    blessings.
  • passagestamper
    passagestamper Posts: 9
    Don't eat them all. I don't. I just end up with a negative net calories. Been working! You'll see greater weightloss as long as you don't put your body into starvation mode. In my case I can't eat under 1200 and between 1200-1400 seems to be what I need.
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