How many calories are you averaging a day w/ an exercise bur

persistent33
persistent33 Posts: 43
edited November 10 in Health and Weight Loss
for those that are losing weight, how many cals are you averaging a day when you workout and burn an average of 400 a day 5 days a week.
I've been trying to stay around 1200.

For those losing, do you eat more than that when your doing spin, pilates, etc.?

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  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    If you only eat 1200 calories while burning 400 in exercise, you're basically giving your body only 800 calories to live off of that day. I would highly suggest you raise your calorie goal to something closer to your maintenance level.
  • popalud
    popalud Posts: 4 Member
    Here are my numbers (average over the past 4 weeks since using MFP to log food/workouts)
    5'10" Male, 246lbs Starting W (1/2/12), 185lbs Goal W

    Cals: ~1550/day
    Carbs:~170g/day
    Fat:~45g/day
    Protein:~90g/day
    Workouts (w/ HRM): ~430cal/day
    Cumulative Cal intake: ~1100/day
    Weight Loss: 3lbs/Week

    I workout (C25K/30DS) after dinner so I can see how many cals I need to burn to get to my daily Cum. Cal Intake goal of 1100/day after my food is logged for the day; I don't eat back my calories, and I weigh myself every morning. So far it's been relatively easy, but that's just me. Hope that helps.

    Good Luck.

    EDIT-For those doing the math, I lost about 10lbs before I started logging food/exercise on MFP
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