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The 2000 Calorie ​Dilemma Part II
So earlier I posted about how many calories are in food we all love. Today I am discussing burning said calories.
I was reading on-line, to maintain healthy & steady weight loss you should eat 10-11 calories per pound of weight. That would put me at 2710-2981 calories/day. If I let FatSecret set my RDI it comes up with 2500/day if I set my activity level to sedentary ... which I no longer am.
Is this right? My doctor wanted to place me on a 1500 calorie diet back when I weighed 320 (yeah I failed that). From what I am reading that would have been more harmful than helpful. 2000 calories has been my daily goal. Sometimes I go over, most days right under.
The issue I am having is that despite going to the gym and exercising several times a week, I seem to be losing muscle as well as fat. And that sucks. It also goes back to input vs output. On my "active" days my fitbit says I burn over 4000 calories (it said I burned through the 2000 mark before 9 AM).
Not sure exactly how accurate that is, but if I am burning 4000 calories and only eating 2000 calories, I may need to eat more. But If I eat more, I will lose less weight, unless my body fears it is starving, then it will keep fat and burn muscle.
I really need a nutritionist. It sucks that my insurance plan does not cover that.
Ok sorry about my ramblings. Not even sure if I have a point or not except that this getting healthy is harder than it looks. (And it looks pretty darn hard.) Comments, input, and cash donations welcome.
Stay Healthy.
Diet Calendar Entries for 01 June 2017:
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2516 kcal
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Fat: 101.50g | Prot: 135.50g | Carb: 273.00g.
Breakfast: Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars - Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate, Great Value Creamy Peanut Butter, Publix Fat Free Unsalted Rice Cakes. Lunch: Bojangles Roasted Chicken Bites, Bojangles Dirty Rice, Bojangles Plain Biscuit, Bojangles Cajun Pintos. Dinner: Glaceau Vitamin Water XXX Acai-Blueberry-Pomegranate (16.9 oz), Subway 12" Oven Roasted Chicken. Snacks/Other: Emerald Sweet & Salty Mixed Nut Blend - Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter, Emerald Honey Roasted Virginia Peanuts. more...
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If it helps, from a lot of what I read - we're bound to lose some muscle along with the fat, because the reality is it's very tough to burn fat and build muscle at the same time, which is why many body builders go through cutting and bulking (i.e. they eat a lot for a period of time to build muscle & then go through a period of time where they cut the food to lose fat). It's a precarious game, but the the bottom line is, part of the reason you'll lose some muscle is because you're body no longer requires it to sustain your previous weight. So, loss of muscle to some extent is going to happen. However, if you start losing more muscle than fat on a consistent basis, then "Houston, we may have a problem" and you'll want to up your calorie content. And, Doctors are the absolute worse when it comes to anything nutrition oriented. The average for most men that I've read the RDI is usually around 1800-2000/day, and may be more depending on current height & weight. Your caloric goal sounds reasonable, but you can definitely tweak it to see what works for you, especially as time goes by and you continue to lose.There may be times you want to add a couple of 100 calories, or minus that throughout this process.
01 Jun 17 by member: Egull1
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