icklemoley
Cathlete
You could do, would make sense. Higher cal days, higher intensity exercise, low cal days, lower intensity exercise. Give it a go...what do you have to lose???
How many calories per day?
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mogambo
Cathlete
Hi. I did not pay him, I just took the idea and applied it to myself. I eat low-carb except on the two higher calorie days. I don't eat as much as he suggests, but then, I'm not a 200 lb man either (although I might like to be one for a week or two, but that's another topic for sure.)
I do not change my workouts to modify for my calories either. It just isn't necessary. I only end up feeling kinda empty on the 1000 calorie day by evening, and by then I'm done working out. I always save 50 calories or so for later in the evening if I can so I can eat some fruit or a rice cake if I'm so hungry I think I won't be able to sleep. Or I go over by 50-100. Big deal. It still works. This is the most wonderful thing. It's like muscle confusion and changing up your workouts, only it involves food. My body is so confused it even forgot I'm supposed to not be able to get rid of my butt-lumps.
I do not change my workouts to modify for my calories either. It just isn't necessary. I only end up feeling kinda empty on the 1000 calorie day by evening, and by then I'm done working out. I always save 50 calories or so for later in the evening if I can so I can eat some fruit or a rice cake if I'm so hungry I think I won't be able to sleep. Or I go over by 50-100. Big deal. It still works. This is the most wonderful thing. It's like muscle confusion and changing up your workouts, only it involves food. My body is so confused it even forgot I'm supposed to not be able to get rid of my butt-lumps.
I looked at the website, but not quite sure what he's getting at towards the end of the article when he says something about no more than 8.5 x your body weight. Can anyone shed some light on this?? I thought maybe he meant 8.5 x body weight x 7 to be the total cals in a week, but if that's true I'd have to starve myself quite frequently for that to work out right mathematically. Anyone??
Thanks,
Stacy
Thanks,
Stacy
PennyLaney
Cathlete
fitday.com
I've been using fitday.com to record both my calories burned and calories eaten. It is amazing how many calories it tells me I burn a day. More than I expected....
I am 44 years old, 5'9" and weigh about 133 pounds. I have a seated job, but move nonstop when I get home from work (housework, etc.), so I chose a lifestyle of seated work/some movement. I also workout for 60-75 minutes, 5 days a week. It tells me that I am allowed 1344 calories for basal (sitting around and breathing?), 831 for lifestyle and I average 400 calories for working out each day! To maintain my weight, I should eat around 2500 calories each day that I work out, and on days when I don't work out, I should eat around 2100 calories.
That seems like a lot to me, but I've been entering my food each day, and that's about what I normally eat. If I lower it to 1800-2000, I slowly lose weight. If I start eating snacks or cheating in some other way up to 2800 calories, I gain weight.
I don't know how people's natural metabolisms vary, and it surely doesn't take that into account. It definitely has a great food database.
It works for me, for some reason. Take it or leave it!
PennyLaney
I've been using fitday.com to record both my calories burned and calories eaten. It is amazing how many calories it tells me I burn a day. More than I expected....
I am 44 years old, 5'9" and weigh about 133 pounds. I have a seated job, but move nonstop when I get home from work (housework, etc.), so I chose a lifestyle of seated work/some movement. I also workout for 60-75 minutes, 5 days a week. It tells me that I am allowed 1344 calories for basal (sitting around and breathing?), 831 for lifestyle and I average 400 calories for working out each day! To maintain my weight, I should eat around 2500 calories each day that I work out, and on days when I don't work out, I should eat around 2100 calories.
That seems like a lot to me, but I've been entering my food each day, and that's about what I normally eat. If I lower it to 1800-2000, I slowly lose weight. If I start eating snacks or cheating in some other way up to 2800 calories, I gain weight.
I don't know how people's natural metabolisms vary, and it surely doesn't take that into account. It definitely has a great food database.
It works for me, for some reason. Take it or leave it!
PennyLaney