Need daily calorie intake HELP PLEASE!

[Iammotivated]

Hey,

I have lost 185 lbs. I have posted before when i was had lost 142. It has definatly slowed down a lot. My nutritionest upped my calories to 2600 a day and I think that is a bit much. Wondering what you all think since in my opinion you are experts as well!!! I have become increadbly hungry and that is why she upped my calories.

Here are my stats....

Weight - 173
Height - 5'6
Body fat - hard to determine since I have lose skin under 22%
eating 2500 calories a day - was eating 2000 until she upped them.
Diet - only whole foods, fruits veggies, no white flour no sugar
Fat 25% of caloris intake
Protein 25 - 30% of intake
Carbs 50 % of intake.
Two hours a day of exercise (mostly cardio) Classes involve weights

I work out everyday, I have been for over a year and I am going down to an hour and a half per day. ALL DUE TO EXTREAM HUNGER!!!!!


I need help, I want to lost these last 20 lbs.

Any information would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

 

[miketattoo25]

i know how you feel, i lost 70 pounds and i eat about 2500calories a day and i feel hungery constantly. i give my body what it wants, if im hungery ill eat soem oatmeal, fruit, the good stuff you know, like you said, bring the workout down to an hour a day with a day off at least once a week and see how that works out for you,thats what i do, i give myself one solid day off from weightlifting or running, youll notice a difference

 

[Iammotivated]

I know with her upping my calories I feel like I am cheating and I dont like that. I do eat only healthy things but you can eat too much of that as well. Yesterday I ate 4 peaches :O

i know how you feel, i lost 70 pounds and i eat about 2500calories a day and i feel hungery constantly. i give my body what it wants, if im hungery ill eat soem oatmeal, fruit, the good stuff you know, like you said, bring the workout down to an hour a day with a day off at least once a week and see how that works out for you,thats what i do, i give myself one solid day off from weightlifting or running, youll notice a difference

 

[SgtSlaughter]

It does seem a little high, and a big jump in daily intake... I don't know her plan though... she may have good reason to do this to shock the metabolism that's slowed... who knows. If you're paying for a nutritionist, ask WHY .... whenever you don't know why or think something is out of whack (as you said ... per the 500 cal. increase).

... my thoughts:

drop fruits... that is sugar.

oats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, brown rice... all great examples of complex carbohydrates... eat 'em.

That's a ton of exercise... and 2,000 calories was probably too low for the sheer amount of exercise you are doing.

Lifting weights should be a priority... muscle = burns fat. Muscle = pulling loose skin back = good thing with all that weight loss.

If you haven't already visit the Female Forum... great gals over there

Use this:
http://michaelandkendra.com/BMRCALC/bmrcalc.htm


and... last but not least...

CONGRATZ!!!

 

[Iammotivated]

This is the first time you did not ask me to post picture of myself. I think you finally gave up HAHAH.

Well i am eating 2500 and still hungry, she think I was way under eating for a long time. Again for the amount of exercise.

I know with her upping my calories I feel like I am cheating and I dont like that. I do eat only healthy things but you can eat too much of that as well. Yesterday I ate 4 peaches :O

 

[SgtSlaughter]

That's right... forgot about that!!!

Do you take a day off here and there from exercise?

 

[Iammotivated]

Maybe like a day a week, sometimes not, I am going to cut down to an hour and a half. With my stats how many calories do you think I should eat to lose 1 lb. a week.

I burn on average 1000 - 1200 calories a day in my workouts (the two hours)

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Try taking a day per week off.

Use the link I posted

I can imagine ... you don't need to cardio yourself into oblivian. You'll probably just be a smaller version of what you are now if you don't have a quality weight routine on the free weight floor.

 

[Iammotivated]

Oh and with my lose skin I look like a elephante, I could just cry when I see what I did to my body. But I did it to myself and I have to pay the price!

With me working out everyday, do you think i have a lot of muscle even if i do cardio a lot. I also do a lot of classes with weights and the bands. So lots of leg lunges and all that crap lol. I dont get sore anymore, no matter what I do, I think that is a good sign lol

I take classes like total body conditioning, cardio resistance training, step classes, I do have good calfs LOL

 

[fireman664]

Oh and with my lose skin I look like a elephante, I could just cry when I see what I did to my body. But I did it to myself and I have to pay the price!

With me working out everyday, do you think i have a lot of muscle even if i do cardio a lot. I also do a lot of classes with weights and the bands. So lots of leg lunges and all that crap lol. I dont get sore anymore, no matter what I do, I think that is a good sign lol

I take classes like total body conditioning, cardio resistance training, step classes, I do have good calfs LOL

Seems like you might need more protein also. I found cutting the carbs down to just veggies in the evening, and replacing them with more protein helped me a bunch (I workout in the mornings, so dont need the energy from carbs after dinner) Also, protein is a good filler and helps with the hunger.

And I agree, I would place weights ahead of cardio. Cardio is of course important. But when you are dieting you are fighting catabolism, and weight training helps that fight. Plus, lean mass = higher basil metabolic rate=more weight loss. + weight lifting also burns more cals during the healing process on top of what you burned during the excercise, where as cardio doesnt so much.