Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Figuring Extra Calories for Lost sleep

Zenkei18
Zenkei18
Posts: 277
Joined: 2005/06/22
United States
2005/07/14, 07:37 PM
Ok I know it isn't good to not be getting rest but I have severe insomnia and sometimes I just wake up at about 2 or so in the morning and can't go back to bed sometimes I get a good full night's rest though, I know they say your body weight X 11 or 12 is your maintenance, but my nutritional plan also figures in a fast metabolism with moderate activity, and that puts me around 2700 calories for the day. I'm on a plan to gain mass progressively. How much extra calories should I take in to account for the loss of sleep?
DX14AG
DX14AG
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Joined: 2004/07/22
United States
2005/07/14, 07:58 PM
I don't think that there should be a difference in the caloric intake just because you didn't get enough sleep. The body is still working while you sleep just as it is when you are awake.

DX