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How many calories should I eat?

melbuckner Posts: 1 Joined: 2006/06/30	2006/08/06, 07:43 PM I've been running 3 miles (and then down to 2 as I work my way back up to three after hurting my knee a little (it's better now) 5 days a week with 2 non consecutive days off of rest. I use the freetrainers.com plan of working out twice a week (sunday and thursday) and so far it's going well - in the last month I've lost close to 15 lbs. As far as food, I work later afternoons and evenings so I usually get the weight watchers frozen dinners to help with portion control - usually they are around 300 (sometimes 350) calories each and I try to eat about 100 calories every 2 - 3 hours to keep my metabolism going. Breakfasts are usually veggie egg-white omelets. Additionally I use a whey protein isolate shake 2 times daily and 3 times on lifting days. On average I'm getting about 150 grams of lean protein and since my "ideal" weight (according to doctor's lists is 150-160 lbs, I hoping that's right. anyway - so I clicked on the 'nutrition profile' thing on this website today and it says I should be consuming just over 2600 calories a day. Thus far I've been in the neighborhood of 1500-1700 - and I'm terribly afraid of hitting a plateau from not eating enough, but 2600 calories seems excessively high to me. Can someone tell me if 2600 is around what I should be eating? it also says I should be eating 404 grams of protein which seems very very off.. Help? Thanks in advance, Mel
ecle5c Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/07/10	2006/08/07, 05:17 PM You should post your height/weight. To me though 1500 is not enough, even when trying to lose weight. Maybe not up to 2600, but at least closer to 2000-2250 (depending on your size).
ixiaznretard Posts: 146 Joined: 2006/07/28	2006/08/07, 06:34 PM :cool: consume bout 2000 calories each day and im 5'10 205-210 lbs and tryin to tone up and mass up but currently trying to get more protein for muscle mass
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2006/08/07, 06:48 PM What are you goals? Can't really give an answer without that. -------------- I am training for birthdays. Be here. Live. Love. Hope. Now. Faith. Believe. You. - Keith Urban
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2006/08/07, 06:58 PM 2K calories will probably not add any muscle, in fact would bet on it. That is not even 10 cal./lb., and that is diet amounts(pretty extreme before hormonal problems begin). ============ Quoting from ixiaznretard: :cool: consume bout 2000 calories each day and im 5'10 205-210 lbs and tryin to tone up and mass up but currently trying to get more protein for muscle mass ============= -------------- Maximus from Gladiator....Strength and Honor!