How many Calories do you eat?

Miscreant

I'm getting into training and i was wondering how many calories those who are training eat. I'm not saying everyone eats the same amount of calories, i was just curious what some of the numbers were for different people. I'm really into nutrition and have a history in body building, but i doubt i need as many calories as i did to gain weight in that..

i suppose it should be said that you should also list your current weight


i currently am eating about 2400 calories a day, im 18(fast motabalism) and weigh 144.. in the past i have had to eat about 3000 cal per day to gain pure muscle weight.

Julian G.

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kk4df

For several months now, I've been eating about 2000 calories and burning about 3500 calories each day. I'm 47 years old and 165 lbs. I've been steadily dropping weight. I track all my calorie intake and exercise at www.fitday.com, and it really helps to track what you're eating. My goal has been to lose weight, and this has really helped. Your goal will probably not be to lose weight, so I'm not sure what calorie intake to recommend. Calories are pretty simply math: burn 3500 calories more than you eat and you lose about 1 pound. Keep them equal, and you will maintain. I've found this to be very true over the past several months.

youhaditcoming

Hi

I suppose you concentrated in calories from proteins when you gained muscle mass, for cycling you want to concentrate on calories from carbohidrates.

I think 3000 to 3500 is ok, don't over do it unless you are competing on a stage road race for example.

Regards

itxaradia

great place I have been looking for something similar for a while Thanks

UCI_Aylwin

I thought a deficit of more than 1000 calories is dangerous.

kk4df

I hadn't heard that, but I had heard you should not try to lose more than 2 lbs per week. That would equate to 1000 calories per day. I've actually been losing about 2 lbs per week initially (slower now that I'm approaching my goal weight), so perhaps I underestimate some of my calorie intake.

My mental goal is to try and keep my calorie intake around 2000 calories per day, with some planned exceptions (like upcoming Christmas parties ;-)

potenza

how many calories you need depends on many factors...
i only weigh 138 lbs and i regularly put out 3000 kj in one ride...on a 2000 calorie a day diet i would lose almost a pound a day! you need to find out how much you are using and go from there, somebody else's numbers will not tell you anything.

Miscreant

i know that, i was just curious.

from what i gather i need about 3400 to maintain body weight. I only eat about 2500-2700 though, so ive lost about 5 lbs, all upper body muscle mass.

jackson123

In fact, I don't know how much shoud I need, I just eat about 2500

lux41

It all depends on your B.M.R and your E.E I could go on for pages but my take on the matter is # 1 eat food nothing prcessed or enriched get your carbs from pure sources STAY AWAY FROM SUGAR the refined crap and its derivities # 2 ,never neglect your E.F.A get oyur fats from good sources 30% of your diet should come from these fats NO SATURATED CRAP and low on the trans ,protein is vital but all the hype is to promote ....A calorie is a calorie a unit of energy but where it comes from is the key ...When I do ultra rides some days I hit 12000 calories and I weight 140 lbs ...Try to never drink your calories glycogen stores and electrolytes can be replenished with FOOD alot of those sport drinks have crap in them ...


EAT -EAT -EAT and dont try to figure it all out ,just worry about where it comes from ...

Your vegan friend ...

Steven...

Miscreant

I agree completely with everything you said, as i do the same, but im not vegan. Aren't Trans fats worse for you than saturated though?

lux41

I think that all fats should come from pure sources such as ,olive oil ,hemp,flax ,avocados,pumkin-seed,D-H-A is essentielle and over looked ,3 and 6 play and impotant role in energy ,CONCENTRATION and help to get them calories up there when they are needed .My take too much hype around protein and sports drinks out there ,all three are equally important in the athletes diet ,depending on the event the ratios may differ ...


The most challenging part with training is nutrtion and the most commonly misunderstood for its importance on performance ...

Steven...

lux41

Yes you are correct sorry about that mix up some times I get carried away and mix things up ....