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I am trying to crunch numbers in my head and it's making me go insane. I get the feeling I am not doing enough. I have been averaging about a 1000 calorie intake per day and I am at the gym for 2-3 hours every night. I know that I need to burn more calories than I eat, but I would have to burn 3500 more calories than I eat, per week, just to lose a pound. I also know that I burn calories all day long, just doing my normal routine.
How much do you weigh? How tall are you? 1,000calories seems like a really low number. Generally you're pusta stay above 1,200calories. Cause too little calories can, infact, make you gain weight.
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I am trying to crunch numbers in my head and it's making me go insane. I get the feeling I am not doing enough. I have been averaging about a 1000 calorie intake per day and I am at the gym for 2-3 hours every night. I know that I need to burn more calories than I eat, but I would have to burn 3500 more calories than I eat, per week, just to lose a pound. I also know that I burn calories all day long, just doing my normal routine.
Am I truly going insane? Or am I doing enough?
At your weight your body burns about 2500 cals per day if you lay in bed,let alone going to the gym 3 hours a night,your maintenance with that activity level is probably upwards of 3500,eating a 1000 cals a day is unnecessary.
You need to double your calories to at least 2000 maybe more and weight train or do cardio sensibly, not every day and no need to do 3 hours.Find your maintenance level with a bmr calculator then work out your activity level and knock around 1000 cals per day off that that is 2lbs a week weight loss their,add in some exercise to help it along and wait for the new you.