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[quote=Anonymous]I'm struggling with how to balance playing tennis and exercising with the need to eat less to lose weight and keep it off.

I'd like to lose about 15 pounds. Right now I'm on the upper end of normal for BMI (153 for 5 foot 7) but would really look and feel better around 140. While you'd think playing tennis every day or every other day and working out would be a benefit for weight loss, it's really not. The cardio of tennis makes me hungry. I can try to power through that, but the other issue is that if I haven't eaten enough I don't have enough energy to play well.

Intermittent fasting is not a great option for me either, because usually I play mid-morning and i have to eat something before that. Skipping dinner is not workable because I have a family, and I feel it sends a bad message to my kids to skip meals. Plus I'm hungry!

I do try to eat plenty of protein. I definitely feel better when playing tennis or doing a hard core workout if I've had some carbs -- a piece of whole wheat toast with my eggs in the morning, for example. I try to make every calorie a good one -- I almost never drink alcohol and while I have a huge sweet tooth, I can stay away from sweets.

But the hunger I have due to tennis and working out makes the rest of my day just miserable because I am trying to keep calories low enough to lose and keep off the weight.

Any suggestions on how to balance these two things? I track calories on My Fitness Pal -- goal is to keep to 1200 calories a day but exercise can offset that (so if I burn 400 calories playing tennis, I "get" an extra 400 calories to eat, though I try to come in below my extra exercise allotment).[/quote]

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