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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to make sure you don't have the issues I did. Everyone says to mark yourself as being sedentary, use the most conservative settings on the calculator, and don't add back in calories for days you work out. I lost way too rapidly doing this. I'll tell you what worked for me.

If you run 5-6 miles per day, use the "moderate activity" settings, and then add all but 100 calories from what you worked off back into the daily total. So, let's say you want to to eat 1600 calories.  You run off 500 calories, so take away 100 for what you would have burned that day. 1600 + 400= 2000 for that day.  [/quote]

Ok, so in your example you end the day at 1600 (2000-400). What issues did you face? Now that you are eating just right, what has changed? More energy for workouts? Getting faster/stronger?[/quote]

I was starving bc I was only netting around 800 calories per day. So I was really hungry, and I was having issues like extreme muscle cramping. Also people were saying things like, "are you okay?" I went on like that for about 4 months. I'm just saying, this "don't add back in the workout calories" has a dark side for people who are fastidious about calorie counting and who burn a lot through exercise.  [/quote]

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