Calories, how much?

[aeromech 202]

I know everyone is different as far as daily activity levels and how much they burn each day and that we should have a 1000 calorie deficit for losing weight.

Some days I am ravenously hungry with like 1300 calories and others I have problems getting in over 700 calories. I have to eat regularly to control my blood glucose levels or else my liver will pump me up and I will get high numbers without eating for more than 5 hours. I rely on complex carbs to slow the sugar spikes, but how much are we supposed to get to keep our bodies out of storage mode?

It's a mystery to me. I try to keep active and even track with a fitbit one. Any insight?

[catfish87 3,471]

I'm not sure about any storage mode number, but I must have been in it for many years, as my body stored a lot!!

Since january, I avg eating 1800 calories, and burn an avg of 700 per day exercising. My bmr is appx 2800. ( that takes those exercise calories into consideration )

If I stay at that 1800, I should lose appx 2# per week......and I am....when I stay there.

[aeromech 202]

Thanks very much for the response Catfish! We are not very different creatures you and I. I was 335lbs at my heaviest and now at about 238.

I just can't seem to get these calories up to the range I need.

My Fitness Pal estimated my BMR at 2053, and that I should eat 1900 net calories. Net being eat and exercise combined. I couldn't eat that much if I tried....

I eat three times a day and get a snack here and there but never hit those numbers.

I should have said starvation mode, its where your metabolism slows down and your body stores everything as fat because it's fighting you starving to death.

Guess I really need to work on this.