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Originally Posted by Mayer
So people seem to be saying that if you take in less calories than you burn, you will lose weight. But then I see that some people are recommending around 2000 calories per day (depending on your size). Even working out an hour a day, plus cardio, how do you burn more than 2000 calories a day?
I must be missing something because that doesn't seem right. When I do Plyometrics with P90X my heart rate monitor says I'm burning close to 1000 calories. I can't imagine burning twice that many.
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Originally Posted by Mayer
Right. I knew that, but say for example I'm comsuming 2200 calories a day. And I during my workout/cardio I burn on average 800 calories. Can you really burn 1200-1400 calories doing the normal everyday occurrences? It just seems like to make it work you need to either workout for hours and hours a day, or eat <1500 calories a day.
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I think your body at rest tends to burn somewhere around 2000-2500 calories a day, for most people at an ideal weight or whatever, the intake should match your body's ability to use it, enough fuel, but not too much.
Then when you work out, your body has had enough fuel and then you burn the excess...
Something like that, but everyone's body is different...