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Originally Posted by danzingurl77
Day of eating-
Breakfast after I workout (9am) (its always the same) 4 egg whites, 1/2 c. Mushrooms, 1/2 C spinach with salsa, bowl of plain oatmeal, and a coffee.
snack: Oat ban pancake (oat bran, greek yogurt and 2 egg whites) and some kind of fruit
Lunch: Usually a protein shake, sometimes a ham/turkey/PB+J sandwich
Snack: Varies from another bowl of oatmeal to a can of tuna or some other fruit/vegetable, whatever I feel like.
Dinner: I try to get some kid of protein (usually chicken or salmon) along with broccolli or cauliflower or something along those lines..
around 8:00... Hunger hits!
So maybe Ill just try going up to 2000 calories a day and see where that takes me... thanks again for all the advice and for reading my little rant-- Im happy to hear any other suggestions as well!
I would seriously be starving if this was what my day of eating was like with all that you do. You need to eat more and for sure more protein since you are so active. Like everyone else said try adding in 200-300 more calories per day and see how it goes. Maintenance is just that maintaining the weight you are at now. If your burning 2500 cals per day you should be eating minimum that or close to it. Up your calories for a few weeks and see how it goes. If you start gaining then you will know your eating to much and need to drop some calories but I would start by dropping 100 at a time, although I doubt this will happen.