Subject: RE: cutting calories vs metabolism For those of you working out like mad and eating very little i.e. 2000 calories or less, there has been some research done on marathon runners and calorie intake. The scientists that did the study took some marathoners in training and figured out what they were eating. Most of them were eating low 2000's per day. Based on their training they were creating this massive deficit. These are marathoners in shape, racing weight. The deficit said they should be losing a couple of pounds per week but their weight was holding steady. The scientists hypothesized that the metabolism was slowing to compensate so they didn't waste away. They increased the runners calorie intakes to account for the deficit and guess what? The still didn't gain weight, even when increasing calories by 1000 or so per day. The runners had more energy though and better workouts. For example, I am doing 2 adays six days per week. Look at my calorie intake. I am still losing weight, I am hungry too. A lot of the time. Some days I am ravenous. If you are doing serious training for Triathlon you have to eat, you have to. Otherwise you will never make through the workouts. |