I've gotten pretty annoyed with the fat around my belly and it's time to do more to make it leave. I decided to track all my calories this week and try to limit them to 2000 per day. I tracked them all weekend and Saturday only had about 1700 calories even though I went to the gym and worked out. Sunday I was starving and even though I spread the calories out through the day and ate my last snack at 9pm I was starving by 11:30pm. A piece of peanut butter bread and glass of milk (260 total calories) didn't make the starved feeling go away so I tried drinking a 20oz bottle of water and waiting half an hour, I was still hungry! Ended up having about 2300 calories for the day.
I'm just watching calories and fat and trying to make smart choices for foods; fruit, smoked turkey, smoothies with protein powder, Lean Cuisine, veggies, etc. within my 2000 calorie allotment.
Is 2000 calories reasonable if I just want to take off a few pounds of fat but build more lean muscle? I'm working out 3 days a week and over the last 9 weeks I've gotten stronger and am starting to show some nice muscle tone but still the fat doesn't want to budge. I'm hungry! I know to spread my calories out but how long until my body is satisfied with only 2000 a day, I have no clue how much I was eating before but it was evidently more than that judging by the way I feel.
HELP!
Ber :lilbunny:
I'm just watching calories and fat and trying to make smart choices for foods; fruit, smoked turkey, smoothies with protein powder, Lean Cuisine, veggies, etc. within my 2000 calorie allotment.
Is 2000 calories reasonable if I just want to take off a few pounds of fat but build more lean muscle? I'm working out 3 days a week and over the last 9 weeks I've gotten stronger and am starting to show some nice muscle tone but still the fat doesn't want to budge. I'm hungry! I know to spread my calories out but how long until my body is satisfied with only 2000 a day, I have no clue how much I was eating before but it was evidently more than that judging by the way I feel.
HELP!
Ber :lilbunny: