I LOVE TRAINER MOMMA!
Not only did she respond to my email questions but she put a new post up to further answer questions we all may be having.
Here is the basic answer to the question I had.
1) If you have a HR monitor and want to use your own calorie burn to figure out the addition calories you should be eating use a lower PAL. (Personal Activity Level) You're activity level on an average day without exercise.
Then you have your Calories to maintain -500 calories to lose weight + exercise calories= how many calories you should eat.
2) If you just want to use a general number and don't want to have to worry about how many calories you burn during your workout use a higher PAL and that will give you an average of what you should be eating every day.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF CALORIES TO MAINTAIN YOUR LEVEL. IF YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT YOU WOULD SUBTRACT (500 FOR 1 LB. A WEEK). DO NOT ADD IN EXERCISE SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY ADDED THAT BY RAISING YOUR PAL NUMBER!
I've checked Lose It, Daily Plate, and Trainer Momma's equations. They are all slightly different but I take my range from there! I have a range not a specific number because if I exercise harder one day I eat at the higher end of the range lighter or no activity on the lower end of the range.
I wear my HR monitor a lot but sometimes I don't but I do like knowing how much more I can eat if I do wear it! Mmm, food.
Hope this helps some of you. If you still have questions let me know and I can talk you through it.
Here is the basic answer to the question I had.
1) If you have a HR monitor and want to use your own calorie burn to figure out the addition calories you should be eating use a lower PAL. (Personal Activity Level) You're activity level on an average day without exercise.
Then you have your Calories to maintain -500 calories to lose weight + exercise calories= how many calories you should eat.
2) If you just want to use a general number and don't want to have to worry about how many calories you burn during your workout use a higher PAL and that will give you an average of what you should be eating every day.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF CALORIES TO MAINTAIN YOUR LEVEL. IF YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT YOU WOULD SUBTRACT (500 FOR 1 LB. A WEEK). DO NOT ADD IN EXERCISE SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY ADDED THAT BY RAISING YOUR PAL NUMBER!
I've checked Lose It, Daily Plate, and Trainer Momma's equations. They are all slightly different but I take my range from there! I have a range not a specific number because if I exercise harder one day I eat at the higher end of the range lighter or no activity on the lower end of the range.
I wear my HR monitor a lot but sometimes I don't but I do like knowing how much more I can eat if I do wear it! Mmm, food.
Hope this helps some of you. If you still have questions let me know and I can talk you through it.
Okay, i'm completely confused so I'm coming over to your house for a personal tutorial on monitors and calorie counting.
ReplyDeleteI think I need to sit down and crunch numbers before all of this will make sense, and check my weight. I Loved Trainer Mommas posts on this though...it's so awesome that she takes time to answer her readers questions. She's amazing! Thanks for probing further Audrey. Do you think I need a heart rate monitor to really get things accurate?
ReplyDeleteIsn't she AWESOME!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Sometimes fitness information is so confusing. I always refer back to her blog because I think she gives us solid information.
ReplyDeleteI think I might start doing a range too. I've always stuck to one number, but the days I work out more, I am starving. I better change that.
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