Question for those that exercise

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You need to start eating more before your body gets use to that 300 calories and your metabolism slows down and then when you do start eating more because it has slowed down so much you will gain.   If you are working out a lot you have to eat more calories because if not you will begin to get really really fatigued.   

I just noticed you are still kind of a newbie,  I would talk to my nut and ask for advice also.

Thanks Lee. I didn't even think about my body getting use to that few of calories. As for a Nut, I've been trying and trying to get a referral to one and keep bumping into a brick wall trying to find one in my area. At my 3 months visit I even asked for a referral to one that is 2 hours away and still nothing. I'm going to keep trying though.

With all sincerity, I doubt that you are burning 600-700 cals a day. Machines at the gym are notorious for being inaccurate when it comes to calories burned. If you are exercising a lot, you need to slowly increase your calories.

I am going to try to say this without making anyone mad or upset.(this is normally what happens when I say something that they dont want to hear/read) 

What are you going by to count your calories burned in the gym?

Going by the exercise that you stated that you are doing, the chance that you are burning 6-700 calories is slim and none.  A BIG mistake that some make is that they go by what those machine says that they burn to use this as a license to eat more.  "I burned 600 calories on the elipicatial machine, so I can go eat 500 calories and still be in the black as far as my daily calories"
 
It is a known fact that, those machine are set to show a much higher number so that more folks will use them and feel the need to go out and buy them.  It is kind of like the vanity sizing, more ladies will buy a size 8, than a size 14 so ladies clothes are the same size, the size number has just gone down. 

Not trying to take away from what you are doing, I commend you and say to keep it up, but I just want to point out to you and others, dont rely on what those machine say to count your calories.  A better thing is to depend on a heart monitor with a calorie counter that is right next to your skin, this is personal to you, and go by more than just a weight that you entered in the gadget.

Not every person burn calories the same, yet the machines caluated that if a person input they are 200 pounds that they burns xx number of calories.  Next time...add 50 pounds to your number and your calorie burned will do the same even if you dont change a thing on the machine other than the weight and does the same intensity as before.

Well I have met my daily limit of 2 post/replies with this post, so I am out.

I just wanted to let you know that I don't just go by what the machines say. I log in dailyplate as well as fitday and have spoke to my trainer and instructor in class. I will check in to getting a monitor as well. I'm not at all saying that I burned so many calories to justify eating. I'm fine with what I'm eating and actually afraid to eat more that's why I was posting to see if I can get someone with experience to reply. Thank you for your post.

Hey Monique don't grab carbs it will just make you hungry.  Stick with protein...some of eggfaces recipes are really good.  I'm not sure how much I'm eating a day so I can't talk.  I just eat the protein I want but problems these days with not being hungry and feeling funny...weird time.  I'm 8 months out and need to do the exercise you are doing girl.  Keep up the good work just increase the protein and water and your body will respond.  Love Patty B

Thanks Patty I was noticing that I seem to want more to eat the past couple of days.

The exercise therapist at my surgeons office stresses using exercise to create a calorie deficit.  I eat about the same calories you do but my nutrition plan is low carb, especially for first few months.  No Kashi or other starches yet for me. 

I burn about 1200 cal per work out.  I make sure I get at least 800 and the surgeon says up to 1100 calories is ok.  Until I started tracking calories and carbs I was somedays eating only 500 with a lot of carbs from things like yogurt.  I upped my calories to a min 800 and get carbs from veggies and lower in sugar fruits. 

The change got my weightloss moving. 

Thanks for responding. I had made up in my mind last night that I was going to cut out the Kashi. I thought that it was making me hungry and crave carbs. I may eat low fat peanut butter and a banana or something before I work out, but the other stuff I've got to cut back out of my diet.