Hi folks,
So at the start of last week I decided to start trying to be healthy again after quite a bit of time off, using a mix of diet and primarily cardio exercise (while I understand that weight training is likely to be better even with my goal of slimming down, it's much easier to incorporate daily cardio into my current schedule - basically, I've started cycling to work).
I first weighed myself on Thursday (110.5kg - 243.6lbs), and as far as I've been able to gather from that various sources recommend I eat around 3000 calories (12,500 kj) for a not-so-fast-your-body-starts-conserving-fat level of weight loss. Honestly, I can't eat that much unless I eat junk. So I'm instead setting my initial target at 7700kj/1840cals. I'm aiming for around a kilo of loss a week, and know to increase my caloric intake by 100-200 cals if my weight is dropping too fast (as it would likely include muscle if that were the case, as well as threatening to decrease my metabolism).
However, some nights I find I just am not hungry. For example, I play volleyball one to three times a week in the evening, and afterwards I'm not nearly hungry enough to warrant eating the ~700 calories I have left in my daily intake.
For anyone that has knowledge around such a situation, or has been through it themselves - what tends to work better - ensuring you reaching your calorie target in order to prevent a metabolic decrease, or listening to your body's messages and only eating when you're actually hungry?
Thanks,
Jax
So at the start of last week I decided to start trying to be healthy again after quite a bit of time off, using a mix of diet and primarily cardio exercise (while I understand that weight training is likely to be better even with my goal of slimming down, it's much easier to incorporate daily cardio into my current schedule - basically, I've started cycling to work).
I first weighed myself on Thursday (110.5kg - 243.6lbs), and as far as I've been able to gather from that various sources recommend I eat around 3000 calories (12,500 kj) for a not-so-fast-your-body-starts-conserving-fat level of weight loss. Honestly, I can't eat that much unless I eat junk. So I'm instead setting my initial target at 7700kj/1840cals. I'm aiming for around a kilo of loss a week, and know to increase my caloric intake by 100-200 cals if my weight is dropping too fast (as it would likely include muscle if that were the case, as well as threatening to decrease my metabolism).
However, some nights I find I just am not hungry. For example, I play volleyball one to three times a week in the evening, and afterwards I'm not nearly hungry enough to warrant eating the ~700 calories I have left in my daily intake.
For anyone that has knowledge around such a situation, or has been through it themselves - what tends to work better - ensuring you reaching your calorie target in order to prevent a metabolic decrease, or listening to your body's messages and only eating when you're actually hungry?
Thanks,
Jax