ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That is taking 20 miles a day of vigorous cycling into account. If you weren't doing the cycling, it would be much lower.3000 plus cals ? Really ? Wow
I'll need to work my way up to that slowly to make sure I don't start to gain - but at least I have a target eh ?
What I don't think you've thought through is that the more underweight you go, the more you are going to have to go over your maintenance calories to get your weight back up again. That means your fear of eating 3,000 calories a day is eventually going to mean you eating much more than that so facing it sooner rather than later makes more sense.
Being 2.5 stone underweight is a lot more harmful than being 2.5 stone overweight. You would be a bit flabby at 15 stone, but for a man of your height doing all that cycling, it wouldn't be a major health issue. You being a skeletal 10 stone probably will be!
You aren't going to get huge again eating 3,000-and-a-bit calories a day when you are riding 100+ fast miles a week - honest!
Just eat 3,500** calories a day until you hit your target weight and then start eating 3,000 a day. If your weight then drifts down, go back up to 3,500. If it drifts up, cut back to 2,500 a day. That way, your weight should stay within a pound or so of your target and any changes will be slow so you can react to them before they become a worry. (**If you don't gain weight on 3,500 cals/day, up it by 250 cals a day until you do!)
You will eventually work out how many calories you need a day to keep your weight stable.
If you ever get ill or injured so you can't ride, stick to 2,500 calories a day until you get back on your bike again.
Well, that's what I would try to do in your situation - good luck!