Hey all -

I just started to work out pretty hard - for example sincw sunday I've done - crossfit (oh my god if you want a work out.....) and on the days i dont have crossfit played basketball for an hour and did calisthenics/situps (etc) for a half an hour and I'm noticing I'm insanely hungry.

Before I was trying to keep calories around 1000 (which was challenging enough as i feel very little restriction) a day and I've shot up in the last few days to around 1800. I'm also craving sugar/carbs harder than I have since Pre-op.

I know pretty much nothing about working and all that fun stuff so is it ok that I'm eating that much and having some extra carbs since I'm working out so hard? I still want optimal weight loss so I feel I need to not really go beyond 1200 if I must. According to the lose it app I'm burning 966 calories in an hour or circuit training (that's the closest I could find to crossfit) but because my calorie intake is set to 1000 a day its saying I'm eating pretty much everything I've burned.

Ahhh! Help me out I feel like I'm doing this wrong!

Pertinent info - was banded July 11th with a 1cc fill (ugh give me more please) have lost approx 30 pounds.

I'm doing crossfit 3x a week to clarify.

OMG!! I'm on my post op diet and also starving!

And today I went on the treadmill for 50 minutes and burned 300 calories

I was soooo hungry but i kept on chugging down water which i think helped

It's a difficult concept to get your head around but if you are exercising hard, then you do need to eat more. If you don't increase your intake, your body with think it is not going to be fueled for the work outs and it will hold on to as much of your existing weight as it can. This is less obvious in your early days when you have more weight to lose, but will become very obvious the further you go.

Try increasing your calories a little by making good food choices and your body will thank you.

My Fitness Pal would be tremendously helpful in figuring this out. Great job on all the exercising!

Is that an app?

Yes. I have it on my iPad. However, I'm pretty sure you can get it on your phone or just a computer too. It is so helpful.

Perhaps 1500 and including some carbs would be reasonable? You do need more if you're burning that much and whilst it woudl seem easier to exercise less and just eat less, in the end, you'll be uber fit and able to do that sort of workout without getting really tired which means you can eat like a normal person and still maintain your weight loss.

My ability to run 15kms at a time really gets me out of some indulgent situations!