It depends on your activity level, natural metabolism, and what you're eating. Professional athletes such as bodybuilders and football players, for example, often get 6000 calories or more per day in order to stay anabolic during a growth phase. Many hardcore athletes must get additional calories in order to build and progress. However, for most people this is a little much, especially if you're not focused on any sports or activity.
You say you're active and that's good. You just have to be careful as you get older and your metabolism starts to slow. Most people experience this that once they reach a certain age they simply cannot get away with eating what they used to be able to. Setting up good habits now really will pay off later.
Most average relatively active adult males should get around 1800-2200 calories per day. if you're not that active then that should be reduced. However, the opposite is true if you're highly involved in sports or pursue a high output activity like bodybuilding or other competitive event. Also, it depends on how you eat - if you eat two or three big meals with that many calories, that's not good (excess calories have to go somewhere), but if you're eating more frequently, you can get away with it a little more.
Good for you for staying with the healthy foods, that much is good for sure.
2007-03-11 19:02:25
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answered by resistnzisfutl 6
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You may or you may not. Your weight is a function of the calories you consume as opposed the calories you burn. Burn more than you consume and you lose weight. Burn less than you consume and you gain weight. It is as simple as that. So, watch what you eat and monitor what you burn and make it equal and you will stay the same weight, but will bulk up, so to speak, as you gain muscle instead of simple fat. Exercise with a moderate diet, leaner on fats, heavier on protiens, tends to shift simple fat into muscle mass. The keyis long term, as there is no quick fix, no silver bullet, in changing your fat into muscle, or even in losing weight in general.
2007-03-11 19:15:41
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answered by rowlfe 7
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What variety of energy are you ingesting? Are you ingesting fairly some protein, dairy, end result and vegetables? If no longer, you're ingesting empty energy or perhaps if you do benefit weight, it truly is actual no longer for the further useful. I wish I had your problem. I merely might want to seem at baked products and that i benefit weight. i'm operating fairly difficult to drop extra pounds with little fulfillment. I wish you properly.
2016-10-17 11:45:58
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answered by ? 4
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i take in about 3000+ calories but thats because i have a high metabolism and i box....
2007-03-11 18:55:02
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answered by Cnote 6
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Well It is Enough for a normal person
2007-03-11 18:58:22
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answered by SeG 3
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yes. i'd guess at most you'd be fine on 2000-2400 cals.
2007-03-11 18:49:02
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answered by Carla S 5
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Depend, for an elephant is not enough.....
2007-03-11 18:55:46
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answered by drorba1 3
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3000!!!! thats wayyyy too many
2007-03-11 18:48:21
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answered by Anonymous
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