Sport How accurate are these calorie calculators? Need some help with maintanence calories

[TheOnly2006]

I've used ones from a few sites, also wen't to the goverment one at mypyramid.com, the 2 I use say about the same thing, recomends 2800 calories a day.

I'm 18, 72 Inches (6 feet) tall and I weigh 140, I've been eating 2000 a day for maintenance but after a couple months I notice I'm always hungry even after 2000, and I get REALLY REALLY bad stomach aches like something being eaten inside me, so I'm thinking



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Are right when they recomend 2800, but I've lost a lot of weight and am worried if I increase my calories by so much I'll start to gain a lot of weight, so I'm still sort of unsure if I should follow the guidelines they've given me.


Any advice? Suggestions on what I should do? Anything is welcome, thanks for helping me out, appreciate it. I just don't know, 2800 seems like a lot. Anyways, I hope I'll be able to solve my problem with the help of you guys.


Oh and if it helps, I try to get in a maximum of 4 miles walked/jogged in a day, every day, I stopped but started again recently, maybe that explains my hunger pains since I'm requiring more calories for energy, but a 800 boost seems like too much.

 

[malkore]

2800 cals sounds right for someone your age and height, and gender.

No one said you have to go up 800 cals at once. Start with 300-400..which is a nice sized snack worth of food.

And for the record, a 500 cal surplus, every day, should yield a 1lb gain in weight every week. So if at 2400 cals a day, you don't start gain weight in a couple weeks, then you're not over eating.