just finished the first month with kick boxing ....I am at 2600 calories and the results are great ..... Turbolag you say "You'll be fine, the most important thing is to make sure you are getting enough calories to lose weight, BUT also recover for your next sessions. " .... 2600 calories is ok ???
Hey Jeff.
This is how I would approach the calories if I were going to do a cut and do a higher intensity cardio.
The first thing I would do is find my maintenance calories. You can pretty much go to google and type in "find maintenance calories".
The next thing I would do is divide my macro nutrient needs out of the calories.
For example, if your maintenance calories are 2500 a day (I'm using this as an example), you need to get a protein, carbohydrate and fat intake break down.
For protein, I was recently reading and article that states 1 gram or protein per body weight is sufficient, UNLESS you are trying to lose weight. In that case you will need to add more.
So I would START out with 1 gram per pound of your body weight. You weigh 78kg, that translates to 171 pounds.
So to start out, consume 171 grams of protein per day.
When I dieted last year I used this setup.
The rest I ate what ever carbohydrate of fat combination that would get me to my goal for calories for the day.
Don't worry about consuming large amounts of carbohydrates, you need them to be ready for the next workout.
I would start out eating 200 calories BELOW my maintenance level. So if to maintain you need 2500, start out with 2300.
Its trial and error, it works, you just have to play with it. Just make sure you don't UNDER EAT. I used to do this and I would feel terrible.
Hopefully Shortz, and Woodwise will chime back in. They will be more helpful than me.
You shouldn't feel too hungry all the time, but you should be hungry enough to know that you are at a deficit.