If you don't get enough calories but feel well, should you eat more?

[Anonymous]

I wanted to lose some weight, so I strted Insanity and P90x 2 weeks go. In the morning I do the Insanity workout and in the even I do p90x

I thought in combination I'll do weight watchers (the old plan). At first I tracked down how ate usually and then converted it into points. And I was aa bit shoked, because I'm supposed to get 21 points without exercise and I only got in between 10 -15.

But I'm not losing weight at that level and I don't feel starved either. It just feels normal to me. So what should I do? Eat more or less to lose weight.

I tracked down calories for one week too and I got around 1500 calories a day so 1000 less than I should with all that exercise

[blackkid2]

I keep coming back to this question thinking there is a solid answer but every time I do run scenarios in my head there's always something that could physically explain why you should or should not eat more. Without an Hx and a number of other tools I don't think anyone can tell you. I mean the calorific intake is probably fine because if you really did just start doing Insanity with no conditioning your body isn't effectually using the program anyway so all you'd do is burn fat and react as though you were conditioning to begin with. But that's based on an assumption.

[Asker]

disregarding exercise I should lose weight, but I'm not. I'd need about 1900 cal without exercise and appearently I usually eat 1500 (that I counted while doing P90x and Insanity, I'd guess it's lower on other days)

[blackkid2]

That's the thing, if you're not conditioned, you won't lose weight. The body is prepared for thus why programs like Insanity and P90X last for so many days. The Crosstraining is, for about 3 weeks, almost completely ineffective, then the body gets into gear, and then it starts really "shedding pounds". So in actuality, presuming all was normal, you wouldn't need to eat to compensate for something your body isn't doing.

[Anonymous]

You should eat more, and don't dwell on calories a lot.

[Anonymous]

no, I don't think you should

[Anonymous]

no, you should eat more