Calories

[19keith86]

My bmr is 2577. Tryin to lose fat so aiming for 2077 per day. The problem is, when I do my cardio it goes back up to around 2677 per day after an hour on the treadmill. Now I have serious trouble getting to 2677 per day while also eating lowish fat foods. Obviously I could eat 3 pizzas and job done but that's not how it works. I'm always left with about 500 cals to eat after dinner. Is it better to make up this 500 late at night with an extra meal, or just be 500 under my goal? Obviously. Should try to spread the other 500 out over the day but then it seems like I'm full all the time and feels very counter productive when trying to lose weight.

Please advise

[Scrutiny]

When cutting you should not worry about the need to compensate and refill for the calories expended.
The cardio is to help keep you in a deficit.

Try and keep eating with the 500 below your BMR and see how you go with it.
You should be aiming for a 1-2lb weight reduction per week, so you can make adjustments to the diet if things do not shape up that way.

Ideally you should be having the meals spread evenly through the day to prevent the highs and lows of blood sugar.

[muscletrainerdh]

Originally Posted by 19keith86

My bmr is 2577. Tryin to lose fat so aiming for 2077 per day. The problem is, when I do my cardio it goes back up to around 2677 per day after an hour on the treadmill. Now I have serious trouble getting to 2677 per day while also eating lowish fat foods. Obviously I could eat 3 pizzas and job done but that's not how it works. I'm always left with about 500 cals to eat after dinner. Is it better to make up this 500 late at night with an extra meal, or just be 500 under my goal? Obviously. Should try to spread the other 500 out over the day but then it seems like I'm full all the time and feels very counter productive when trying to lose weight.

Please advise

if you used the BMR calculator on this site, it includes cardio vascular activity.

You don't have to add it back in unless you underestimated your activity level to begin with.