Is 3000 calories a day a lot? Daily calorie needs range from 1,600–2,400 calories per day for adult women and 2,000–3,000 calories for adult men , with the low ends of the ranges being for sedentary people and the high ends for those who are active ( 4 ). I was eating well over 4000 calories a day last summer. I was working really hard at the time, and actually losing fat the whole time (I went from 125lbs to 135lbs, but it was all muscle), but I definitely couldn't sustain that kind of intake without working super hard. So if you're working out a lot, that could totally be reasonable. Calorie goal: 3000 - 3500 calories per day. Macronutrient ratio goal: 50% carbs, 30% fat, 20% protein. Macronutrient gram goal: 375-437 grams of carbs, 100-116 grams of fats, and 150-175 grams of protein per day. To burn 2,000 calories per day through exercise alone, you'd need to exercise for a longer duration and at a greater intensity. A runner who weighs 155 pounds and goes at a swift pace of 7.5 mph burns 465 calories per half-hour; it'll take him 2 1/2 hours of running at this intensity to burn 2,000 calories. If your daily maintenance calories are 2500, then 3000 calories per day might help you gain 1 lb per week. On average, you will gain approximately 1 lb of mass for every additional 3000 calories you consume over your maintenance. If your daily maintenance calories are below 2500, consuming 3000 calories per day will lead to faster weight gain The idea of the 2,000 calorie diet is baked in to a lot of nutrition advice. 1,600 to 2,300 calories per day, and men report 2,000 to 3,000. So, because we are lying to ourselves, the real It got easier for me just because 3000 became my maintainence from building muscle and being active, but eating over your maintainance never really gets easier in my experience. mattBLiTZ • 130->256 (5'8") • 2 yr. ago. Eating a fixed calorie amount does get slightly easier over time, for sure. Eating in a surplus DOESN'T get easier over However, if the same men change up their lifestyle to become moderately active or very active, they may need to eat more and even consume 2,800 to 3,000 calories a day without weight gain (16): When it comes to active women, their calorie intake mostly caps off at 2,200 calories a day, but incredibly active women can require up to 2,500 Clean two medium, stiff outer leaves from a head of cabbage (~2.5 carbs). Arrange them like a clam shell, placing one leaf 1/3 to 1/2 inside the other. Fill the pocket with shredded corned beef (~1 carb), sauerkraut (~2-3 carbs), lacy swiss cheese (~.6 carbs), and THIS thousand island dressing (.5 carbs): Research at Nova South-eastern University, Florida published in 2014, found that resistance-trained athletes who consumed 800 extra calories of protein a day (mostly from protein-loaded recovery LDZk4Sg.