Training for a triathalon and cannot figure out calorie expenditure
So i am starting a 12 week training program to do my second triathalon. I have been maintaining the 50 lbs weight loss i already had for the last 6 months, but now really want to lose the final 20 lbs. The problem is that in this 12 week program, the amount of exercise i am doing is changing substantially from week to week (1st week is 200 min, 7th is 500 min, week before back down to 200). So how do i determine my calorie intake (my active metabolic rate-500 to 1000 calories) if i am changing my exercise expenditure from week to week. Should i determine it for each week? Its really confusing, but i know im going to have to up my calories during the process ti avoid going into starvation mode, and then decrease them as i taper off my workouts closer to the race.
Its like a math nightmare.

