Calories in verses calories burned

I admit, I am very hesitant in posting this, after the debacle earlier this week, but it is for me a valid question that I don't know the answer to, so here goes.

I take in each day (on the Newcastle Diet)

3 x 168 calories in shakes
Around 40 calories a day in either black tea or squash.

An average of around 540 - 550 calories a day.

I have no problem with this, tons of energy, no headaches, no feeling sleepy or faint, and a clear mind (first time in a long time). So I am not suffering any ill effects from this trial.

My question is this. Today, so far I have done an hour on the treadmill, burning off 150 calories. Almost an entire shake. I know that exercise goes hand in hand with the ND hence why I am doing it. Even now after burning off the calories I have, I still feel amazing. Infact, if I am honest, I do feel so much better with exercise. If my body decides that burning the equivalent of a shake is not good for it, what do I need to look out for? As crazy as this sounds, the more time I spend on the treadmill, the more my body wants it, so it feels to me like my body is encouraging it.

Am I pushing too far?

tree-peony said:

are you not doing any veg?

I think you'll probably know if you overdo it tbh. Just listen to your body.

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No, no veg. I wanted to do four weeks just shakes, then four weeks with the added veg. I am sure if I were pushing to hard and to fast my body would have something to say, wouldn't it? Right now I feel the best I have in well over a decade.

Thanks for that Stephen. Each shake is 18g of protein, so not to bad. That said, I went and had a quick look back at my food diary from before the diet, and it was higher, most days (not all). Some days were near the same as shakes, others considerably higher. Your information has helped, as I would like to exercise just a little bit more, but would then definitely would be burning more calories than one full shake.