laurenmay
Gold Member
Basically I'm just confused about how many calories I should consume daily to lose weight.. I've done various calorie calculators online, all giving very different results and I know the general rule of thumb tends to be 1200 minimum for women, but I'm just sceptical as to if this number will work for me.
I've been listening to fat2fit radio podcast in work today, and they give a link to their website that has calculators to determine your BMR and how many calories you should then consume.. Their motto is to eat like the thinner person you want to become, so you don't start at a high number then gradually decrease but start at a number that you'll stick at forever through losing the weight and when you're maintaining... My current weight is 206lbs, and my goal weight is 130lbs, so it gave me a calorie allowance of something like 1900 per day being lightly active..
That just seems a bit high to me? I have a lot of weight to lose and whereas I don't want a quick fix and don't expect it to vanish overnight - I also don't want it to take forever and I'm worrying that it might on a calorie allowance as high as 1900?
In the past I've consumed 800 calories a day, exercised regularly and allowed myself two cheat days a week where I wouldn't count calories & would basically eat what I wanted (within reason).. I know this is unhealthy, and not sustainable forever as if it were then I wouldn't be back here trying to lose weight again! But it has worked for me twice in the past when I've tried to lose weight and allowed me to shrink down to 133lbs both times very quickly..
I was wondering if I were to follow this method again, but this time include a multivitamin daily and ensure my 800 calories come from healthy whole foods, with the two cheat days a week, would it be that bad an idea? Especially if when at goal I gradually introduced more calories until I was at a healthy amount and maintaining?
Or should I follow the BMR calculator and consume 1900 a day?
Advice please!!!
I've been listening to fat2fit radio podcast in work today, and they give a link to their website that has calculators to determine your BMR and how many calories you should then consume.. Their motto is to eat like the thinner person you want to become, so you don't start at a high number then gradually decrease but start at a number that you'll stick at forever through losing the weight and when you're maintaining... My current weight is 206lbs, and my goal weight is 130lbs, so it gave me a calorie allowance of something like 1900 per day being lightly active..
That just seems a bit high to me? I have a lot of weight to lose and whereas I don't want a quick fix and don't expect it to vanish overnight - I also don't want it to take forever and I'm worrying that it might on a calorie allowance as high as 1900?
In the past I've consumed 800 calories a day, exercised regularly and allowed myself two cheat days a week where I wouldn't count calories & would basically eat what I wanted (within reason).. I know this is unhealthy, and not sustainable forever as if it were then I wouldn't be back here trying to lose weight again! But it has worked for me twice in the past when I've tried to lose weight and allowed me to shrink down to 133lbs both times very quickly..
I was wondering if I were to follow this method again, but this time include a multivitamin daily and ensure my 800 calories come from healthy whole foods, with the two cheat days a week, would it be that bad an idea? Especially if when at goal I gradually introduced more calories until I was at a healthy amount and maintaining?
Or should I follow the BMR calculator and consume 1900 a day?
Advice please!!!