eating between 1200-1500 cals a day? will i lose weight?
- Thread starter sarahjo88
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i deff think you will. average lady needs 2000 cals a day, u will loose weight as long as you eat less then that.
at 1500 cals a day you have a good reduction to loose weight.
i worked my stats out on Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal - MyFitnessPal.com.
to loose 1.5lbs a week i need to aim for 1560 cals.
hope that helps
at 1500 cals a day you have a good reduction to loose weight.
i worked my stats out on Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal - MyFitnessPal.com.
to loose 1.5lbs a week i need to aim for 1560 cals.
hope that helps
grandslamgirl
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Hi Sarah,
I am aiming for 1300 - 1500 cals per day and i've had a few blips but i'm still losing weight. I am set to have lost about a stone since the 5th January. We're pretty much the same size so i would think it should work for you too
Good luck honey!!
Sharon xoxo
I am aiming for 1300 - 1500 cals per day and i've had a few blips but i'm still losing weight. I am set to have lost about a stone since the 5th January. We're pretty much the same size so i would think it should work for you too
Good luck honey!!
Sharon xoxo
grandslamgirl
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Hi Stac3y,
I'm no expert but i would say that you're on the right track with those calorie goals. I don't think it's good to have less than 1000 cals. I did have a little look to see what your BMR and based it on age 25? as didn't know how old you are and it said 1432 - this is how many cals your body would need to work if you just rested all day.
Each pound is about 3500cals so i would say that you could lose about 1 - 1 1/2 pound per week on the calories that you stated.
I hope this helps
Sharon xoxo
I'm no expert but i would say that you're on the right track with those calorie goals. I don't think it's good to have less than 1000 cals. I did have a little look to see what your BMR and based it on age 25? as didn't know how old you are and it said 1432 - this is how many cals your body would need to work if you just rested all day.
Each pound is about 3500cals so i would say that you could lose about 1 - 1 1/2 pound per week on the calories that you stated.
I hope this helps
Sharon xoxo
Hey Stac3y and sarahjo88
I think it is pretty hard for anyone to say how many calories will be best for you as everyone is so individual.
I currently aim for 1200 a day and my best advice would be don't start off too low as going from eating a lot of calories to 1000 is a big jump and it's easy to get demoralised if you are always hungry. Also everyone will have a limit they simply can't go below, I have been on 1200 for ages now but before Christmas I tried to go to 1000 but kept on getting dizzy so went back up.
I think it is pretty hard for anyone to say how many calories will be best for you as everyone is so individual.
I currently aim for 1200 a day and my best advice would be don't start off too low as going from eating a lot of calories to 1000 is a big jump and it's easy to get demoralised if you are always hungry. Also everyone will have a limit they simply can't go below, I have been on 1200 for ages now but before Christmas I tried to go to 1000 but kept on getting dizzy so went back up.
IrishMum
A little of everything!
Also if you eat way less than your BMR for a period of time- your weight loss will stall, and you may even end up gaining as your body will think theres a kind of 'famine' going on and hold onto every bit of food that you put into your mouth!
Find out what your body needs, and work out what your body burns (if you're pretty sedentary, multiply your BMR by 1.2 to get a rough idea). If you take 500cals away from your 'burn' figure you'll lose 1lb a week, if you take 1000 cals away from your 'burn' figure, you'll lose 2lb a week- BUT be carefuly not to drop below your BMR figure or you could end up re-gaining all your lost weight?
Thats how most yo-yo dieters usually end up heavier than ever. They drop their cals way too low to begin with, they lose a bunch of weight, get fed-up and give up, then start all over again, but next time around the body is ready for this and will stall even quicker, so they drop the cals even more, still see no progress & give up again- and so on and so on. I know, I've been there.
Surely if you can lose weight by eating as much as possible thats a good thing? Plus it'll be much easier to maintain when you reach goal because you won't have to be 'starving' forever to maintain your weight.
Find out what your body needs, and work out what your body burns (if you're pretty sedentary, multiply your BMR by 1.2 to get a rough idea). If you take 500cals away from your 'burn' figure you'll lose 1lb a week, if you take 1000 cals away from your 'burn' figure, you'll lose 2lb a week- BUT be carefuly not to drop below your BMR figure or you could end up re-gaining all your lost weight?
Thats how most yo-yo dieters usually end up heavier than ever. They drop their cals way too low to begin with, they lose a bunch of weight, get fed-up and give up, then start all over again, but next time around the body is ready for this and will stall even quicker, so they drop the cals even more, still see no progress & give up again- and so on and so on. I know, I've been there.
Surely if you can lose weight by eating as much as possible thats a good thing? Plus it'll be much easier to maintain when you reach goal because you won't have to be 'starving' forever to maintain your weight.
missrachyp
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hey!
welcome! and good luck! if i was you id start with 1800 as (no offence) 20 stone your bmr will be higher anyways so you can eat a bit more and loose weight at a faster pace to begin with so id start around 1800 and gradualli cut down you should see a good loss also!!!
x
welcome! and good luck! if i was you id start with 1800 as (no offence) 20 stone your bmr will be higher anyways so you can eat a bit more and loose weight at a faster pace to begin with so id start around 1800 and gradualli cut down
you should see a good loss also!!! x
