Another Question for Fitness Freak (or anyone)

[Lori26]

Hi! I see so many people go to you for help and you give such great advice! I'm hoping you can help me. I am trying to lose weight and tone up. I am 4'8", 31 years old and weight 117 pounds. i'm not sure where my calories should be in order to lose. i want to lose about 15 pounds. I've tried WW and have lost weight before but always felt hungry. Right now i walk 5 days a week and do weights once a week. Any advice or help you or anyone else can give would be greatly appreciated.

Lori

 

[Fitnessfreak366]

With what I've read here your BMR is 1281 calories. That means if you were a couch potato, that is what you need to eat to maintain your current weight.

Since you are somewhat active I figured your calories as this:

1761 to maintain your current weight.

If you want to lose weight, you should eat between 1233-1409 calories.

I personally think anything in the 1200 range is way too low. So I suggest you keep your calories at a happy medium, maybe around 1350 or so.

What are you goals? I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve. I think you need to do more weight lifting and add in some high intensity cardio, but again, that depends on your goals.

 

[Lori26]

Thank you for responding so quickly. That calorie range definitely sounds more doable then 1200.

My goals are to lose the fat i have and gain muscle. I definitely want to see some definition in my arms and just trim down my legs. I have been trying to follow Cathe's Dec '07 rotation. I'm struggling a little with working up to the intensity of some of them but i know in time it will get easier. I love the gym styles dvd's. Would they be good ones to stick with or should i try some of the other ones? I have all of her dvd's except Cardio Kicks, Cardio Hits and the Terminator.