Calorie Consumption Question...

[Lanieltd247]

Hey everyone! I could really use some advice and some guidance. I'm 5'3" and 168 lbs, and I do cardio about 40 min. 6 days a week and I do about 30 of weight lifting 5 days a week. My question is, could I lose 2 lbs a week if I only consumed 1600 calories? Should I lower my intake or what? Any input from anyone would be awesome and greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!

Sincerely,
Lanie

 

[pink_fortitude]

http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/calsburned.htm

click on the link and after the article click the healthy body calculator

IMfairly educatedHO, 1600 is way too little especially if you are doing all of that excercising. What strenght are you doing? One part per day? Upper/lower splits? It is important to let your body parts have plenty of time to rest between weighted workouts; that is when muscle builds and working one group too frequently increases risk of injury and you get even farther from your goals of upping metabolism and losing weight. Sorry for giving advice where it wasn't asked, I just thought it may help....

HTH
Missy

 

[pink_fortitude]

Okay, I just went to the site and it is not the one I thought it was, sorry! But it is still a good site! There was another one that told how many calories you needed to consume based on your weight, age and how much weight you wanted to lose. Hold on, I will find it.......

http://www.globalrph.com/dieting_calc.htm

I just wanted to say, I think that Nancy is right. Modifying what you eat matters more than counting calories, though it helps to know how it all adds up and how much you eat really has in it. Some foods are so calorie dense (cream, cookies, etc.) that you could pack on the pounds quickly becuase it leaves you hungry, and others have very little but fill you up (broccoli, apple, etc.). It really is more important to just make healthier choices. The calories and weight loss just kinda fall into place when you do that.

Missy

 

[nancy324]

I would worry less about calories then eating clean. I would eliminate all butter, cream, cheese, peanut butter and other pure fats and eat mostly veggies, fruit, fish, chicken and low-fat dairy, after starting your day with old-fashioned oatmeal made with skim milk. For fat, be sure to include 1-3 teaspoons of oil in your diet, as in salad dressings.

Just my two cents worth.
-Nancy

 

[Lanieltd247]

Thank you all so much for your advice and help! I can't appreciate it more. I really like that website (the second one). But the first one is good too. Anyway, I've decided to stick with my 1600 a day diet and get rid of the peanut butter that I love to eat. That should help! Thanks so much! Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,
Lanie

 

[honeybunch1]

You just need to lower your intake a little bit from what it is now to lose weight. Would you be open to keeping a food journal for several days and figuring out how you could shave off 500 calories a day? It probably would not be hard, depending on how much peanut butter you eat. If you normally eat 4 tablespoons of peanut butter, that's 400 calories right there. Eliminating 500 calories a day would amount to losing 1 pound per week. AND you could up your fiber intake as another painless way to help your weight loss. Start reading lables when you buy cereals and bread to see which have more fiber. Learn to love beans, too. Eat whole fruit and ditch fruit juices. Eating less does NOT mean you go hungry!!!

Another small change would be to up your activity level by making your cardio more intense, or by moving around more the rest of the day. That's where a pedometer would help. If you upped your activity level, you wouldn't have to shave off as many calories.
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