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From: Jenny on 8 Sep 2006 02:54 I found out my BMR is 1321 calories/day. If I eat 1000 calories a day, I will create a deficit of 300 calories/day. 3500/300 = 11.6 Since one pound is 3500 calories, I will lose 1 pound in about 12 days. So...in one month, I should lose about 2 pounds, if I eat 1000 calories a day. Man o man, I really have to cut back on the calories. Starting tomorrow, it's back to calorie counting because every calorie counts when my goal weight is 95 pounds. I have to learn to live with a whole new way of eating, namely a lot less. Hmmm...I'm starting to think I really need to exercise. 1000 calories is very little food. Let's see...if I walk about 2 km a day, I can burn about 100 calories. This means I can eat 1100 calories. It's going to be a slow journey for me. It's going to take at least 8 months for me to lose 20 pounds. It will be May by then. I'm starting to think I should reward myself based on my efforts and not weight loss. If I can follow my plan for one month I will do something special for myself, what I don't know yet. Any ideas?
From: Ade on 8 Sep 2006 03:48 Jenny wrote: > I found out my BMR is 1321 calories/day. If I eat 1000 calories a day, > I will create a deficit of 300 calories/day. 3500/300 = 11.6 Since one > pound is 3500 calories, I will lose 1 pound in about 12 days. So...in > one month, I should lose about 2 pounds, if I eat 1000 calories a day. > > Man o man, I really have to cut back on the calories. Starting > tomorrow, it's back to calorie counting because every calorie counts > when my goal weight is 95 pounds. I have to learn to live with a whole > new way of eating, namely a lot less. > > Hmmm...I'm starting to think I really need to exercise. 1000 calories > is very little food. Let's see...if I walk about 2 km a day, I can burn > about 100 calories. This means I can eat 1100 calories. > > It's going to be a slow journey for me. It's going to take at least 8 > months for me to lose 20 pounds. It will be May by then. > > I'm starting to think I should reward myself based on my efforts and > not weight loss. If I can follow my plan for one month I will do > something special for myself, what I don't know yet. Any ideas? How about upping your exercise and reward yourself for any you do above and beyond what you'd hoped to acheive? So, for example, you manage a quick 500 calorie run, treat yourself to a 250 calorie reward or something.
From: mogga on 8 Sep 2006 03:49 On 7 Sep 2006 23:54:38 -0700, "Jenny" <szeto7(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: >I found out my BMR is 1321 calories/day. If I eat 1000 calories a day, >I will create a deficit of 300 calories/day. 3500/300 = 11.6 Since one >pound is 3500 calories, I will lose 1 pound in about 12 days. So...in >one month, I should lose about 2 pounds, if I eat 1000 calories a day. > >Man o man, I really have to cut back on the calories. Starting >tomorrow, it's back to calorie counting because every calorie counts >when my goal weight is 95 pounds. I have to learn to live with a whole >new way of eating, namely a lot less. > >Hmmm...I'm starting to think I really need to exercise. 1000 calories >is very little food. Let's see...if I walk about 2 km a day, I can burn >about 100 calories. This means I can eat 1100 calories. > >It's going to be a slow journey for me. It's going to take at least 8 >months for me to lose 20 pounds. It will be May by then. > >I'm starting to think I should reward myself based on my efforts and >not weight loss. If I can follow my plan for one month I will do >something special for myself, what I don't know yet. Any ideas? 1000 calories doesn't sound a lot at all. Most diets recommend about 1500 calories to start don't they? Why don't you try 1500 calories and see if you can shed a few pounds with that level before trying something which will be much harder to stick to. 2 lb a week will be ten week. Exercise plenty too but don't add on calories for the exercise you've done - just stick to the 1500. A diet shouldn't just be about losing weight, it should be about creating healthy eating patterns for life. Good rewards are books, magazines, bath treats. -- Get away from it all http://www.travelfreebies.co.uk/thomson-holidays.htm Late deals, mega cheap flights and bargains
From: Doug Lerner on 8 Sep 2006 03:46 On 9/8/06 3:54 PM, in article 1157698478.216461.295590(a)m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com, "Jenny" <szeto7(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hmmm...I'm starting to think I really need to exercise. 1000 calories > is very little food. Let's see...if I walk about 2 km a day, I can burn > about 100 calories. This means I can eat 1100 calories. Yes - exercise would make all the difference to you. doug
From: pug on 8 Sep 2006 06:19
>On 7 Sep 2006 23:54:38 -0700, "Jenny" <szeto7(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: >I found out my BMR is 1321 calories/day. If I eat 1000 calories a day, >I will create a deficit of 300 calories/day. 3500/300 = 11.6 Since one >pound is 3500 calories, I will lose 1 pound in about 12 days. So...in >one month, I should lose about 2 pounds, if I eat 1000 calories a day. > >Man o man, I really have to cut back on the calories. Starting >tomorrow, it's back to calorie counting because every calorie counts >when my goal weight is 95 pounds. I have to learn to live with a whole >new way of eating, namely a lot less. BTW, how tall are you? My goal weight currently is 112 pounds and I am 5' 2" tall. Three weeks ago I cut back my calories from 1200-1300 a day to 1120 a day. I now weigh 115.5 pounds, down from 117.5 pounds. I have been at 115.5 pounds for one week. I am guessing if I continue to eat 1120 calories a day I might reach my goal weight by December or January. Yes, the lower your body weight goal the less you get to eat. Unfortunately the motto is "calories in, calories out." >Hmmm...I'm starting to think I really need to exercise. 1000 calories >is very little food. Let's see...if I walk about 2 km a day, I can burn >about 100 calories. This means I can eat 1100 calories. Another thing about exercise, the lower your bodyweight the less calories you expend exercising. If I walk 4 miles (18 minutes per mile), I usually only burn 275 calories (not the 100 calories per mile average that most people use). I am not saying exercise isn't good, I am just advising that since you are at such a low bodyweight now, don't use the averages that most people use for calories expended used when exercising. Be realistic. :) Over two years ago, I was exercising much more than I do now (I was running races), and I was down to 106 pounds, so exercise does help one lose weight and maintain weight loss. >It's going to be a slow journey for me. It's going to take at least 8 >months for me to lose 20 pounds. It will be May by then. That sounds about right. But if you plan on being at 95 pounds for the rest of your life, what is the rush? You are making a lifestyle change, you might as well take it slow and get used to it. >I'm starting to think I should reward myself based on my efforts and >not weight loss. If I can follow my plan for one month I will do >something special for myself, what I don't know yet. Any ideas? I reward myself each week by having one day when I eat whatever I want (no counting calories), and I take a rest from exercise. I still don't eat a lot that day (as my stomach is used to eating small amounts), but at least I don't have to count calories that day. pug 5' 2" / 117.5/112 started new WOE 8/23/06 |