They say that you have to burn 3500 calories to lose 1 pound of fat. This amounts to roughly 500 calories per day under the amount of calories my body needs to sustain itself to lose 1 pound of fat per week. If I were to hop on an eliptical machine and burn 500 calories a day while not taking in more than the 2000 calories per day my body needs to sustain itself, would I lose 1 pound of fat per week? I eat very little and I know I don't consume 2000 calories per day, but I never lose any weight. Why? I don't exercise all that much except for about 20 minutes of walking a day, but I don't consume that many calories. Shouldn't I be losing weight?
Also, is exercise more effective before you eat? I was once told that if you eat before you exercise, your body uses the food as energy and not your body fat, so you end up losing nothing. Is that true?
My plan: Eat healthy and exercise each day for the next two months in order to lose 500 calories a day so I can lose 10-15 lbs. Good plan?
2006-08-24
20:52:43
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