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Question

is 1500 caloriess good dailyy if im on a diet and want to loose like 30 pounds in like 2 to 3 months???

Answer 1

sounds good to me. 1200-1500 calories is the average suggested for weight loss, along with around half an hour of cardio-aerobic exercise five days a week. if you do both of these (reduce calories and exercise) then you should have some sort of weight loss. good luck with the diet!

Answer 2

It depends on your current weight/height, etc.

Here's a math formula that I use that works pretty well:

1 lb. of fat = 3500 calories

So if you want to lose, say, 5 pounds you'd need to decrease your caloric intake by 17,500 calories.

Go to the following website: www.caloriecontrol.org and type in your height, weight and age to find out the amount of calories you need each day to MAINTAIN your current weight. Now if you decrease that by 17500 then you'll theoretically lose 5 pounds.

I'd say decrease your daily calorie intake by 300 calories and burn an additional 300 calories doing exercise (use the website to determine all this, as it tells you how many calories certain exercises burn depending on your weight, etc.). That's a decrease daily of 600 calories. That's a "savings" of 4200 calories per week, which equals 1.2 pounds per week. Which would total about 14.4 pounds in 3 months. But that's a modest goal and depending on how much you weigh now you can lose more weight than that per week.

Again, I may have gotten the math wrong here, but if you use the basic knowledge that 1 pound of fat = 3500 calories, and let the website guide you, you'll get there in no time. Slimfast.com also has a good program for helping you lose weight for a goal date.

Good luck and remember that your ultimate goal should be your overall health. If you exercise, you relieve stress and are better equipped to make good meal choices. After that, it all falls into place - you feel better and look better.

Answer 3

That sounds pretty good, just make sure you get exercise too.