I am 5 feet and weigh 130. I am currently eating 2200 calories a day. i work out 5x week (3 with strength/weight training). I want to cut down to 1300 calories a day so i can lose weight. is this okay?this is what a typical day would be:
br. soy milk with cereal and blue berries.
snakc. cottage cheese or soycheese
lunch. chicken and small salad with tables spoon of oil and vinegar
snack. half a sandwich 30z turkey and soy cheese
dinner.chicken (or eggs, lean beef. salmon) with veggies and 1/4 rice or 1 bread.
AND LOTS OF WATER AND TEA.
is this good enough to sustain and loseweight?
2007-04-28 14:26:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
that is way too drastic of a decrease in calories. you only need to create a 500 calorie a day deficit from both the diet and increase in exercise. the body does not like drastic changes, it will hold on too fat stores with such a drop in cals and you will lose a lot of muscle that way. decrease the cals slowly then when fat loss starts stay at that caloric intake until fat loss slows then you can decrease the cals again slightly.
2007-04-28 15:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With your level of activity, I'd suggest you eat at least 200 more calories than that.
2007-04-28 21:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by blackbird23 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. You'll lose quickly on that plan.
2007-04-28 21:37:33 · answer #3 · answered by EarthGirl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you should drink milk or have something dairy but other than that you are pretty healthy!
2007-04-28 21:35:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
go for it and let us know how you do=good luck
2007-04-28 21:33:39 · answer #5 · answered by caffsans 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋