Low calorie diet, no excercise - will I lose weight?

Question

I'm tryinto to lose 10 pounds. I'm 25, 5'8, 144 pounds, and had baby 7 months ago. I have no time for a gym... what should be my max. daily calorie intake?

Answer 1

If it is only 10 pounds you are trying to lose than mabye your diet plan will work, but most likely your metabolisim alone will not be enough to burn more calories than you take in so you willl have to exercise at some point during your weight loss. But you should buy a treadmill and walk on it 3-6 times a day in 10 min segments or all at once ( Break it up however you please). As for your max daily calorie intake would be about 1,200 calories. Since you are trying to lose weight consuming less calories will make it easier upon yourself. Remember to drink lots of water! GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 2

Yes, you'll lose weight in the short term, then you'll gain it back and then some. Why? Byy starving yourself and not excercising, you are slowing your metabolism so that once you eat anything beyond a carrot stick, your body will store it , turn it to fat and not let go of it. You MUST excercise to jump start your metabolism. You don't need a gym. You need to walk swiftly everyday and buy some resistance bands and low weights that you can do from home.

Answer 3

You may loose some weight, but as soon as you eat more calories, you'll just gain it back! You don't have to go to a gym, just walk more! Park at the far end of the parking lot and walk, do the stairs where ever you can, walk to the store, take the baby for walks! Do exercises while you clean house, if you try, you can think of lots of ways to get extra movement in your day and that's what will help more than anything to keep the weight off! Good Luck!

Answer 4

if you dont exercise your results are not gona be that good - you may slow down your metabolism
find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)

Answer 5

Check out this for your caloric intake. Be aware it's approximate.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/patsy4a.htm

In order to lose 1 lb a week you should take your daily caloric intake and subtract 500 calories. It takes about 3500 calories a week to loose 1 lb.

So the more calories you burn or deprive yourself, the faster it is to loose weight. That is why a combo of diet AND exercise is the best approach.

Answer 6

Yes you will lose weight but without exercise you are not going to tone up. Make time for exercise. If you really want to lose weight stay under 1,000 calories a day.

Answer 7

I think i hear somewhere that to lose weight it's 90% diet and 10% excercise so you might

Answer 8

144 x 10 = 1440 calories a day to lose weight gradually

Answer 9

If your caloric intake is lower than the amount that you burn daily, you should lose weight. It will depend on your metabolism. You should ask the nutritionist where you get your post natal care about how much and how fast the weight should come off. If you are breast feeding...it will make a difference. My sister just had a baby and the daily activities are bringing her down safely and nicely. Give yourself a break...you just had a baby!

Answer 10

Eat about 2000 calories a day, with a healthy breakfast, enough protein (86 grams a day for your weight), limit sugars and simple carbs.