i need to lose weight but don't do exercise other than house work or walking to the shop.
i want to no how many calories i should be having a day to lose weight quick!
thank you
2007-05-18 13:14:14 · 44 answers · asked by loopy_elmo69 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
There are two ways to calculate the number of calories you need to eat per day to burn fat and lose weight.
The first is the "quick and dirty" estimate to determine how many calories you need per day to lose 1 pound per week.
Take you weight 215 pounds and multiply by a energy estimate. Since you do very little exercise, multiply your weight by 11.
215 x 11 = 2365 calories per day
This would be the estimate for the number of calories you would need per day to maintain your current weight.
One pound of fat equals 3500 calories, so to burn 1 pound of fat each week, you need to subtract 500 calories from 2365.
2365 - 500 = 1865 calories
Of course this is only an estimate. If you find that you are losing weight too fast (more than a pound or two per week), then you should eat a little more. If you are losing less than a pound per week, you can eat a little less, or exercise a little more.
A more exact way to determine the number of calories you should eat per week is to calculate your basal metabolic rate, and multiply this number by your total daily expenditure to get the number of calories you burn per day.
Then subtract 500 from this number to get the number of calories you need to eat per day to burn fat (the amount of money you should earn). It is not a hard to calculate as it sounds, and the website below lays out an easy to follow step by step process.
I encourage you to exercise, since you will notice with both the calculations, that the more you excercise, the more you will be able to eat and still keep your calories in a deficit.
I hope that helps!
2007-05-18 13:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by The Middle Manager 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-16 09:59:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU THINKING!?! Please do not under any circumstances continue this. How about going up to at least 1200 calories per day and running for that hour instead of walking. This was you can probably pull off 1-2 pounds per week. The difference is that you will be losing fat if you have the right diet (think a lot of fruits and vegetables) and your body shape will improve. AND you'll be able to keep that weight off instead of losing 10 lbs for just a week or two. Looking good isn't about pounds it's about body fat % and muscle tone.
2016-03-19 08:11:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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:)
2007-05-18 14:57:27 · answer #4 · answered by Natalie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what ever you weigh just add a zero to the end,
example you weigh 215 so eat 2150 calories per day.
when you lose 10lbs lower your calorie intake example
205 than eat 2050 calories and so on. Once ypu get to do physical activity they will slide right off Good Luck!
2007-05-18 13:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by brandeze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a site called bodyforlife they have got a really good program dont worry about the suplements they try to sell but trust me you are not going to lose weight by cutting calories and not doing any exercise trust me!!
2007-05-18 13:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by james s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Label each with time and calorie amounts to avoid eating everything in a short time.
2016-02-25 23:34:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have no thought on how to cook tasty meals. If you are boarded of the identical meals and want to consider some thing distinct but in the identical time healthy than you require a plan
2016-05-15 18:35:41 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bake a healthy breakfast before hand to ensure you don't grab a sugary scone out and about.
2016-04-15 08:51:43 · answer #9 · answered by ronnie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep a tiny water glass, which you have to refill often, instead of a substantial water bottle on your workspace.
2017-03-08 13:56:33 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋