Im going on a 1200 caliore a day diet per my doctors orders. How much weight can I loose in a month and a half? I want to loose as much as possible beacuse Im going back to school in August and want to look way better. Im 5'2 and I now weigh 148 and want to weigh 115 when im done. Please let me know how this could work?
2007-06-27 16:03:31 · 8 answers · asked by luv4jesus87 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
You should lose about 15 lbs, but you may lose at a faster rate in the very beginning. Scientifically, It takes 12 calories per pound to maintain the weight you are, (you need 1776 per day to stay the same) and it takes 3,500 calories to make a pound of true body fat. By going on a 1200 calorie diet, you will be saving 576 per day. That's a little better than a pound a week. So while I'd like to be able to say you can lose 3# a week, it is not realisitic for someone at your current weight.
Remember, when you exercise, you are building muscle. Muscle takes up less space than fat and they require more calories to maintain than fat does. Muscle requires 15 calories per pound to maintain.
Exercise 30-60 min a day. If you work out and get your heart rate up, then you will lose at a slightly faster rate.
So also measure yourself, upper arms, waist, hip, thigh, and write those down. You should be able to see inches lost as well as pounds.
Good luck!
2007-06-27 16:08:57 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you are doing a little sort of endeavor, you can shed some pounds, sure, however you will not become with the frame you are after - you'll lose SOME fats, however you can additionally misplaced plenty of muscle, so you will be reasonably smaller, however you can even be un toned. A well notion might be to peer a docotr to get an notion of the way a lot, if any, you must lose. BMI isn't constantly a well indicator, notably if you are a young person. Failing that, if you happen to ARE borderline chubby, vastly slicing down your meals WILL NOT do you any favours in the end - your frame is going into "hunger mode" and slows your metabolism down. EVERYONE demands to endeavor, something their measurement. I would possibly not pass into it and bore you, however it is all round dangerous to your frame methods and bones. The crisis is, so much persons feel "endeavor" includes a few sort of difficult-center jogging or gymnasium undertaking, while genuinely it is only a topic of somewhat of cardio (anything that raises your middle price) and somewhat of weight-bearing (and no, now not always with barbells). For you, with dangerous knees, that is sensible - do not do endeavor that places pressure on them! Pilates is definitely outstanding in virtually each and every admire - you utilize your possess frame weight as resistance, it's suitable for EVERYONE, and also you do it mendacity at the ground!! It'll deliver you a best frame, make you plenty extra bendy and upgrade your posture. Alternatively, you would check out swimming, that's a excellent low-affect endeavor. Anyone I recognise with accidents affecting their capacity to endeavor is distributed to the pool. If you are severe approximately wasting weight, you need to make way of life alterations, as the object approximately diets is THEYRE TEMPORARY, AND DONT WORK!!! "Going on a nutrition" is like "occurring a vacation" - you return from it! Best of good fortune woman. And keep in mind what I mentioned approximately checking to peer in case your BMI is even correct...
2016-09-05 09:53:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at your present weight, 1200 calories should lose you in the neighborhood of around three pounds a week. In the first couple of weeks you may lose a bit more, most of which is water weight, but plan on about three pounds a week over all. Remember, it takes three times longer to take weight off as it did to put it on. Remember to exercise daily for at least an hour, to boost your metabolism and help with the weight loss.
2007-06-27 16:08:13 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to loose weight we need to cut out 500cals a day out of are diets a loss of 3-5lbs a week will be the result depending on ur body and activities
2007-06-27 16:33:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
looking for the benefits of salmon but you dont feel comfortable cooking fish try canned salmon as a simple and affordable alternative
2016-04-22 11:06:16 · answer #5 · answered by Karen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 2lbs a week and try taking the new fda approved drug alli. and stay active with the pill people lose about 7lbs a week
2007-06-27 16:47:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
avoid unnecessary usage of drugs
2016-04-10 01:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do not eat if you re not hungry
2015-05-17 02:28:10 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋