Based on a 2000 calorie diet how much of what should be consumed?

Question

In a day based on a 2000 calorie diet how much fat; carbs; sodium; and protein should be consumed in percentage or grams/mg? The more specific the better; such as what kinds of fat. Any help is appreciated (I'm using fitday.com). Factual answers only please. Im trying to begin a healthy lifestyle; but I'm not that educated with food and I'm trying to do it right. If I consume 2000 calories a day say by just eating pizza even though its 2000 cals I'll gain weight; what's the proper balance? Thanks a lot for everyones help.

Answer 1

Personally, I can tell you that 2000 calories of anything will help you lose weight...for me at least it did. I recently weighed about 174-176 pounds, and I'm 5 foot 5 and a quarter, so that's about 26 pounds overweight for me. I went onto Weight-Watchers and lost about 15 pounds...eventually I got fed up with avoiding the good stuff and just readjusted to a 2000 calorie diet. What I found out was that you can still lose weight consuming 2000 calories of anything and exercising. Fat, carbs, sodium...I don't even pay attention to a lot of that stuff anymore. You are basically going to lose weight by consuming 2000 calories of anything if you work out on top of that (example: run about 4 or 5 miles on the treadmill). A single twelve slice cheese pizza generally is the only thing you can eat, as that alone tends to be 2000 calories...anything eaten in a day on top of that takes you over the limit...weight watchers won't even allow it...a single pizza is 30 points. I myself avoid pizza like the plague except in the very small tiny four-piece boxes. My whole point here...continuing...I abandoned the Weight-Watchers diet at about 163 pounds or so and starting just doing 2000 calories a day...what I found out was by working out intensely, i could still shave the weight off. I was down to 160 pounds...recently i let the eating get out of control again, over 3000, and as a result began gaining weight, but just a bit (I'm now about 163 pounds, so I still need to shave off about 13 more pounds). The good news is that being 10 or 13 pounds overweight generally doesn't make you look fat...it's when you begin to get almost 30 pounds that things get bad, but being overweight is obviously not a category to be in...that's why i'm trying to get out of it...hehe..sometimes it's tough to fight that appetite. I just started back again on my diet. ANYWAYS, excuse my rambling... 3500 calories=a pound, just so you know, but stick to 2000 a day. Don't worry about what you eat...just limit it to 2000 calories and work out for a good hour...that's how it's working for me...but again, that's just me. A lot of people probably could not do it my way, especially older people. I'm 21 years old and likely have a big advantage compared to a lot of overweight people. Anyway, hope this helps. I lost all the weight I've lost in just over a month doing the 2000 calorie diet combined with weight watchers. i highly recommend the weight watchers diet...it assigns a certain number of points to things you can eat and also has a points booster to give you points back. on the weight watchers, i could eat over 2000 calories and still lose weight by intense workouts.

Answer 2

i could initiate with 6 oz. of protein, 6 total grain products, 3 dairy products (in case you are able to tolerate them) 4 end result and 6 vegetables and choose low fat products. it incredibly is stable worry-free nutrition and follows the food pyramid. you additionally could have an occasional candy, maybe one serving an afternoon. And do you recognize how lots it incredibly is? that's approximately 1700 energy. you are able to throw in some greater grains or any of the above communities to make up the 300 calorie deficit.

Answer 3

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