losing weight as simple as burning more calories than you intake?

Question

is it really just as simple as burning more calories than you intake to lose weight? i generally intake 500-900 calories fewer a day than my body burns (average), but i eat unhealthily often, such as fast food about twice a week. could that prevent me from losing weight, even though i still am technically burning more than i need? thanks guys.

Answer 1

use fitday.com to track your intake
a lot of times people underestimate calories and amounts of food they eat
how to tell if your body really burns as much as calorie calculators say? when you maintain eating certain amount - thats how much your body burns. if you lose a bit every week (1-2lbs) it means you are doing it right.

Answer 2

A pound of fat is 3,500 cal. so if you burn up 500/day or take in 500 less it will eventually reduce your wt. Fat is fat as far as calories but some fats that are in fast foods may be more harmful than other types of fat as far as building up in arteries.I would question how you know what your cal.requriments are for a day?This depends on muscle mass and energy expenditure and your specific metabolism rate etc...kind of hard to do off the top of your head

Answer 3

Yes, eating less than your body burns a day and you will lose weight, whether its food from junk food or healthy choices. THOUGH it has been proven that eating healthier improves weight loss because your bodies hormones react differently to junk food ( more negatively ) and it will put more emphasis on storing junk food as fat than healthy foods.

Plus, junk food is high in calories and it is harder to eat in a deficit, while healthier foods are lower in calories and contain more nutrients/vitamins

Answer 4

use the freezer to add some extra oomph to summer foods freeze grapes for some bite sized delights or get a popsicle mold and freeze some greek yogurt with berries

Answer 5

go christmas caroling with the kids

Answer 6

Try a cardio routine that engages multiple muscles simultaneously

Answer 7

fast food is salty food if you cut back on the salt in a few weeks youll be able to better taste the natural salts in food and may not crave the junk as much as you used to

Answer 8

Replace chips with salad to cut carbs

Answer 9

create emergency packs filled with healthy foods such as nuts fruits or sliced vegetables to help you avoid unhealthy temptations

Answer 10

pass on pop youll be amazed by how much weight you drop by simply switching to water