whats a energy ristricted diet??

katieG2339
katieG2339 Posts: 12 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Can anybody give me some info please .
Im currently 5ft 2 and 10st 2 and im classed as over weight from my bmi being 25.
ive heard of calorie ristriced diet what whats a energy ristriced diet?? Or is it same thing
thanks

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Never heard of it

    A BMI of 25 is not overweight

    If you want to lose weight eat fewer calories than you burn

    And move more (will make you feel better)

    And lift heavy (will make you look awesome)

    But seriously you just need to eat fewer calories


    It is that simple
  • katieG2339
    katieG2339 Posts: 12 Member
    Ok thank you i been keep at 1200 per day what my fitness has reccomended for me xx
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    katieG2339 wrote: »
    Ok thank you i been keep at 1200 per day what my fitness has reccomended for me xx

    Which it has recommended based on the information you provided

    And like all of us you probably started off saying you're sedentary and want to lose 2lbs a week...right? :)

    You should eat back 50% of your calorie burns from purposeful exercise on top of that and judge weight loss over time (6-8 weeks) and adjust accordingly

    Dependent on your weight to lose you should consider setting a lower target weight loss per week and ensuring you have a wide, sustainable diet

    Keep your head in maintenance, how are you going to keep the weight off when you hit your goal weight ...because if you're on a restrictive diet you will have problems ...people keep talking about lifestyle change which makes me want to spit ...but really it's about sustainability ...once I hit maintenance I simply got an additional 250 calories to eat which I built into my logging ..it's the only way I can be sure I'm not going to yo-yo ..and it might sound awful but it's easy as anything now

    Good luck
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    katieG2339 wrote: »
    Can anybody give me some info please .
    Im currently 5ft 2 and 10st 2 and im classed as over weight from my bmi being 25.
    ive heard of calorie ristriced diet what whats a energy ristriced diet?? Or is it same thing
    thanks

    They're the same thing. Calories are a unit of energy. Restricting calories is restricting energy. Sometimes doctors use the term energy restricted diet when they want to put someone on a very low calorie diet. Since you are not obese or morbidly obese a very low calorie diet is not an appropriate method for you.
  • katieG2339
    katieG2339 Posts: 12 Member
    Yeah i did say i want to loose 2lb a week haha.
    its since having my son 3 years ago i out 3 st on then i had another baby 3 months ago so im finding it tough shifting it and thank you xx
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    25 is overweight, <25 isn't. Energy restricted means eating less calories, hypocaloric is another term, as opposed to a diet where you eat something different or restrict (say) fat.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    a calorie is a unit of energy...an energy restricted diet is a calorie restricted diet which pretty much describes every diet that exists because no diet would work if you weren't restricting energy (calories).
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