Want to loose 80lbs

mccanb41

Hey guys I want to loose about 80lbs but I find this hard to do being In college. I am now only taking in 2000 calories a day if that and am working out an hour to an hour and a half a day 30min of that being cardio. Am I on the right track?

gracepost123

I'm in the same boat as you just about! I find it hard too with classes and work. Always on the go and that makes it hard to eat right!
But so far from what I know what all these awesome people on here have told me you are on the right track! just make sure to not go over your 2000 calories.
Best of luck!

Sued0nim

No, I don't think you are, sorry

mccanb41 wrote: »

Hey guys I want to loose about 80lbs but I find this hard to do being In college. I am now only taking in 2000 calories a day if that and am working out an hour to an hour and a half a day 30min of that being cardio. Am I on the right track?

Calorie intake depends on your TDEE ...which is what?
http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

Alternatively what calorie goal did MFP give you, based on you activity, height, weight, age?
eat that plus exercise at 50% machine/ MFP estimates...depending on what you're doing the other 30 mins probably around 400 cals

How are measuring your intake? You should have a good estimate not an "if that" by logging everything you eat by weight..if school cafeteria ask for nutrition guidelines or choose stuff you can estimate well

I don't know your height or weight or activity level but if you want to consistently lose weight you need to eat fewer calories than you burn across the week...3500 calories fewer (500 a day) = around a lb

For perspective I'm 5'8, 160lb at goal, decent musculature, active, workout hard three times a week and my TDEE is around 2200-2400 ...if I ate 2000 per day accurately I would lose about 0.6lbs a week on average across 6-8 weeks

Sued0nim

If you are strength training for the other 30 mins you need to build in rest days

Will you keep up this daily workout for life? Don't burn out...it's not necessary, what matters is your food intake to lose weight...exercise is for health and body composition really

I'd burn out making myself do an hour a day...I just walk more in general but do highly focused training ..it's whatever works for you in exercise really so long as you have some kind of progressive resistance

Food intake rules though

mccanb41

rabbitjb wrote: »

If you are strength training for the other 30 mins you need to build in rest days

Will you keep up this daily workout for life? Don't burn out...it's not necessary, what matters is your food intake to lose weight...exercise is for health and body composition really

I'd burn out making myself do an hour a day...I just walk more in general but do highly focused training ..it's whatever works for you in exercise really so long as you have some kind of progressive resistance

Food intake rules though

I am planning on keeping this life style of working out an hour a day sometimes if I just do cardio it is less but I do want to work out 5 days a week. I am 5'4 and 230 and my goal is to be down to 150 at some point

trigden1991

One can lose weight but not loose it. Sorry to be a pedant. You need to reduce you calories if you're not losing weight.