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My goal is to lose fat & gain muscle
NWCountryGal
Posts: 1,992 Member
I don't have much fat left, maybe 5-10 lbs, which would put me at 115. I am not "stuck" on that 115, because as I gain muscle, I may weigh differently, but be shaped better, and more what I hope for.
I just need to get set on how many calories I need to eat per day (that's easier for me to figure, then a whole week) in order to reach my "above" goal. I've already lost from 142, down to 124 (I did make it down to 118, pigged out just after I moved here in Jan. and did not keep up my activity). My only activity was walking 18-24 miles per week. I didn't think about joining a gym, I didn't count calories, but I did check one day how much my basic consumption was. I walked a lot of uphill, or at least slight incline streets. But my legs really showed the dif, and I dropped off 2 sizes in jeans when I got down to the 118. I'm back in an 8 now. My fat shows most in my middle area.
I like the strength training because I want to help fight against painful types of things that happen as we age, and being sedentary, not eating properly hurts people. I see it every day. I am 63 and really young for those 63 years, in could shape, strength-wise etc. But I can be better, and am proving that to myself since July when I really started the walking and eating good.
So, I don't think I need a difficult program here, I just wanted to get a handle on what my lowest amount of caloric intake would be if I were lying in bed all day, or in a coma getting an IV drip. What would keep me alive. That I understood to be my BMR (basil metabollic rate). Then I see TDEE everywhere I go on em2wl, or mfp forum, so I want to know about that. I hear that is the number we find when we are maintaining a certain weight. Then there is what is usually called "the goal amount of calories" and that is the amount you end up with when you enter all your personal/physical data. That's how much to eat to reach the weight you want to be, and what "kind" of weight you want to be. I want to be low%fat, a healthy level %, and have some strength/muscle.
What would you do if you were me and wanted that goal/those goals?
Denise
I just need to get set on how many calories I need to eat per day (that's easier for me to figure, then a whole week) in order to reach my "above" goal. I've already lost from 142, down to 124 (I did make it down to 118, pigged out just after I moved here in Jan. and did not keep up my activity). My only activity was walking 18-24 miles per week. I didn't think about joining a gym, I didn't count calories, but I did check one day how much my basic consumption was. I walked a lot of uphill, or at least slight incline streets. But my legs really showed the dif, and I dropped off 2 sizes in jeans when I got down to the 118. I'm back in an 8 now. My fat shows most in my middle area.
I like the strength training because I want to help fight against painful types of things that happen as we age, and being sedentary, not eating properly hurts people. I see it every day. I am 63 and really young for those 63 years, in could shape, strength-wise etc. But I can be better, and am proving that to myself since July when I really started the walking and eating good.
So, I don't think I need a difficult program here, I just wanted to get a handle on what my lowest amount of caloric intake would be if I were lying in bed all day, or in a coma getting an IV drip. What would keep me alive. That I understood to be my BMR (basil metabollic rate). Then I see TDEE everywhere I go on em2wl, or mfp forum, so I want to know about that. I hear that is the number we find when we are maintaining a certain weight. Then there is what is usually called "the goal amount of calories" and that is the amount you end up with when you enter all your personal/physical data. That's how much to eat to reach the weight you want to be, and what "kind" of weight you want to be. I want to be low%fat, a healthy level %, and have some strength/muscle.
What would you do if you were me and wanted that goal/those goals?
Denise
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