Hello advice please help

ashley_mulvey

So im starting off new i was woundering what type of excersize is best to loose weight for women also does anyone know how long it would take to loose 2 stone on a 1.200 calorie limit a day thanks alot if anyone could help thanks

courtneyfabulous

In order to know how long it would take we need to know your TDEE/maintenance calories, not just your calorie goal. Or at least your height, weight, age, activity level, and exercise schedule so we can estimate your TDEE and figure out your calorie deficit.

The best exercise is the exercise you like and will consistently do. Personally I prefer circuit style full body weight lifting workouts for 1 hour 3 times per week plus various types of hiit cardio. I also enjoy walking, hiking, and yoga. But you might prefer swimming, or playing basketball, or Zumba. Do what you enjoy!

The best way to lose weight is to accurately measure and track all your food, stick to your calorie goal, and be consistent. "Abs are made in the kitchen" they say and it's true because losing fat has a lot more to do with eating in a caloric deficit than how much exercise you do. But exercise can be beneficial for health, help speed up weight loss, improve your physique, and help preserve lean mass/muscle while in a deficit.

MissusMoon

courtneyfabulous wrote: »

In order to know how long it would take we need to know your TDEE/maintenance calories, not just your calorie goal. Or at least your height, weight, age, activity level, and exercise schedule so we can estimate your TDEE and figure out your calorie deficit.

The best exercise is the exercise you like and will consistently do. Personally I prefer circuit style full body weight lifting workouts for 1 hour 3 times per week plus various types of hiit cardio. I also enjoy walking, hiking, and yoga. But you might prefer swimming, or playing basketball, or Zumba. Do what you enjoy!

The best way to lose weight is to accurately measure and track all your food, stick to your calorie goal, and be consistent. "Abs are made in the kitchen" they say and it's true because losing fat has a lot more to do with eating in a caloric deficit than how much exercise you do. But exercise can be beneficial for health, help speed up weight loss, improve your physique, and help preserve lean mass/muscle while in a deficit.

All of this.

dsouldiva

Set your expectations now - there's no quick way to lose 2 stone. It took me 9 months to drop 1.5 stone on a strict clean eating diet with 5/7 exercise sessions a week (weighted cardio and weights). As soon as I fell off the wagon the weight slowly crept on again (over a couple of years). Now I exercise 4/5 times a week and stick to 1400 calories and it's taken 10 weeks to lose 10lb. Your body will eventually get used to the calorie defecit so I'd try starting on a more sustainable amount of calories like 1400/1500, that way you can alwasy drop 100 calories when you start to plateau. 1200 is going to be hard to stick to for any length of time.

JeromeBarry1

Moreover, "How long is this going to take" depends far more on you than on any other item. Are you willing to learn how to be be comfortable in a calorie deficit? Are you willing to make those changes in your life? Are you willing to persist in these changes when opportunities to eat unplanned calories arise?

A 500 calorie deficit to your TDEE each and every day leads to a 1 lb per week loss. That statement is 98% true. Your TDEE varies from day to day with your activity level and exercise. It's been shown that a prolonged calorie deficit greater than 500 calories per day leads to reduction in your NEAT. That's a new term to learn, but basically it's why people who eat too little get frustrated with slow weight loss and then start believing in hooey like "starvation mode".

Learn your TDEE. Learn it accurately. If you honestly told myfitnesspal your statistics, it calculated your NEAT as an average of a large population. Your personal NEAT varies a few percent from that in response to your environment. Your environment, in this usage, includes the food you eat.

Once you've achieved honest accuracy with those, move on to honest accuracy with food and exercise. Do this for the rest of your life and you will achieve your healthy weight and maintain it forever.

jonni82014

What's TDEE? On would want to know their RMR (resting metabolism rate) as part of the equation. 1200 calories works for me, as I have a RMR of 1190. meaning that if I did not exercise at all (moving is key) I would not rebound weight wise. When I do exercise is when I increase my caloric intake. Different strokes for different folks.

courtneyfabulous

jonni82014 wrote: »

What's TDEE? On would want to know their RMR (resting metabolism rate) as part of the equation. 1200 calories works for me, as I have a RMR of 1190. meaning that if I did not exercise at all (moving is key) I would not rebound weight wise. When I do exercise is when I increase my caloric intake. Different strokes for different folks.

TDEE is total daily energy expenditure, or basically your maintenance calories.