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loganpredinchuk
loganpredinchuk Posts: 10 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Im a 5'6, 20 year old male weighing in at 151 pounds. My goal is to cut down to 140 by june 30th, im curious if anyone thinks that by what im eating will result in weight loss what so ever on top of my excercising

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  • loganpredinchuk
    loganpredinchuk Posts: 10 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/loganpredinchuk
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,116 Member
    You need to eat more if your workout calories are really correct. Do you want to reach an arbitrary weight goal no matter what, or do you want to look good? Because with what you're doing you'll look flabby and will have lost tons of muscles.
  • loganpredinchuk
    loganpredinchuk Posts: 10 Member
    How much more calories should i eat, i jsut go by what it tells me on the application
  • loganpredinchuk
    loganpredinchuk Posts: 10 Member
    I run 5 days a week for roughly 45 to 60 minutes at moderate pace. Most times 30 minutes steady last 15-30 minutes at 30 seconds highest pace and 30 seconds steady
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,116 Member
    loganpredinchuk wrote: »
    How much more calories should i eat, i jsut go by what it tells me on the application

    It tells you to eat this because you've chosen a certain weightloss goal and activity level. The smaller the goal or the higher your activity level the more calories. And you are supposed to eat your workout calories back in addition to that. Activity level does not refer to working out but to your lifestyle: sitting in an office, working a construction job, etc. With regards to workout calories it's probably best to start with eating back half of them as the calorie numbers are only estimates that might be off for some people.
  • loganpredinchuk
    loganpredinchuk Posts: 10 Member
    I do eat back the calories i burn off? My activivty level is moderately active, but i excercise atleast 5 days a week. if you look through my diary i eat over 1200 calories a day including my excercise?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,116 Member
    You're a man, right? You're supposed to eat at least 1500 calories per day, plus all your exercise. For yesterday i see in your diary that you've eaten 1960 calories and worked out for 695. Thus effectively you've eaten 1265 calories. Every toddler needs more food than that! So what makes you think your body is so special that it needs less energy than a toddler?
  • loganpredinchuk
    loganpredinchuk Posts: 10 Member
    I see what your saying, ive never had to lose weight prior to now. Everything ive researched says just to eat over 1200 calories atleast
  • loganpredinchuk
    loganpredinchuk Posts: 10 Member
    I will begin to eat 1500 calories daily, thank you for your input i really appreciate it.
  • Lynatea
    Lynatea Posts: 311 Member
    Consider weighing your food instead of using measuring cups. You'll get a more consistent and accurate calorie count. Can pick one up in Amazon for under 20.00. Best of luck!
  • Lynatea
    Lynatea Posts: 311 Member
    Consider weighing your food instead of using measuring cups. You'll get a more consistent and accurate calorie count. Can pick one up in Amazon for under 20.00. Best of luck!
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