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Need calorie help. I am SO confused!!! FAT LOSS!!!
Mommabeeto5
Posts: 30 Member
Hi!
i have a 10 month old who I breastfeed about 6 times a day. I also workout 5 days a week, 3 of those days I do weight training with cardio the other 2 days I do an exercise class and cardio. I am 5'1 and 125#'s. I am trying to lose fat and gain lean muscle. Here are my calculations. I wear the polar Loop activity tracker all day and during my workouts I wear the HR7 heart rate monitor so my calories burned are accurately tracked. Here are my numbers on a workout day (yesterday)
I burned 2264 calories (this includes my BMR but NOT BREASTFEEDING)
I burned 360 calories breastfeeding (6 times x 3oz= 18, 18x 20cal/oz)
= 2626 calories/ workout day
on the 2 days I don't workout it looks like this
appx. 1800 calories + 360 breastfeeding
= 2160 calories burned non-workout day
then I average those over a week which gives me
2626 x 5 days= 13,130
2160 x 2 days= 4,320
= 17,450 calories burned in a week
then i need a deficit of 3500 for a weight loss of 1# a week.
17,450
-3500
=13,950 divided by 7 days equals a total of
*1992* calories I can consume a day in order to lose 1# a week.
DOES THIS LOOK CORRECT???
Please let me know your thoughts on my calculations.
i have a 10 month old who I breastfeed about 6 times a day. I also workout 5 days a week, 3 of those days I do weight training with cardio the other 2 days I do an exercise class and cardio. I am 5'1 and 125#'s. I am trying to lose fat and gain lean muscle. Here are my calculations. I wear the polar Loop activity tracker all day and during my workouts I wear the HR7 heart rate monitor so my calories burned are accurately tracked. Here are my numbers on a workout day (yesterday)
I burned 2264 calories (this includes my BMR but NOT BREASTFEEDING)
I burned 360 calories breastfeeding (6 times x 3oz= 18, 18x 20cal/oz)
= 2626 calories/ workout day
on the 2 days I don't workout it looks like this
appx. 1800 calories + 360 breastfeeding
= 2160 calories burned non-workout day
then I average those over a week which gives me
2626 x 5 days= 13,130
2160 x 2 days= 4,320
= 17,450 calories burned in a week
then i need a deficit of 3500 for a weight loss of 1# a week.
17,450
-3500
=13,950 divided by 7 days equals a total of
*1992* calories I can consume a day in order to lose 1# a week.
DOES THIS LOOK CORRECT???
Please let me know your thoughts on my calculations.
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Your math looks correct to me. Just be careful with the weight loss while breastfeeding/pumping as my lactation consultant had told me it could affect supply, but if it doesn't seem to both your supply then go for it!0
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I agree. The maths looks correct, but bodies don't always follow the maths! Be prepared to make adjustments along the way and I'm sure you'll work it out
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