fat loss math- Is this correct?

Mommabeeto5
Mommabeeto5 Posts: 30 Member
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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.

Replies

  • lemur_lady
    lemur_lady Posts: 350 Member
    Try it for a few weeks and tweak it as necessary. If you are losing too quick up your cals a little or lower them if you are not losing.
  • paula5077
    paula5077 Posts: 57
    I know when I breast feed I needed more calories than I normally would have. You have to make sure you have a healthy diet when nursing, that includes fats. I would think 19 is a good number until you stop nursing then I would lower it. Until then, try it for a bit and see what happens. If you don't see results you like in about 2 weeks work the numbers a little and go from there.

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