The Sciene of Weight Lose

tbrew811

Spoke with a personal trainer, and I was told I may not be eating enough calories. I've been doing a bit of research lately. Losing weight is a science. I was told that the generic 1200 - 1500 calories per day is not for everyone. Follow a diet with such a low caloric intake + excerising (burning 600 calorie - thanks Zumba) can put my body into starvation mode. Uggh - putting on the weight was not that difficult!!!!

*You need to find your BMR
*Figure out the amount of calories to maintain your current weight
*Decrease the number by 20 - 35% (this will be the calorie deficit needed to lose weight)

The confusing part is the deficit should be diet and/or exercise.

So this week, I am trying a new strategy!

drasr

Please read this before you start. These are sticky topics on the the message boards and are there all the time for newbies to read. Btw even i joined only recently and reading all this helped me a lot in planning my diet.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23912-links-in-mfp-you-want-to-read-again-and-again

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition

bcklee

bump

tbrew811

Thanks for the links, very informative