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So confused on calories per day

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  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    However this personally works for me. I do little exercise as I am a student and I have a very slow metabolism...When I stick to a diet of 800 cals a day I can lose about a pound a week. So i think it should be done by how you feel. One week is not really enough time to tell.....
    I eat lots of low calorie foods. so I tend to eat more but still stay at less calories.
    Popcorn is a great snack
    While it's true that everyone is different, it is NOT recommended to eat so few cals. Consuming so few cals long term is not healthy for most people.
  • ncrissey460
    ncrissey460 Posts: 97 Member
    also try eating something before your run. We have to eat something to get our body "to wake up" in the morning. even if its a banana or yogurt. something to say hey body wake up and start burning. Someone explained that to me and it made sense because i never ate breakfast in the morning. Now i have 300 calories in the morning, 100-200 for a mid morning snack 300-400 for lunch, 100-200 for an afternoon snack and then dinner is 300-400 and that averages out to 1250-1350 a day and your full all day IF YOU EAT THE RIGHT THINGS!
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