Dr. Recommendations

wmagoo27

I am 5'2" weighing around 165 now I believe. I just completed my annual physical and my Dr. says that I need to take my nutrition and weight loss serious because I am almost calculating into the obese zone of 30 BMI which triples your risk factor for many issues of concern.

I was doing a good job for a few weeks logging my food (staying within my 1,200 calories) and working out Tuesday and Thursday evenings. I slacked a lot on MFP and even in my workouts when I wasn't having the results I was looking for. My Dr. recommended that I reduce my calories to 1,000 and work out at least 5 times a week if I really want to get serious about my weight loss because the regime I was on would only maintain my weight.

I am working 3 jobs trying to get school loans paid off to purchase a home and expand my family and wanted some helpful suggestions on how to get my workouts in and if eating 1,000 calories would put me into the starvation mode and not be as successful for me as 1,200?

Thanks!

To begin with, slow down. You don't need to lose weight fast. You're working 3 jobs and already under a lot of stress. The added exercise will add a dimension of physical stress to that and cause more problems. Just be consistent with your logging and feel your way through the weight loss. Give it a few weeks, and if you are not losing weight, then cut 100 or 200 more calories. If you feel really hungry after a few weeks, then up your intake by 100 or 200 calories.

Noone can determine your daily calorie needs for you. You'll have to figure that out, and it'll change a little bit every day. Once you get to a point that you're comfortable with the weight loss and you aren't hungry all of the time, stay there and ride it out until you have lost the weight. Exercising twice a week will do if that is what you can fit into your schedule. As a rule of thumb, when I am under stress and trying to work out, I prioritize work and sleep ahead of any exercise, and then eating after. If I'm running late, I'll go to bed instead of staying up late to get in a workout. Before you know it, the stress in your life will be eased off, then you can really go after the workouts.

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