How many calories?

babylou570
babylou570 Posts: 1
edited January 15 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi! right ive got 3 stone of baby weight that i need to shift! Ive given myself 12 months to loose it. I am struggling at to how many calories i should eat to loose weight. Im trying to have at least 40% protein a day so quite high and ive done that while eating 1200 calories per day. Can anyone help me, i dont know if i should be eating more calories or if this is right eating 1200.

I currently weigh 177lbs
my height is 66 inches
Im 23 years old.

Also do you eat any calories you burn at the gym?

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Thanks in advance for the advice :) x

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  • nwg74
    nwg74 Posts: 360 Member
    Have a look at this site.

    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

    Your Base Metabolic rate is 1851 calories so this is what you need to eat at a minimum. As it is only a calculation, you could stick to 1800 a day.

    Eating back exercise calories is up to the person but it is not wise to eat below the BMR once exercise burned calories is deducted.
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