Confused: How many calories i need to cut down...?

pradyjo

Hi,

I am 30 Yrs old Male, Height 5 feet 6 inch, weight 72 Kg. I wanted to loose 6-8 Kgs.
I am bit confused about calorie consumption , how many calories do i need to consume? How many need to cut down?
Can anyone please help me with accurate details.

seanyldn

If you feed your stats into the MFP settings for your profile, it should actually provide you with a good figure to get you going. Give it your stats and tell it how much you want to lose, and it'll set you a goal. It all depends on how fast you want to lose it.

A good starting point for any diet is cutting your intake by around 10-15% for a gradual weight loss, then upping it if you feel it necessary.

Just remember that calories aren't everything though, make sure your diet is balanced too.

Start out by tracking your calories but not changing your diet, and seeing just how much you're having now, this will give you a (sometimes alarming) guide as to what you need to do. My biggest discovery was just how many calories I was taking in from fruit juice, something that I thought was a healthy option at the time, but is in fact higher in calories than the equivalent amount of Coca Cola in some cases.

Good luck!