Im 260 lbs how much cardio?

lol - 1000 cals a day! You wouldn't have the energy to do cardio.

You need more calories...then do enough cardio tu burn FAT...usually more than 20 minutes.:drinker:

Do you want to drop the 60 pounds ASAP or safely? Your calorie intake is dangerously low at 1,000 for your weight!
Muscle burns more calories on a daily basis - more muscle means a higher calorie burn while you are sleeping.

Exercise as much as you can as often as you can. Cardio, Strength Training, Flexibility Exercises, and Balance Exercises for an overall fitness.

I'm curious. what is your average meal and snacks for a day???

u wont gain muscle in a deficit

Do you want to drop the 60 pounds ASAP or safely? Your calorie intake is dangerously low at 1,000 for your weight!
Muscle burns more calories on a daily basis - more muscle means a higher calorie burn while you are sleeping.

Exercise as much as you can as often as you can. Cardio, Strength Training, Flexibility Exercises, and Balance Exercises for an overall fitness.

I'm curious. what is your average meal and snacks for a day???

Sue is right on!

I agree with Anewcrys... 30 minutes a day is a good bare minimum... as long as your heart rate is constantly up you should be good at 30 minutes! but you need strength training!! It will tone your body and create more physical changes in your body shape. 5 pounds of muscle is way smaller and firmer than 5 pounds of fat! The number on a scale is just a number!!!! I dropped 30% body fat and went down 4 dress sizes but only lost like 8 pounds but put on a ton of muscle and it was a noticeable difference in my frame.... when you have more muscle your metabolism is higher and will continue burning off fat throughout the day...

1000 calories isnt enough and surely you will be hungry. you need to make this a lifestyle change because once you go back to eating a normal diet again with higher calories the weight will come back on. check the internet for a TDEE online calculator to figure out how many calories your body needs on a daily basis to just maintain your current weight. you can then decide to remove 500 calories a day from that number or make sure you burn off 500 calories a day with exercise.

another thing.. you need to make sure your protein is high to feed your muscles. your body will use almost everything with protein and leave nothing for waste to store as fat.

food for thought

i dont wanna be muscley, just a bmi of 35. in order to fit nhs guidelines:grumble:

you can tone out the muscles to not look muscley... but you dont want the extra skin to just hang there either. you need to tone.. you need muscle... i was skeptical at first too but im so glad im doing strength training!

try scoobysworkshop.com that should help you access the calories you need to eat. I would reccomend on the body fat reccomendation to aim for 20%. that is how I found my calories. it goes by age, height, work out level . they also have fat2fitradio.com

you are welcome to friend me and I will look to see what your doing and see if I can help you.

At 1000 cals you are going to get a lot of flack. I suggest eating the amount of calories you need to maintain the weight you want to be. When you get there, no change.

When it comes to cardio, 3 hours a week is plenty, but if you can do 6, that's healthy. Remember this is a lifestyle not a diet.

Surely if you can only lose on 1000 calories a day, you would want to build more muscle to be able to eat more to fuel cardio workouts?