Weight loss nutrition

supernaturalfreak666
supernaturalfreak666 Posts: 1 Member
edited January 28 in Food and Nutrition
My goal is to lose 10 lbs a month for 4 months. I am working out my diet plan, but it seems odd to burn so many calories to achieve this. My plan is to eat 1,000 calories per day which will include proteins and fats, and then eat little-zero calorie fruits and vegetables. I understand my body needs a certain amount of calories to function. But in order to lose 2 lbs a week, I need to burn more than twice as many calories.

1,000 calories a day=eaten
2,000 calories a day=burned

so 14,000 calories a week burned - 7,000 calories eaten = 2 lbs a week burned

Is my math correct? Is this healthy weight loss? I will be exercising with jogging, walking, swimming, jump roping and insanity workouts to keep my skin tighter and burn calories. I think I might be over-thinking this.

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  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 4,059 Member
    There are no zero calorie fruits or vegetables for that matter. If you eat 1000 calories and burn 2000 calories you're at -1000 calories for the day. Your math is correct. No, it is in no way healthy weight loss. I seriously doubt that eating half of what you burn you'll be physically able to jog, walk, swim, jump rope, or do insanity.
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    To lose 8 lbs a month (2lbs a week, about the most that many would suggest is a safe amount), you need a deficit of 1,000 net calories per day. So if, on a typical day, you need 3,000 calories to maintain your weight ( using a fictional example of 2,000 burned for ordinary activity and 1,000 burned for exercise), you would eat 2,000 calories and be at a net deficit of 1,000. If you set up MFP for a 2 lb a week deficit, you would eat your goal and also any exercise calories.
  • SkepticallyFit
    SkepticallyFit Posts: 71 Member
    Yeah, you're ignoring the fact that your body requires calories just to keep you alive. You have to factor that into your daily caloric needs. Find out your BMR, multiply it by 1.2 (or more depending on how active your lifestyle is) and then subtract 1000 calories. That's what you eat to lose 2lb/week. You would also need to eat however many calories you burn from exercise.

    Or you could just use the program that this website is based on, which takes care of those calculations for you.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    Or... you could just have a little patience and NOT lose 2 pounds a week.... since the way you are presenting seems pretty unhealthy.

    What are your stats? Height, weight, body fat percentage if known? Unless you are under a medically supervised plan you should NEVER eat under 1200 calories. When you eat that little, you will not have much energy to barely get through the day, let alone be able to do intense exercise.
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