Fat Burn

Thank you everyone for the insights and the bit of comedy... I don't know why everyone gets into online arguments but that is neither here nor there.

Let me clarify some things so everyone can understand my situation. I was 350lbs six weeks ago. I have a ton of weight to lose and on top of it all I am in the process of learning how to eat better and use the MFP app to better gauge my caloric intake. I am starting to realize what is and what is not a 700-800 cal meal and I am prepping my meals ahead of time to get better results.

With that said — yes I was taking in very low cals for my meals for the first six weeks and yes I was losing a lot of weight but I don't understand how you can assume I was burning muscle from walking an hour a day at a moderate fat burning zone pace while consuming 1300-1800 cals. I have a lot of weight to lose and on top of it all I do not have dizzy or lightheaded results the other commenter was speaking of.

Another thing — I am an endomorphic body type. So I put on muscle very quickly and I put on fat very easily. In other words if I eat 8-10oz of lean meat, complex carbs, and veggies at every meal 6x a day with egg whites and oatmeal in the morning I put on muscle extremely easy without the use of whey shakes or casein. If I look at a donut my *kitten* will jiggle for a week. So to the commenter that said it is very hard to put on muscle — that is not the case with me — perhaps with your body type and the body type of those around you it is but I am sure that I am fine.

For everyone else, thank you for your comments. I appreciate the feedback. I will take what I want from this and continue doing what I am doing until I can catch a good flow and my caloric intake of 1900 cals (as suggested on MFP to lose 2lbs a week) becomes habit.

What I was simply trying to get at in my original post was — I eat 1800 calories but then sometimes based on my fitbit tracker and the minutes of exercise I log into MFP database — it says I burned 1200 cals. Currently at this stage, being 290lbs, I am not hungry after a work out. I can not see myself having to eat another 1200 calls to replace what I burned to stay within 1900 cals for my goal. Nor can I see myself eating an extra 1200 cals before a workout. I am not dizzy. I am sweating profusely. I am getting in great work outs without the use of weighted resistance for now. Once I get into the 220s I will then incorporate weight training to sculpt and add definition.

With my loss of 60lbs I do not see any lose or saggy skin. I do however see that most of the weight is coming off my face, neck, arms, shoulders, my wrists, and even my lower legs.

This isn't my first rodeo. I know what is and what is not healthy — I am not a child. I was simply asking do most of the guys who were in my position (if any were +300lbs) found it hard to burn belly fat, love handles, and lower back fat? And if when they got in a good work out did not feel the need to replace the cals they burnt to stay at their goal.

Thanks.