Undereating? Not counting calories? Not hungry?

OKay, so BMR is the same as yours, so how many calories should I eat a day. The only excersice I do is about 30 minutes of fast paced walking.

Add your other activity too...even light activity, like driving, burns calories. Realistically though, you're going to have to do more exercise if you want to lose body fat. You can't eat less than your BMR for very long and expect good results.

OH. What do you recommend for excercise that I can fit into my daily routine.

One summer, I went shopping all day. I had McDonalds for lunch (no snacking in between), and a light dinner...the next day I had dropped 10 lbs????....My body makes no sense.

Well scale weight is like that. I gain 5 lbs every day, like clockwork. It's just food, water, glycogen, and waste that hasn't exited the body yet.

What does your daily routine look like? I have a great 5-day lifting program with only about 20 minutes of lifting (30 on leg day). Add a short morning walk and/or an afternoon cardio session and you'll greatly increase your calories. If you have more time, I have plenty of other programs that take different amounts of time.

Well, pretty much I walk to the bus stop 10 minutes (just note that I walk very fast), another 10 minutes once I get off. 20 minutes of walking at lunchtime. and then 20 minutes of walking after work.

The worst part is I work in an office, so I pretty much sit all day other than that. By the tie I get home it's 7pm, when I make dinner. Not too much time to work out after that.

I really appreciate your help by the way!!!!

Hey! Sorry it took me a while to respond, I had to eat and lift and all that. I understand your time constraint...I was commuting or at work from 7am to 6pm all summer, and I had to prepare all my meals for the next day the night before! It was rough. I was allowed to eat throughout the day, so I did that, and then at lunch I would walk briskly for 20-30 minutes. After work, I went straight to the gym and changed, eating a bar on the way if I needed to (but I'd usually eat right before leaving the office and get to the gym 90 min later). My favorite, super fast workout goes like this:

Monday- Chest
Tuesday- Biceps/Triceps
Wednesday-Back
Thursday-Shoulders
Friday-Legs
Saturday-Cardio

Do 30-45 minutes on Saturday...during the rest of the week, do however much you can to bring your weekly total up to 90 minutes.

You will do 4 exercises for each body part.
You will perform 4 sets of 8 repetitions with ONLY 10-20 SECONDS REST between sets for upper body, and 30-45 SECONDS for lower body.
You will take a 60-90 second rest between exercises.
The weight needs to be heavy enough so that your last rep of your last set is REALLY your last; you can't do anymore with proper form.
Your workout will look something like this:

Exercise #1: 8 repetitions, rest 10 sec., 8 reps, rest 10 sec, 8 reps, rest 10 sec, 8 reps
Rest 60-90 Sec
Exercise #2: just like exercise #1

I promise that, if you do this correctly, you'll feel like you were sprinting for 20 minutes even when you work your upper body. Since this is high intensity, you should take 3-4 days off every four weeks. Increase the weight on anything whenever your 4 sets of 8 are too easy.

If you really need exercises, I can recommend some, but I think it'd be fun for you to google around and see if you can find the most functional lifts for each body part (there are about 4 for each). :bigsmile:

Always always always warm up with light weight and stretching before you lift, and stretch again afterward! And have fun too! :happy:

Can anyone tell me about how many calories I am burning while doing 100 abdominal machine crunches with the weight set at 80 lbs, 6 sets of 12 each repetitions on a thigh abductor machine with the weight set at 100 lbs, and 3 sets of 12 repetitions on a forward rowing machine with the weight set at 30 lbs. I really would like to know because when I did the BMR calculator it was 1292 and I consistantly burn 225 calories every day on an ellipitical trainer so that would mean a total of 1517 calories a day and if I subtract 500 calories from that I could only have 1017 calories a day and I don't think that would be too healthy. Any help on figuring this out would be appreciated.

Well first of all....do less crunches my dear :laugh: Try situps instead, or something that you can't do 100 of in a row! That won't do anything but cause lactic acid buildup and fluid retention in the muscles. A great range for abs is 15-20 per set, 3-5 sets (5 is very advanced). If you want a firmer tummy, you need to lose fat first of all, and secondly have some muscle there...so the weight aspect is great, just reduce the reps (unless you're doing something like 4 sets of 25, that's okay, but still a bit high).
Are you doing any other lifts, or just those 3?

As far as calories burned...when you add in your exercise, search for 'calisthenics' and 'strength training'. The time it takes you to do ab work should fall under 'calisthenics', and any resistance training under 'strength training'.

You are burning far more than 1517 calories a day. You are walking, standing, eating, lifting, and driving all day, and all of that burns calories. You should check out a few different BMR and Activity Calculators and add in everything you do alllllll day.