is this a good idea?

kennie2
kennie2 Posts: 1,170 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
seeing as i havent lost much weight eating 1200 and ended up loosing more when i went over my goal i have come up with a new strategy.

im going to eat 1350 net calories (which is my bmr) however in my exercises im not going to include walking to and from school and things like that (usually takes me 10 mins to walk there and back and i do that twice in a day)
i am going to start exercising more burning 350cal per gym session 3 times a week and going for a 20-30 min jog once a week. which i will log

so what do you guys think of it?

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  • sue26
    sue26 Posts: 412
    sounds like a good plan to me. Try it for a week or two and see how it goes :smile:
  • poustotah
    poustotah Posts: 1,121 Member
    You should try it out. For me personally, I don't log anything except for my workout at the gym. I set my 'lifestyle' to moderate and just assume that this includes my daily walking, kid activities, etc. Any direct exercising I do, gets logged for the extra calories. I also zig-zag my calories a little bit, zig zag my carbs or my protein.
  • daveelamp
    daveelamp Posts: 43
    Under eating is a common mistake. You can under eat with the aim to lose more but you can end up doing more damage as the body just stores fat. think your plan sounds good and sensible.good luck
  • VegGrrl
    VegGrrl Posts: 336 Member
    Give it a try and see what happens.

    I had the same issue. I started strength training 5-6x/wk and my 1310 cals a day wasn't cutting it. So I went with the guidelines in a strength training book I read and upped my cals. to 1635 and percentage of cals. from protein (30%) so I could (theoretically) have the ability to better build muscle. It's only been a week but I find that I rarely eat all my cals. for the day AND my workouts have gotten better (lifting heavier, better stamina). Don't know how it will effect my weight yet, but since I'm focusing on building muscle not just dropping pounds, I'm not gonna freak if the scale doesn't budge as long as I see changes in inches and/or improvements in strength.

    But regardless of your goals, if it doesn't help, then just try something else. Nothing ventured, nothing gained! :smile:
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