Please Help me

The healthiest way to lose weight and to keep it off is to lose 1-2 pounds a week. That's a 500 - 1000 calorie deficit per day of calories burned vs. calories consumed. The reason a lot of people say to eat back your exercise calories is because if you don't, it creates too large a calorie deficit, which actually causes your body to hang on to everything it can to prevent it from starving. I found that 1200 - 1300 calories was too low for me to begin with. I couldn't stick to that, I was hungry all the time. So, I bumped mine up to 1400 when I don't exercise, and then eat most of my exercise calories when I do. It has been working for me, but everyone is different.

There's some posts that you should read if you haven't already. They are "pinned" at the very top of this topic category.... "Newbies please read me (2nd edition)", and "posts you'll want to read again and again." Check those out, they have a lot of valuable information. And never be afraid to ask questions and ask for advice. There are quite a few people on this site who have been very successful using these methods. Good luck! :flowerforyou:

So I should eat the calories that I burn as well?This in return will help me lose weight right?

exactly right

yes, it seems silly doesn't it? But as long as you maintain that calorie deficit, you will lose. Exercise helps strengthen our muscles, especially the heart, and increases our endurance and does a lot of wonderful things. But it's the calories that matter for losing weight. You can lose weight without any exercise just by eating less than you burn with your normal daily activities. The nice thing about all this is that if you try a program for a while, and it doesn't work quite how you want it to, you can change something, until you find the right formula for you. We all react differently, so no two people are going to lose weight the same way. You'll find what works best for you, it just takes time and patience and a lot of trial and error sometimes!

I will tell you from expeirence and I have only been here a couple of months but I wasn't eating all of my exersice calories and was only losing a little bit I say little because since I have started eating all of them I have been taking more weight off. some days it will be hard to eat them all but I always compute what I am going to eat for the day the day before so I know during the next day whether or not I HAVE to exersice that day.
Does that make sense or did I ramble? :laugh:

Yes eat them, Thats like 6 granola bars, or 2 granola and yogurt, or 6 bowls of cereal, or 12 glasses of milk, or 4 glases of orange juice, or 6 magic elf chocolate bars, or 11 apples, Just some Ideas. Have a nice day