Confused..

At least 80% of weight loss comes from eating less. It's so easy to say.....I went for a walk, now I can have fries instead of a salad with my hamburger.

Input your data into MFP (My Fitness Pal).....they will give you a number of calories to MEET, before exercise. Then log your exercise & eat 50-75% of those calories also. The reason you eat just a portion back....calorie burns are estimates.....the food you log is an estimation too (although we all strive to be accurate).

Continue to exercise for fitness, and health purposes. I do cardio (which I love) and strength/resistance train (not so much)....because I want to lose fat & keep muscle. Strength/resistance training helps me keep more lean muscle.

Besides, I should be moving more, not because I'm on a diet, but because being a couch potato won't help me maintain the weight I lost.

Well first off it's worth mentioning that no amount of exercise or strength training focused on the abdominals will help you lose fat from that area of your body. You cannot choose where you lose fat from. What you can do is eat at a calorie deficit and consistently lose weight and eventually the fat will come off where you want.

As far as diet advice, plug your stats into MFP and get your calorie goal. Make sure your macronutrients are set up properly. It's ideal if you set your protein to 1 gram per pound of LEAN BODY MASS. Dietary fat should be set to 0.4 grams per pound of body weight, but can be set lower if you are obese. The rest of your calories can go to carbohydrates. As far as what to eat, eat whatever you want that has you hitting your calorie and macro goals (especially hit your protein goal and fat goal). Also if you don't already own one, buy a food scale and weigh and measure everything before you eat it so you can track calorie intake accurately. Many people plug food into MFP by estimating and don't weigh it and find that they're not losing weight while sticking to their goal, when in reality they can easily be consuming 500 calories more than what they think they are everyday.

nicolestewart_x wrote: »

Thank you very much for the advice however unsure how to work this therefore don't know how to set targets etc help? Sorry lol

Go to the top of your MFP page, click on My Home > Goals. Under "Daily Nutrition Goals" click the green "Edit" button. Set your goals to the appropriate values.

nicolestewart_x wrote: »

Even though I've to eat healthy an I still able to exercise? I'd love to go running but afraid people might laugh at me

I'm gonna be honest, idk what you said here

nicolestewart_x wrote: »

Sorry I can't see what I'm writing as my keyboard covers it. It was said that exercise is not the main way to loose weight but can I still do it to build muscle as well as eat healthy? I would love to go running but afraid people might laugh at me

Exercise is a great way to preserve your muscle while eating in a calorie deficit.

The part about the keyboard covering your post is the reason why I usually post from the website. I hate trying to fix my typos using my phone. It's not really efficient.