Please help with these weight questions

1. What will make me lose weight faster weights or cardio? Cardio burns more calories than weight, however both provide health benefits. I want all around health - so I do both. I want to lose fat (not muscle) - so I do both. Strength training will do more to "shape" the end result, but cardio is great for your heart.

2. How many calories should I eat a day to loose weight? I am 34 5'6 and 9st11. Missing activity level. Since you are not terribly overweight - plug in 1/2 (or 1 pound at the very most) for your weekly weight loss goal. MFP will give you a starting number. This number is before exercise. Eat more on workout days (about 50% of calorie burn MFP gives you).

3. What is the definition of calorie deficit? Your body is using calories 24/7. All the calories your body uses including exercise is called TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). Eat less than this number.....you lose weight. The calorie deficit is the number below your TDEE ......250 fewer daily calories for 1/2 pound a week.

Cardio will burn more calories, and increase your aerobic capacity. Weight training will increase your strength and overall physique. The other great thing about weight training is, your body will continue to burn calories even after you are done training. As the more lean muscle you have, the more efficient your body will burn calories.

lorraineness22 wrote: »

So if mfp says I should eat 1200 calories and I want to loose say 1pound a week I should eat 1000 calories? Thanks for all that info I have been doing both cardio and weights for both reasons but just wasn't sure if I was doing it right x

If you've popped in your stats to MFP (including current weight, activity level, and desired weight loss), if it gives you 1200 calories that is how much you eat -- the deficit is already built-in. Depending on the activity level you've put in, you might also need to eat back some of the calories burned during exercise.

lorraineness22 wrote: »

Hi I am new to this app and I am trying to get fit reading a lot of stuff I don't understand I am currently eating a diet plan of just clean eating well trying hard! And working out 4times a week mix of cardio and weights however I have these ???

1,what will make me loose weight faster weights or cardio?

2.how many calories should I eat a day to loose weight? I am 34 5'6 and 9st11

3, what is the definition of calorie deficit mean?

Hope this makes Sence

1. Weight/fat loss is simply a bi-product of your diet...when you consume less energy than you expend, you lose weight, irrespective of what exercise you're doing. Regular exercise has the additional benefit of increasing overall expenditure which makes maintaining a reasonable deficit easier...but exercise isn't inherently for weight loss...if it were, then all of us maintainers wouldn't be crushing it in the gym would we?

2. If you put your stats into MFP, it will calculate a calorie target for you as per your stated goals. Keep in mind that the more aggressive your rate of loss goal is, the less calories you're going to get...and MFP has a floor of 1200. Your target is also without any exercise...meaning if you did no exercise and ate to that target, you would lose weight...because again, losing weight is about your diet, not what exercise you're doing. When you add exercise, you increase activity and thus earn additional calories.

3. I'll use my numbers. Without any exercise I need around 2,300 to maintain my weight. If I want to lose about 1 Lb per week I need a 500 calorie per day deficit...so if I eat 1,800 calories that's what I have....2,300 - 1,800 = 500 calorie deficit. When I exercise I can eat more because my maintenance number will also increase with said exercise.