Is my plan good enough to lose weight?

newchapter99
newchapter99 Posts: 1 Member
edited September 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm going to run an hour everyday, eat 1800 calories which is 300 less than normal and run to burn 300 so i'll have a deficit of 600. Is this good? I'm a male 6'2 & 250lbs

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    How old are you?

    As long as you're in a calorie deficit you'll lose weight.
  • 22MaiHicka22
    22MaiHicka22 Posts: 35 Member
    Oh definitely!!
    As long as you keep to a strict diet as well! Make sure you ease yourself into it. For example do 20mins at first, then 30mins and gradually build up to 60mins otherwise you could hurt yourself!

    Feel free to add me , I like to support every one every day xp .
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    You don't need a strict diet. If by less than normal, you mean less than maintenance...you're gold. About a pound a week. :)
  • bethannien
    bethannien Posts: 556 Member
    Enter your stats into MFP. If you're looking to maintain a 600 per day deficit, maybe set it to lose 1.5 lbs per week? There's a lot we can't tell you because the information given is incomplete. But even assuming you're 35 at your height and weight and sedentary, your TDEE is 2500 calories. So even before exercise, all you'd need to cut down to is 1900 per day before exercise to achieve the same deficit.

    However, this is assuming info. It's hard to really tell you without all the pieces of the puzzle
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    If you are in a deficit, you'll lose weight. The size of your deficit is ultimately up to you and your body! :)
    I aim for a deficit of anything from 250-500 depending on how I feel that particular day. There are days when I am simply hungry and need more food, there are days when I don't really want to work-out as intensely as the previous day. When I was on a strict "MUST LOSE 2 POUND EVERY WEEK" plan, my deficit was very aggressive and it burned me out. From personal experience, slow and steady wins the race.

    Experiment with what works for you. :)
  • revengedoctor21
    revengedoctor21 Posts: 4 Member
    Weight lifting / a combination of pushups/squats/chin ups/planks would probably be better. It would make you gain muscle which would increase your metabolism. If you are really intent on the running look up the 8 week hitt program. Its designed for maximum rewards in less time (but tons of effort). http://www.cutandjacked.com/HIIT-8-Week-Cardio-Interval-Training-Progression
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited September 2016
    How are you arriving that your TDEE is 2100 calories at 18 year old male, 6'2" and 250 pounds?

    Did you by chance put your stats in MFP, and tell the system that you want to lose X pounds? If you did what did that give you?

    How are you arriving that your 1 hour running secession burns 300 calories?

    You do know that MFP gives you a calorie deficit and your are actually supposed to eat back a portion of your calculated exercise calorie burns to NET the MFP calorie goal?

    The thing about using all of your said calorie burns from exercise calorie burns as 1/2 of your daily calorie deficit really is not the way you should do this.

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