How many calories shoud I burn?

Eundongg
Eundongg Posts: 3 Member
edited November 20 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone

I want to lose upto 2kg per month is that possible? If yes how many calories should I burn each day if my total calories is 1200?

Thanks

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  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    Height weight age gender activity level???
    Why do you think you should eat 1200?
  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    edited July 2017
    Also height,current weight and goal weight?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    No one knows anything about you.
    You could weigh 50kg or 150kg, young/old, active/inactive, short/tall etc. etc.

    Really good idea to read the sticky threads at the top of the Getting Started forum to understand how to use this site for losing weight.
  • Eundongg
    Eundongg Posts: 3 Member
    amtyrell wrote: »
    Also height,current weight and goal weight?
    Female
    Height 152
    Current weight 57
    Goal weight 45
    And when I started using this app it suggested to me that I should eat 1200 calories so that why I am eating 1200
  • Eundongg
    Eundongg Posts: 3 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    No one knows anything about you.
    You could weigh 50kg or 150kg, young/old, active/inactive, short/tall etc. etc.

    Really good idea to read the sticky threads at the top of the Getting Started forum to understand how to use this site for losing weight.

    I am 57kg and my height is 152cm and yeah most of the day I am sitting on my office.

    Thank you for the advise
  • StonedDigiMonk
    StonedDigiMonk Posts: 7 Member
    edited July 2017
    Well, your BMR roughly is 2000 Cal, which is what your body burns to stay alive, so to speak. Note that this 2000 Cal is a massive approximation based on your body type, lifestyle and more. But let's just stick with 2000 Cal to get thru the math.

    You take in 1200 Cal, so you create a daily deficit of 800 Cal. One lb of fat is roughly 3500 Cal.

    So assuming the entire deficit of 800 Cal per day is met by burning fat, you would take roughly 4.5 days to burn 1 pound of fat. (The actual amount of deficit that is met by burning fat versus burning muscle is again a function of body type, metabolism pathways etc... more on this some other day).

    Thus net net, if you burn 1lb fat every 4.5 days, to lose 2Kg of weight, you would take = approx 20days. For the kind of numbers you've given, it is safe to assume that 1200 Cal per day will result in 2Kg weight loss per month.

    In other words, you would need to just be moderately active to keep your BMR close to 2000 Cal per day and not need to do too much more in terms of burning calories. The key would be to keep yourself active such that your metabolism is doing its work =
    a) split the 1200 cal into 5 meals : 400, 300, 300, 150, 50 cal each
    b) keep the carbs high in the morn and lite with each progressive meal
    c) Avoid sugar in any meal

    You should easily, for your weight, height lose 2Kg per month with the above.
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    StonedDigiMonk wrote: »
    Well, your BMR roughly is 2000 Cal, which is what your body burns to stay alive, so to speak. Note that this 2000 Cal is a massive approximation based on your body type, lifestyle and more. But let's just stick with 2000 Cal to get thru the math.

    You take in 1200 Cal, so you create a daily deficit of 800 Cal. One lb of fat is roughly 3500 Cal.

    So assuming the entire deficit of 800 Cal per day is met by burning fat, you would take roughly 4.5 days to burn 1 pound of fat. (The actual amount of deficit that is met by burning fat versus burning muscle is again a function of body type, metabolism pathways etc... more on this some other day).

    Thus net net, if you burn 1lb fat every 4.5 days, to lose 2Kg of weight, you would take = approx 20days. For the kind of numbers you've given, it is safe to assume that 1200 Cal per day will result in 2Kg weight loss per month.

    In other words, you would need to just be moderately active to keep your BMR close to 2000 Cal per day and not need to do too much more in terms of burning calories. The key would be to keep yourself active such that your metabolism is doing its work =
    a) split the 1200 cal into 5 meals : 400, 300, 300, 150, 50 cal each
    b) keep the carbs high in the morn and lite with each progressive meal
    c) Avoid sugar in any meal

    You should easily, for your weight, height lose 2Kg per month with the above.

    None of the bolded has any effect on weight loss. It's all about calories. How you divide them or what you eat to reach that goal does not matter one bit.
  • V4kerker
    V4kerker Posts: 33 Member
    Try this link. Got it from someone on here, can't remember who.
    http://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/
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