Calories

cbrooke123 wrote: »

I am unsure how I am going to loose 2 pound per week if I have been given 1800 Calories a day I’m just not sure how I would loose weight by eating that many .. someone explain it to
Me !!

It depends on how many calories you burn (daily life burns calories, even sleep burns calories, so it's not just about exercise). If your average daily calorie burn is 2800, which is entirely possible even for a woman (which your profile says you are), then eating 1000 calories less than that will result in about 2 pounds a week weight loss, on average. (It won't be exactly 2 pounds every single week, but it would average out around there.)

In order for your daily calorie burn to be 2800 as a woman, you might need to be taller than average, young, in a a physically active job, have a good bit of weight left to lose, or some combination of those. I'm old, small, and fairly light (5'5", 134-point-something pounds today, sedentary outside of intentional exercise, age 63), so my daily calorie burn is smaller than 2800 . . . but I'd still lose weight on 1800, just rather slowly.

That whole idea that all women need to eat crazy-small numbers of calories, like 1200, is a myth. A few do need to do that, but many don't.

Whatever your goal, just be sure to track accurately - a food scale is super-helpful, quicker/easier than cups/spoons measurments, and more accurate by far than eyeballing or estimating. That way, you'll know where you stand.

This is a good article, if you want more info:

https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/

Have you ever tracked your calorie intake using a food scale before? Most people who have never weighed and logged their food don't know what a particular number of calories worth of food looks like, which leads to thinking that their calorie goal is too high.