just counting calories no excercise ?

I lost my first 25 lbs without exercise. I also wasn't that big to begin with 5'6.5" and just under 170 lbs).

Yes, I've been doing it - I work long hours and generally start and finish when its dark so I can only exercise on weekends most of the time and I'm down 10lbs :-)

how much do you eat

hun you keep asking the same question but there is no right answer. you need to find what is right for you.

its recommended that people with little to no activity eat 1200 calories..but you might find that you're super hungry eating 1200 and need more than that.

we dont know how tall you are, your weight right now or how much you want to lose. that would really help.

If you tell me...
-your age
-height
-current weight
-goal weight

... I can tell you how much you need to eat.

Yes, I've been doing it - I work long hours and generally start and finish when its dark so I can only exercise on weekends most of the time and I'm down 10lbs :-)

how much do you eat

hun you keep asking the same question but there is no right answer. you need to find what is right for you.

its recommended that people with little to no activity eat 1200 calories..but you might find that you're super hungry eating 1200 and need more than that.

we dont know how tall you are, your weight right now or how much you want to lose. that would really help.

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i found this
http://www.healthyweightforum.org/eng/calculators/calories-required/

and it says around 1400 so whoever said 1500 was close

Well it depends on the person, as was stated before there's no right answer to this. Typically the absoloute lowest that's ever reccomended is 1200 cals/ day. Conversely, many diets start at 1,500 cals/ day. Go to your "tools" tab and calculate your BMR. That's the minium required calories you'd need to maintain your weight if you did absoloutly nothing at all (ie. in a coma). Many people can lose if they just eat their BMR. Mind you healthy weight loss is slow. And, in fact, since you've probably screwed yourself over a bit eating such little cals you may gain first then lose.

Honestly I've never bought the whole "I'm too busy to exercise" bit. If there's time to be online, there's time to exercise.

what happens if i eat under that number? like instead of 1200 i eat 1000 or 800

i lost 50 lbs in 2007 by eating 1 meal a day (usually a large side order of mashed potatoes from boston market OR half of a subway 6 inch sandwich) and getting the bulk of my calories from apple juice. I would go through a 64oz bottle of juice in 2 days. I did this for 8 months...and the only reason i stopped was because my hair got very thin and patchy. i never did any real exercise during that time, but i was also very unhealthy...which is why i lost hair.

I was consuming about 800-900 calories a day. it eats away at your body.

when i lost the weight everyone was like "Oh wow you look great what did you do to lose weight" i told them flat out "i dont eat food" and they encouraged me.

so how much do you eat now

well, to elaborate further: i kept the weight that i lost off for 18 months - it helped that i became more active...but then i went on birth control and the hormones made me gain 35 lbs and depression set in. I've maintained my weight (in the 260s) for about 2 years. thankfully i didnt "balloon" up any further. i attribute that to the fact that i've never been a big eater. but now i'm back at square 1.

Since joining MFP, it has me set at 1,570 calories (originally 1600). 200 of those calories come from my medicine - so that right there is 200 calories im not eating. If i take vitamins and supplements thats another 100-150 calories i wont be eating as well. I try to meet my calorie goals within 100 calories.

I exercise several times a week (3-5) but im not great at eating my exercise calories...so when i exercise i always end up with 200-400 extra calories.

I have some bad days, days where i just dont feel like eating, or i get a late start....but then i throw a super healthy smoothie in to the mix.

So in answer to your question...i TRY to consume at least 1450-1500 calories...im not perfect at it. theres stuff i have to work on (like eating breakfast and not trying to get all my calories in at night) but its a learning process.

In all honesty it doesnt matter what time you eat... What matters is what you eat and how often. I eat breakfast at 12 noon and have my last meal at 3 am... Ive lost 20 lbs in last 90 days!

1. We have all dieted before, crash diets or what have you so our metabolisms have slowed down... So speed it up! By eating every 3 or so hours about 250 to 300 cals each meal.

2. Eat fresh foods rather than frozen, stay away from processed foods and sodas for sure! Even diet soda (thats the worst)

3. Drink lots of water! (try not to make a habit of drinking your calories...eat them) I only drink water or coffee (black) during the week and save the calorie drinks for cheat days... (unless its a meal replacement smoothie).

4. Have cheat days...like a reward! I only do cheats when I hit a plateau, which happens on low cal diets about every 6 to 10 lbs or so

5. Eat back your cals from exercise..if you are exercising

6. Definitely park farther away and take the stairs instead of elevators