Burning all the calories I eat
kaylajoey
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Hi, I am 5 8 and weigh approx. 157 lbs. I just started working out hard a few days ago, and what I've been doing is going to the gym at night to burn as many calories as I have ate that day. I am trying to lose minimum of 30 lbs in 9 or 10 weeks. Anyone know if this is possible? Or unhealthy?
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This is incredibly unhealthy. Please stop. You need to NET calories in order for your body to function. NET -- so if you are working out, you need to eat MORE than you are going to burn.
When I first started doing my weight loss, I saw a nutritionist who filled me in about BMR and TDEE.
BMR -- the Basal Metabolic Rate -- how many calories you burn if you just sit and breathe all day -- you should eat at least this number
TDEE -- Total Daily Energy Expenditure -- how many calories you should eat to stat at your same weight.
In order to lose weight, eat between these two numbers.
I'm including two websites, that have calculations to figure out your BMR and TDEE
BMR -- http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
TDEE -- http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/harris-benedict-equation/
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It may be possible, but it's unhealthy and unsustainable. As you don't have much to lose, eat the calories MFP gives you to lose 1lb a week and eat back all at least a good proportion of your exercise calories. You'll still be at a calorific deficit and won't make yourself ill, tired and weak.0
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VERY unhealthy.
Remember that you're ALWAYS burning calories, not just when you're exercising.
Even if you stayed in bed 24/7, you'd burn more than 1200 calories. The second you get out of bed, you're burning more that that. Add exercise on top, and your burn gets even higher.
Trying to burn off the calories you eat by exercise alone... and you'd be expecting your car to drive cross country on a half a tank of gas.0 -
Let me ask you this- if you had a friend who ate NO food for 10 weeks but didn't work out, would you be concerned? Of course, because that's called anorexia and its a seriouse disease that affects people physically and psychologically. If you consistently burn off every single calorie you eat in a day at the gym, everyday for 10 weeks, that's not much different. You are leaving your body with NO fuel to do things like breathe, run your organs, and perform all the tasks a body needs to do to keep itself alive. Pretty soon, your body is going to panic and start conserving every bit of energy (food) you give it. It won't want to give up the fat cells because it feels it needs them to live. Your metabolism will slow down so it can burn less energy. Even more, when you've finally lost the weight and start eating again, your body and metabolism will be so messed up you'll gain it all back immediately. What you are doing sounds like exorcise anorexia and it sounds dangerous, impossible, and unhealthy.
Here's what you CAN do. If you are 5'8, you most likely need to be aiming for 1 lb or 1/2 lb a week weight loss. When you set up your goals in MFP, it will tell you how many calories you need to NET (means you eat back your exorcise calories) in order to lose that much weight a week healthily. For example, if you NET 1200 calories, that means you can eat 1600 and burn off 400 at the gym. Those remaining calories help your body to function at a normal and healthy level.
Trying to crash diet will only cause your body to... well, crash.7 -
Definitely not healthy. You and I are the same height. You are in the normal weight range right now. But I understand wanting to lose more. I have a goal of 135 myself. You will probably look great in the 130's. But 30 pounds in 10 weeks is not realistic for your body size right now. I would aim more for 10-15 pounds in 10 weeks.
Imagine how good you will look close to 140 pounds! that way you can lose the healthy way and look and feel good in the process.0 -
Unhealthy... unless you particularly like the skinny fat look... and want no energy and rubbish hair and nails...4
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Hi, I am 5 8 and weigh approx. 157 lbs. I just started working out hard a few days ago, and what I've been doing is going to the gym at night to burn as many calories as I have ate that day. I am trying to lose minimum of 30 lbs in 9 or 10 weeks. Anyone know if this is possible? Or unhealthy?
It's called exercise bulimia.4 -
Hi, I am 5 8 and weigh approx. 157 lbs. I just started working out hard a few days ago, and what I've been doing is going to the gym at night to burn as many calories as I have ate that day. I am trying to lose minimum of 30 lbs in 9 or 10 weeks. Anyone know if this is possible? Or unhealthy?
While "possible" you will definitely lose lean muscle to do it and could basically disrupt your metabolism with losing that fast. As to health, fast weight loss usually comes back as fast weight regain which isn't good on the heart.
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That isn't right on any level. I'm assuming you don't want your muscle mass?2 -
That is horrible. That would be like not eating anything on days you don't workout.0
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YOU WILL GET TOLD DIFF THINGS i MEAN YOU NEED TO EAT BUT I EAT 1200 CALORIES AND i BURN SOMETIMES 1100 SOMETIMES MAYBE ONLY 600 TO 700 MY TRAINER TOLD ME TO JUST AT LEAST EAT 1200 CALORIES BECAUSE I FIND IT HARD TO EAT BACK ALL OF MY EXERCISE CALORIES AS SOME PEOPLE SAY TO DO AND SO FAR i HAVE BEEN LOSING.18
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*watches post to see people rip it apart*
i was gonna add that this is border line ED behavior, but i already read all the comments and they pretty much get the point across
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i would take a little bit healthier route! I also have a large goal, but I set mine at 2lbs per week, which a lot of people still say that is not healthy. However, I am losing about 2-3 per week right now. I burn 500 calories every day working out to lose a pound and I eat 500 less calories based on BMR to lose another, and so far it has been working.1
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Oh no! Please stop! Not good for you......0
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In the long run it is very unhealthy - if all you want to do is lose weight, it might work but that is all you will be doing losing the weight. You need to feed your body accordingly for it to function accordingly - before you know it you might find yourself with out energy and the possibility of binges are very high.0
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3lbs a week for a 157lb person? Safe weight loss would be 1% of your total body weight
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So does that mean, at 320 pounds, that my safe weight loss is actually 3 pounds a week, not 1.5? If that's true I might adjust my goals.1 -
Op thanks for reaching out for advice. Eat my friend Eat healthy and work out and you will lose weight. But I think working out every calorie you eat is not a good idea and can be potentially unhealthy. Maybe eat the reccomended MFP calories and eat some of your calories back if you can but don't work out every calorie you eat. On your work out days you should actually try to eat more.1
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YOU WILL GET TOLD DIFF THINGS i MEAN YOU NEED TO EAT BUT I EAT 1200 CALORIES AND i BURN SOMETIMES 1100 SOMETIMES MAYBE ONLY 600 TO 700 MY TRAINER TOLD ME TO JUST AT LEAST EAT 1200 CALORIES BECAUSE I FIND IT HARD TO EAT BACK ALL OF MY EXERCISE CALORIES AS SOME PEOPLE SAY TO DO AND SO FAR i HAVE BEEN LOSING.
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3lbs a week for a 157lb person? Safe weight loss would be 1% of your total body weight
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So does that mean, at 320 pounds, that my safe weight loss is actually 3 pounds a week, not 1.5? If that's true I might adjust my goals.
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3lbs a week for a 157lb person? Safe weight loss would be 1% of your total body weight
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So does that mean, at 320 pounds, that my safe weight loss is actually 3 pounds a week, not 1.5? If that's true I might adjust my goals.
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The only thing I would add is that if you are a fit 320 lbs, near the normal weight range for your height then that may be too aggressive. If you have a lot of body fat then I agree with the 1% rule, but not for those that have a lower BF% or are in the "normal" BF% range.
I don't think it would be healthy for me to lose 1% of my BW/week, as a good portion of that would be lean muscle.1 -
SO I AM ONLY 4'11 I AM A 190LBS NOW I WANT TO GET 125 130 WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST MFP HAS ME AT 1200 CALORIES I EXERCISE ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 6 DAYS BURNING 500-700 CALORIES SOMETIMES MORE HOW MANY CALORIES DO YOU SUGGEST I EAT4
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Good god....where do these people come up with these ideas!!!! Yes that is unhealthy. So you can make the decision whether you want to be healthy and fit.....or get skinny, lose weight and develop all kinds of health problems.1
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Hey hunn
I'm 5'8" as well and started at about 150. My goal is also 127 (well, 128 but yeah). I just wanted to let you know that with diet and exercise the right way (as in eating at least 1200 cals plus whatever you burn off working out), you will lose weight. It will be easier at first and then get harder. I've been between 137 and 131 for the past 8 weeks, slowly losing about 1lb a week. The last few lbs will take a lot of work because 127 is low for our height, as under 121 is considered underweight.
Honestly, even going from 157 to 140, you will notice a HUGE difference. Why don't you aim to get to 140-145 by 9-10 weeks from now and try to do it the healthy way? Then you can keep working at it and lose the rest during the 9-10 weeks after that!
Feel free to add me if you want advice / support daily from someone who is the same height and who has similar Start weight and goal weights1 -
Alright everyone chill, hah I only did this for maybe 3 days and was just asking to see if its healthy. Don't need people to be rude! The reason why I even considered this was because I know a girl whos training to be a bikini contest and she is a personal trainer and burned 7000 calories the last time i went to the gym with her. The only reason I am trying to cram as much exercise in now is because in 9/10 weeks I am moving and starting off a new job, I wanted to look good. Then after losing that weight, I was going to just try to maintain it which would mean less cardio and weight training, etc. Thanks for the input though! It was helpful.10
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SO I AM ONLY 4'11 I AM A 190LBS NOW I WANT TO GET 125 130 WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST MFP HAS ME AT 1200 CALORIES I EXERCISE ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 6 DAYS BURNING 500-700 CALORIES SOMETIMES MORE HOW MANY CALORIES DO YOU SUGGEST I EAT
A minimum of 1200 plus what you burn back, preferably your BMR plus what you burn from exercise.1 -
& also I realize that you need the carbs for energy, which is why I saved my cardio for the night time. Guess that doesnt make a difference though -_-2
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Alright everyone chill, hah I only did this for maybe 3 days and was just asking to see if its healthy. Don't need people to be rude! The reason why I even considered this was because I know a girl whos training to be a bikini contest and she is a personal trainer and burned 7000 calories the last time i went to the gym with her. The only reason I am trying to cram as much exercise in now is because in 9/10 weeks I am moving and starting off a new job, I wanted to look good. Then after losing that weight, I was going to just try to maintain it which would mean less cardio and weight training, etc. Thanks for the input though! It was helpful.
It takes me 90 minutes at my highest level of working out to burn 1,000 calories. How long was she at the gym?5 -
Good question, I'm not sure because I met her there and she was already on the treadmill0
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Op you will find a lot of bitterness, a lot of broscience and a lot of people being rude and judgemental. Some people would rather try to be funny and rude instead of being helpful, but you will also find lots of helpful, kind and supportive people. good luck on your journey to good health.Alright everyone chill, hah I only did this for maybe 3 days and was just asking to see if its healthy. Don't need people to be rude! The reason why I even considered this was because I know a girl whos training to be a bikini contest and she is a personal trainer and burned 7000 calories the last time i went to the gym with her. The only reason I am trying to cram as much exercise in now is because in 9/10 weeks I am moving and starting off a new job, I wanted to look good. Then after losing that weight, I was going to just try to maintain it which would mean less cardio and weight training, etc. Thanks for the input though! It was helpful.9
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