Some advice Please

jaxandmaksmom
jaxandmaksmom Posts: 262 Member
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Hey there, I am new to this site and looking for some help. I have been losing weight for the past 4 months and have dropped 46lbs. I am very pleased with this.. and love my clothes all being too big!! it is amazing. I have recently ( last three weeks) stopped losing and am sitting at that lovely spot and can not get past it... so on the advice of the trainer at my gym I joined here.

In the past few weeks I have been eating about 1300 to 1500 calories a day and working out 6 days a week for an hour of hard cardio and weight training. (weights every other day with 30 min of cardio full hour cardio on weight off days)

I have entered in all my details and the site tells me to eat 1790 calories a day to lose two pounds per week. Does this mean dont go over this number?? Or I have to eat this much a day to keep my body burning the calories. And when I work out will it add more calories onto that number... and do I eat those calories????

I would love and appreciate all the help I can get... I havent opened my diary because I have nothing in it yet.. just joined today... I want to do this right and get it done.. I have alot of weight to lose so any help at all would be great...

Thank you in advance.. have a healthy happy day

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  • amuhlou
    amuhlou Posts: 693 Member
    It means that on days you DO NOT exercise, you shouldn't eat more than 1790. If you exercise, you can eat back the calories you burn from it. So on exercise days you'd be allowed to eat more than 1790.

    The 1790 number is assuming your activity level is set correctly in your profile. For example, even if you work out 6 days/week you are still considered sedentary if you work a 9-5 desk job.
  • twhit24
    twhit24 Posts: 13
    I'd stick with the 1790 calories per day, workout or non-workout day. 1300-1500 might be a little low for 6 days of working out. If you aren't feeding your body it will go into 'starvation mode' and not 'give up' anything.

    I'm a P90x'er and am eating 1800 cals per day. My workout schedule is very similar to yours, 3 days lifting, 3 days cardio. I would maybe try to bump your calories up to that number for a few weeks and see what happens.

    Like my husband says constantly you have to 'feed the machine'...be sure you are eating enough :)

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