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A few newbie questions - calories?
I am looking into starting a low-carb diet - maybe atkins? On Atkins for example, would you be able to eat a maintenance amount of calories and lose body fat, as long as you are in ketosis? Or do you still have to eat at a deficit (eg 1200) to lose weight? And would you be able to lose weight with Atkins if you are already…
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A stupid question...
But if I was to eat a bag of sweets (pretty much pure sugar, nothing nutritional) in place of a meal (so 500 calories of sweets instead of 500 calories soup and bread etc), still keeping within my calorie limits to lose weight (my BMR) - would that still be acceptable? Or would the sugar get stored as fat if I didn't…
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Worried...
Although I am a healthy weight I have gained a little and have been trying to lose weight the past month. I have been eating around 1200 cals a day (apart from some days, a couple at 2000, a couple more at 1600-800ish) and exercising most days, either walking or at the gym or both. When I go to the gym I do weight training…
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Advice please - speeding up weight loss.
I'm really fed up of my weight loss being so slow... Apparently I can only lose half a pound a week, even though I have MFP set to 2lbs. MFP recommend 1200 calories a day, if I go to the gym then I eat back some of those calories because I am scared of losing muscle. My BMR is only about 1200. I only need to lose about…
