Please dieters? Calories in, calories out question? Need help???
So when people say burn more calories than you consume, what do they mean? Is that just burning calories from exercise, or including your metabolism?
I burn about 700 calories a day between a 6 mile run at night, gym class, and walking to and from school. Does that mean I’m only aloud to eat 700 calories a day?
Please help anyone who knows what they are talking about because I really need this cleared up for me.
by the way, I eat bout 1500 calories a day, should I be burning that much from exercise???
On average a person can burn 1000-2000 calories in a day by just doing what your suppose too. You burn calories when you work, go to school, clean at home, sit, read, breath, talk, etc. So this is BEFORE you even exercise!
For example: I sleep for 8 hours, i go to work for 8-9 hours, i go to the gym after work for 1 hour and 45 mins, i come home and i sit, watch tv, type on the computer and before i know it i have burned around 2300 calories. And i do that A DAY!
So basically “burn more calories then you consume” shouldn’t exist in my opinion because we all do this a day pretty much. What slows it down is by eating poorly. You can take in 1500 calories, but if its all high fatty foods and high in sugar, your going to store some of the extra fat that is not burned. Now you cant gain any weight by eating 1500 calories a day and being busy like i am. No way. But even tho you burn calories even while sleeping, if you spend most of your time sitting you dont burn calories as fast as someone who is more active therefore some people can stay the same weight from eating 1500 calories if they are too under active to burn them. And if we eat 3500 calories we will gain the pound if we dont burn them.
Working out and eating right help your muscles develop and muscles alone are what help people burn more then a person without as much muscle density, fat cant burn fat, but muscle can.
So what i can say to you is don’t worry, your burning the equal amount of calories off for your body to lose weight and/or stay the size you are now. If you add weight lifting to how you are eating and working out now you will be able to gain muscle and that will create a leaner look to you. So it doesn’t really come down to weight when we think about it, it comes down to body fat % and your BMI. You want to be small in inches, not necessarily pounds.
Dont worry i am sure you are on the right path to losing weight, just continue to do what you are doing, but dont try to get too thin. (and never eat under 1000 calories, to have a sufficient healthy diet eat more then 1000, to sustain muscle mass)
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Hey CG, the simple answer is that to lose weight you have to consume less calories than you burn in total during the same 24hrs. The calories burned includes EVERYTHING you do, so include your normal life and your exercise.
Lets works backwards. Ive found this cool calorie calculator on the attached link. This will tell you how approximately how many calories you need to consume in a day to lose weight based on your age, height, weight and exercise level. Its got some other calculators there to help plan a weight loss routine too.
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You need calories to function, so you shouldn’t try to burn off as much as you consume. If you did that, your body couldn’t nourish itself. You need calories to live. That’s why it’s bad to burn off as much as you consume.
1500 calories a day is a perfect amount to eat. You’ll lose weight , but still have enough calories to sustain your body.