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So you want to lose weight? As we've seen on the Biggest loser time and time again losing weight can be a very emotional thing (Jillian do we really have to make people cry every episode?). To minimize the amount of emotion involved and mental blockage to turning on that switch I talked about in my last post I wanted to talk about something very logical you can do to understand what you get to eat in a day.
When I started losing weight the thing I was most concerned about was being hungry all the time, but then I spoke to a friend who had lost a considerable amount of weight. He told me
"Brandon, you don't need to be hungry, you just need to know the amount of calories you get each day and then go under that number".
I could hardly believe what I was hearing! I didn't need to be hungry? Well, if I needed proof I had it. He'd lost 70 pounds in 10 months!
So in this first real step I want to let you know that you don't need to do a binge diet, if you want to follow the success I have had and success others have had that I've spoken to, then you need to make a For-Life change.
Let me repeat that again, you need to make a For-Life change. I am using the word For-Life as a term that means exactly what you think it does... Yep, that's right all the way until you kick the bucket.
On the way hand, you could take this as a very imposing task... changing your life for your entire life. Or on the other hand, you might actually take a step back, take a breath, and realize that you can spend as much time doing this as you need to! You don't need to look good tomorrow, you just need to feel better each day!
Anyway, let's figure out how many calories you need per day!
DietBlog has about the best Calorie Calculator I've seen out there:
Calorie Calculator (open this in a new window so you don't lose me here)
After you have figured what your caloric intake is each day you need to remember 2 things.
1.) 3500 Calories = 1 pound
2.) 1 to 2 pounds of fat is the MAX you should be losing each week
3.) Although you WILL lose more than 2 pounds a week starting out most of that will be water weight, so remember not to get discouraged when you hit a very natural plateau in about 6 weeks.
I'll tell you about the plateau I had in my diet in my next post.
Subscribe and Stay tuned!
When I started losing weight the thing I was most concerned about was being hungry all the time, but then I spoke to a friend who had lost a considerable amount of weight. He told me
"Brandon, you don't need to be hungry, you just need to know the amount of calories you get each day and then go under that number".
I could hardly believe what I was hearing! I didn't need to be hungry? Well, if I needed proof I had it. He'd lost 70 pounds in 10 months!
So in this first real step I want to let you know that you don't need to do a binge diet, if you want to follow the success I have had and success others have had that I've spoken to, then you need to make a For-Life change.
Let me repeat that again, you need to make a For-Life change. I am using the word For-Life as a term that means exactly what you think it does... Yep, that's right all the way until you kick the bucket.
On the way hand, you could take this as a very imposing task... changing your life for your entire life. Or on the other hand, you might actually take a step back, take a breath, and realize that you can spend as much time doing this as you need to! You don't need to look good tomorrow, you just need to feel better each day!
Anyway, let's figure out how many calories you need per day!
DietBlog has about the best Calorie Calculator I've seen out there:
Calorie Calculator (open this in a new window so you don't lose me here)
After you have figured what your caloric intake is each day you need to remember 2 things.
1.) 3500 Calories = 1 pound
2.) 1 to 2 pounds of fat is the MAX you should be losing each week
3.) Although you WILL lose more than 2 pounds a week starting out most of that will be water weight, so remember not to get discouraged when you hit a very natural plateau in about 6 weeks.
I'll tell you about the plateau I had in my diet in my next post.
Subscribe and Stay tuned!
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