|
Now that you know how many calories you get let's go on to the next step. It's really pretty simple let's figure out how many pounds you want to lose.
3500 Calories = 1 pound.
So if I want to lose a pound a week I need to lower my caloric intake by 500 calories a day.
Let's suppose that after calculating your caloric needs per day you discovered that you need 2000 calories a day to maintain your weight.
If you want to lose 1 pounds/week = you then would get 1500 calories a day
If you want to lose 2 pounds/week = 1000 calories/day
For someone in this calorie range I wouldn't suggest trying to lose any more than a pound a week.
If that discourages you, then let me give you some options.
1.) Excercise 3 times per week. If you aren't already doing this then this can be an easy way to not only build muscle and increase your muscle (thus you would burn more calories naturally each day) but also to increase the amount of calories you need each day to maintain. It's a lot easier to go for the 2 pounds/week if your caloric needs are 3000/day!
2.) Go to our third step!
Additional Tips on the second step!
For more information or personal experience on this go to my blog posts that talk about my personal experience with weight loss. Yes, I have done this!
One thing you might want to consider if you are 50+ pounds overweight is buying a spacesaver elliptical. Not only will this allow you to burn calories but it will put less stress on your body while you are trying to get in exercise shape. I was especially concerned about my knees and ankles as I was 6'4" and was 270 pounds!
If you are very overweight look for an elliptical with a high weight limit. The one I picked was the audiostrider 990 from NordicTrack . It has a 325 pound weight limit.
I'm not getting paid anything to say that so trust me it's great! I especially like the space-saver option so you can tuck it up and put it away after you are done.
Just so you know I'm not getting paid the audiostrider 990 is made by Icon Fitness .
They make the same model in several brands. If you want another option other than NordicTrack then check out the other 12 brands that Icon makes this model for. They are the SAME thing!
3500 Calories = 1 pound.
So if I want to lose a pound a week I need to lower my caloric intake by 500 calories a day.
Let's suppose that after calculating your caloric needs per day you discovered that you need 2000 calories a day to maintain your weight.
If you want to lose 1 pounds/week = you then would get 1500 calories a day
If you want to lose 2 pounds/week = 1000 calories/day
For someone in this calorie range I wouldn't suggest trying to lose any more than a pound a week.
If that discourages you, then let me give you some options.
1.) Excercise 3 times per week. If you aren't already doing this then this can be an easy way to not only build muscle and increase your muscle (thus you would burn more calories naturally each day) but also to increase the amount of calories you need each day to maintain. It's a lot easier to go for the 2 pounds/week if your caloric needs are 3000/day!
2.) Go to our third step!
Additional Tips on the second step!
For more information or personal experience on this go to my blog posts that talk about my personal experience with weight loss. Yes, I have done this!
One thing you might want to consider if you are 50+ pounds overweight is buying a spacesaver elliptical. Not only will this allow you to burn calories but it will put less stress on your body while you are trying to get in exercise shape. I was especially concerned about my knees and ankles as I was 6'4" and was 270 pounds!
If you are very overweight look for an elliptical with a high weight limit. The one I picked was the audiostrider 990 from NordicTrack . It has a 325 pound weight limit.
I'm not getting paid anything to say that so trust me it's great! I especially like the space-saver option so you can tuck it up and put it away after you are done.
Just so you know I'm not getting paid the audiostrider 990 is made by Icon Fitness .
They make the same model in several brands. If you want another option other than NordicTrack then check out the other 12 brands that Icon makes this model for. They are the SAME thing!
Posts
