Comments on: How Much do You Need to Eat to Lose Weight?

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:07:50 +0000

I totally agree with you Duncan! Better yet, why care about losing inches? Let’s focus on increasing strength, balance, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance and overall quality of life! I originally posted that quite a while ago and since then my philosophy about health & exercise has changed. Good catch!

By: Duncan Babbage

Duncan Babbage — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:37:15 +0000

Genuine question: if you’re loosing inches and gaining strength, why would you care what you weigh?

By: Amelle

Amelle — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:19:39 +0000

I find that for me, around 1200 calories works really well for weight loss, but i don’t obsess about calorie counting. Instead i try to fill up on salads and veg and add other things in moderation. However, if I know I have over eaten, I will just do extra exercise to burn the excess calories.
You are so right about about the body thinking it is in starvation mode when you don’t have enough calories – it is all about balance.
Amelle recently posted..Minus 50 to 29

By: Functional Fitness

Functional Fitness — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:53:42 +0000

Great post! It is such a fine line between too many calories, too few calories, consuming less that you burn to create a caloric deficit (remember there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat so that’s a deficit of 500 calories/ day EACH DAY of the week – it’s about consistency).

But just a reminder of what we’re up against… I listened to a great podcast (The Rudd Report) which explained that food producers manufacture enough food to account for 3,900 calories/ day PER PERSON. This is what they manufacture regardless of the consumer (age, gender, height, activity level)… 3,900 PER PERSON!! This is what they base their marketing campaigns on. They have to sell this amount at all costs. And let’s not forget the premise of business is to increase the volume of sales each year (and in this case, volume is calories).

Thanks @fitcheerldr for the valuable info. Knowledge is power… so STAY STRONG!

By: findfamilyfitness

findfamilyfitness — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:13:36 +0000

@Janice – Fitness Cheerleaderfitfamilyfun Thanks. For the past few days, I’ve been under 1100 calories, (that was a super workout day!) and 700. Today I am only under 60 or so. I’ll be meeting with the new nutrionist on Monday night.. she’ll help me figure it out!

By: Janice - Fitness Cheerleader

Janice - Fitness Cheerleader — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:36:32 +0000

@findfamilyfitnessfitfamilyfun I think it really depends on how big a deficit is being created by your workouts and how often you do it. Fo instance, if your workout creates a 500 calorie deficit every single day and you aren’t losing any weight, then yes, I would consider making it up. You very well could be going into starvation mode or burning muscle for the energy your body needs for basic functioning.

By: findfamilyfitness

findfamilyfitness — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:37:10 +0000

AH, this is fast becoming my biggest problem. I am not eating enough! I’m eating the base calories that MyFitnessPal tells me to eat, but I’m having a REALLY hard eating up my exercise calories! Do i REALLY have to freak out and eat thiose?

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:10:09 +0000

Not too much. Not too little.
I’ve proven that to myself both ways.
I’m not particularly heavy, but have some love in my midsection – wouldn’t mind losing a bit of the jiggles.
That said, i don’t lose “pounds” easily – its the darndest thing. Inches? Yep. Strength improvement? Yep. Endurance? Yep. Pounds? Nope.
I’m SLIGHTLY cutting back my portions and cutting out some nuts and goodies every once in a while. Water is big for me. And eating ENOUGH is important for me. And. And. And.

By: Tamona

Tamona — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:45:38 +0000

Now this makes sense. I spend the bulk of my day sitting so if I consume less calories (since I don’t eat much) then that will help me get where I want to be. Thank you…you make me happy I tweet!

By: Help Future

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By: fitcheerldr (Janice Smith)

fitcheerldr (Janice Smith) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:04:30 +0000

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