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MidnightMelodic
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Posted: 27 October 2009 09:06 pm |
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New dieter here,
I'm an 18 year old female, 5'5" tall, 260 pounds. I've used a multitude of online calorie calculators to calculate how many calories I should eat per day to lose weight. They've all summed up around 2500 to lose weight, but here's the issue I'm having with that number: I normally eat about 1800-2000 calories a day, and burn about 300-500 calories per day through exercise, making a net total of 1300-1500 calories per day. According to this logic, I'd actually have to start forcing myself to eat MORE in order to lose weight, which doesn't make sense. I'm pretty fit and active for my size, and my weight is evenly distributed throughout my body so a lot of people tell me I don't look 260 pounds (I don't FEEL 260 pounds, but I'm not comfortable with how heavy I actually am -_-) And this is why I'm dieting. I could really use some advice.
With all these complicated numbers and things to keep track of, I'm personally starting to feel more fond of the simple and raw "eat less, move more" logic. :P
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Nir
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Posted: 27 October 2009 11:06 pm |
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I trust that our website wasn't one of those you used.
Using the calculators on our site your unadjusted RMR works out at 1960. Given your current BMI (43.3) it would be safe to eat as little as 75% of that (1470). Certainly I would do that (eat roughly 1500 calories) if I wanted to lose at a faster rate or if it appeared I was stalling - converesely I would increase calories if reducing to this level made me lethargic and unable to continue with my activities. (The idea of eating fewer calories than your unadjusted RMR is in recognition of the fact that the RMR formula is flawed for people with high BMIs.)
May I ask if you've been staying the same or going down and if so at what rate?
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