Day 248: Odd….Calories… How do they burn Naturally?
So I am a little confused….. I am short, 5′3″, I weigh,-we’ll just round to 180….so does anyone know how many Calories my body would naturally burn off in a day as inactive person? I can’t seem to figure this out-brain fart-or?
I looked it up on the web , all over, site after site, blog after blog… I found the calculators and everything… these sites are saying, of course as we know, in order to burn 1 pound you must burn 3,500 cal.. ok got it… thats alot of working out, not achievable in a day…. But how many calories will my body naturally burn in a days worth? Of the 1200 cal. eaten, how many of those will naturally diminish?
The reason why I question this is that I currently eat around 1200 cal a day and probably like 30 grams of fat or so.. some days I cheat , most I don’t.. I don’t work out alot, but the weight loss is fairly slow and has gotten alot slower.. now these sites with the free calculators are also saying that to ”MAINTAIN” my weight I would eat about 1700-1800 cal a day -WHOOOAAAAAA! And to loose weight I need to reduce cal. intake, the more I reduce, the more I loose, the more workouts I add of course the more I will loose ( of course never to go under 1200 cal intake ) well DAMN! Then why doesn’t the weight come off quicker?? I am already at the lowest point- 1200 cal a day…… Thats about at least 500 cal less a day, add the workouts and it could be like 700 less per day, x that by 7 days and thats exactly 3500 up to 4900 cal reduce per week… WTF! So add whatever I burn naturally and why isnt the weight coming off lately??
Anybody good at this math stuff? Does the body just not burn alot of calories per day on its won? Cuz my above calculations is only for food intake and added excercise. What about the days when I am very active and do yard work or run around at work all day and so on…..? Where does all this take play? Am I thinking this too hard..? I am really trying to make logical sense of it all.. I am trying to plan out a steady menu and workout routine so that I can get back to my 10 pound loss per month but without going under 1200 cal a day… I will have to add more workouts, which is hard for me, my time is very limited, but I dont know how much more to add??? ugghhh…. I jknow every bit counts, but I want more precise answer……I have a headache now…I would appreciate any feedback……
every body is different. I know when i was 174ish it told me I burn about 1500 calories a day. Now I know it is wrong because I have hormonal issues. everyone is different so unless you do a study who really knows..
you eatin g 1200 might be not enough and you should up it. Funny as it seams your body is probably predicting how much you eat and stops burning as much. just because minimum is 1200 does not mean you should only eat 1200..
If I were you I would up the cals to 1500 plus working out maybe a bit more effectivly and switch it up. trick your body some
This will answer all your questions!
http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html
I agree with kerstina . . . 1200 is really low. Try eating 1500 (for a goal weight of 150 lb.) and see what happens. I don’t think anyone got overweight by eating 1500 cals a day. 1500 cals a MEAL, yeah, OK.
If you start exercising, you’ll need a bit more but I wouldn’t go too far over 1800 unless you’re working out a lot.
It’s not always a simple matter of Calories In - Calories burned = weight loss/gain.
My two cents: the weight won’t come off unless you do some form of exercise. You don’t need to kill yourself at the gym. Walking 20 min a day is a start. I know that it always rains in Olympia but there’s lots of good streets for walking around downtown.
BTW, I just noticed you’ve already lost 58 lbs.! Congratulations!
I agree, eat a few more cals. Maybe a few hundred more as mentioned above. Weightloss does slow down as we get closer to our goal weight as our bodies require less energy to operate
This is a good thing in reality, eventho it sux that it slows down. 5 pounds to an obese person is a WHOLE lot easier to lose quickly than ONE pound to an overweight or normal weight person ! Our bodies required a lot more energy to move us before 
Shoot, I remember how much effort it used to require just to get up out of the chair. I dont ever want to go back there… We will get there, D. Keep it up ~~~
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Good Luck!
Leez