From Teresa, Age 14 - 04/04/06 - IP#: 69.85.150.xxx Click here to reply
Ht. 5'5'', Wt. s-210 c-202.5 g-125 - I have a question. You lose wieght by burning more calories than you consume. So i burn about 500-600 on a regulary day at the gym. Does that mean i should eat less than 500 calories a day? Please reply.
Reply from anne, Age 19 - 04/05/06 - IP#: 131.229.170.xxx okay- first go to the website to see how many calroeis your body burns per day withour exersize. then, ask yourself how many pound would be healthy for you to lose a week? for every pound a week that you want to lose, subtract 500 calories a day(and/or work off 500 calories at the gym. that is how many calories you should be eating to lose weight. example: i want to lose 3 lbs a week (which is good for my weight- but probably n ot healthjy for someone smaller). i burn 2600 calories a day, then i work out around 400calories off at the gym, after that i eat 1500 calories per day to get a 3 pound loss. 2600burned+400burned at gym=3000-1500calories that i ate=1500calories burned more than consumed per day.
Reply from Teresa, Age 14 - 04/04/06 - IP#: 69.85.150.xxx anne you confused me. id really like to get what you mean, but im really confused. can you please try to explain it one more time.
Reply from anne, Age 19 - 04/04/06 - IP#: 131.229.170.xxx no- you do not only burn calories during exersize- your body burns calories just by being alive. go to- http://ww5.fitnessmagazine.com/fitness/multimedia.jhtml;jsessionid=04PXFKCHKZQC1QFIBQSCCAQ?multimediaId=/templatedata/fitness/multimedia/data/1130272109023.xml&catref=ftn18 to see how many calories you need to maintain the weight your at, then subtract 1000 calories from it to lose 2 lbs a week or 500 calories to lose 1 lb a week and that's how much you need to eat just to lose- plus by exersizing you are adding to your daily caloric burn! such as today i burnt 2600 calories just for being alive, i exersized 500 calories off and i ate 1600 calories. my loss for today was 1500 calories- if i keep that up i will lose 3lbs a week.
Reply from Teresa, Age 14 - 04/04/06 - IP#: 69.85.150.xxx oh thanks so much guys
Reply from Chrissy, Age 18 - 04/04/06 - IP#: 72.146.189.xxx NO! That can be extremely dangerous. Your body naturally burns calories. Go to http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/dee to see how many calories your body naturally burns a day. You should never eat less than 1200 calories per day. Hope this helps. Good Luck!
Reply from brittney, Age 14 - 04/04/06 - IP#: 24.45.138.xxx no 500 calories is totally not enough
