Originally Posted by
krisy
I have found this to be a great way to loose weight. I found a website that said most women will loose weight eating 1500 calories or less a day. Minimum of 1200. When I started I was only eating 1200 or less which was fine in the beginning,but after a while wasn't enough because of the physical job I have and the amount of excercise I do everyday.
You don't have to deprive yourself on anything,BUT you have to moderate those goodies if you want to eat the rest of the day. I have dropped a lot of weight,but I am in a plateau right now and I'm pulling my hair out!! I only have 20 more pounds to go,but it is dripping off and I'm hungry all the time. From what I have read,this is a plateau. Your body starts making you hungry non stop because it feels its being starved. I'm supposed to up my cals slightly and up my workouts.
Might be a good idea for anyone struggling that doesn't want to give up fattening food completely. Eat as healthy as possible so you can have more,but slip in some good stuff too.
The actual formula is to burn off more calories than you take in to lose weight. There are too many variables to the topic to have any one set program. It starts with you as an individual, your body type, and how your body uses calories and goes from there. It also depends on your goal. If it's just to drop pounds PERIOD, that's a different goal than just getting rid of fat (especially while retaining lean body mass).
If you're at a plateau, try something different for 3-5 days. Your body is going to adjust to whatever you try, one way or the other, and your body WILL protect its fat stores at the expense of lean muscle. You have to trick it, basically.
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