I want to start this post off by saying that we had our weekly weigh in for our Biggest Loser competition. I lost 4 pounds since our last weigh in. We always weigh in on Monday nights but I was off work last week because of my knee so I didn't get to weigh in until Wednesday. So I lost 4 pounds since Wed. Not too bad I guess.
Because of this competition, on breaks and lunches we talk a lot about our weight loss and what we are doing to try and lose the weight. I figured out one of my problems. I have brought my calorie intake down too low. First I was at one extreme by eating way too much, and now I am not eating enough. I track how many calories I eat and also how many I burn at the gym. Yesterday I burned almost 1,100 at the gym but only ate a little under 1,000. Negative calories are not good. So now I have to figure out a way to balance this out. I am not starving myself. I just try to make my meals as low cal as I can. I guess I went way too far. I also think I need to have a few more snacks during the day. That might help bring my intake up a little bit.
If anyone has any knowledge on this, please let me know. Someone at work told me they read online that you should burn about 1,000 calories a day and then eat about 1,600-1,800 calories a day so that you net a little under 1,000 unburned calories for the day. I've already got the burning 1,000 calories. But with what I have been eating, 1,600-1,800 calories just seems like SO much!!! But I don't want to eat the wrong foods either. This is all so confusing!!!!
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I have never counted calories so I dont have any advice here! I know you do need to eat to lose weight tho!
ReplyDeleteI used weight watchers and I know with that program you had to eat more when you exercised. Your exercise points. If you didn't, like you said, you didn't loose weight. Maybe there's some info on line on how much calories you should eat.
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