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| How do you adjust exercise and calories? |  lambella |
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| #1 |  gi-jane |
May 13 2008 06:04 |
| It does make sense. If you need 2000 cals to get through the typical day you can lose weight steadily consuming 1500 (deficit 500). If you do 1000 cals exercise your original 2000 will increase to 2200 (increased metabolism all day) and your total energy needs for the day become 3200. So if you consume 2500 cals (deficit 700), you're going to lose weight faster than you were before. | ||
| #2 | lambella |
May 13 2008 07:03 |
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Okay, thanks, gi-jane. My daily calorie target is 1,450 and my burn meter reading is 1,950. Deficit 500. I walk and swim, using 1,000 calories each day. If I've understood correctly then my burn meter reading increases by a 1,000 and my calorie intake increases by 200. Deficit now 1,350.
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| #3 | gi-jane |
May 13 2008 07:08 |
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The 1950 burn meter is assuming a certain light level of exercise... say the walking part (maybe 300 cals?). The swimming on top (700?) might take your total energy output for the day to 2600. So you should be consuming about 1900-2100 a day to keep the deficit between 500 and 700 and losing weight steadily. Never allow more than 1000 cals deficit between what you burn up and what you take in. It tends to slow down weight-loss. |
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| #4 | lambella |
May 13 2008 07:33 |
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Hey, gi-jane You're really helping me understand these things. You're better than the official contacts. My burn meter reading of 1,950 is at sedentary level but now I am taking regular exercise should I adjust the meter? If so, I would select 'light' and it would go to 2,200 (the walking as you said) then the swimming is extra. I didn't know about the 1,000 calorie deficit rule, so that's a bonus. |
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| #5 | chub2lose |
May 14 2008 18:49 |
Original Post by gi-jane: Question for gi-jane... when you said above that, "your original 2000 will increase to 2200 (increased metabolism all day)," where did you get the number 200 from? I understand that it is from increased metabolism but how do you know it is 200 and not 100 or 300? I would love to know! I recently vamped up my workouts and now have a much higher burn. I eat more to keep my daily deficit at 500 calories (I do not do well with a greater deficit than this) but my weight loss has slowed. Maybe there are some hidden calories I am not accounting for. 200 calories for a metabolism boost could make a big difference. Thanks in advance for any advice / explanation!! |
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