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Quoting Janet:
I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop 15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily fruit, veggies and fish. I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you?? I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do any of you live by that?? Eating 15x-13x bodyweight is more like maintenance calories, especially for women. Try 12x-10x or less instead. What do you weigh, how tall are you, how much do you have to lose? That's important to take into account. |
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I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop
15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily fruit, veggies and fish. I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you?? I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do any of you live by that?? J |
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... I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop 15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily fruit, veggies and fish. I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you?? I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do any of you live by that?? I seem to average 1800-2300ish/day; the only reason I know this is because fitday tells me :) but I don't count them or base my food intake on them at all...and I'm inactive...if that helps any :). -- Sherry 364/319/195 low carb since 4/3/05 http://lowcarb.owly.net - NEW PICS 6/30 - NEW RECIPES 7/4 |
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"Janet" wrote: I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop 15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily fruit, veggies and fish. I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you?? I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do any of you live by that?? J I don't eat anywhere NEAR 15x my bodyweight and I hit the gym 5 days per week for close to 2 hours. ;-) Weight loss is still slow....... -- Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson |
The only reason to pay attention to calories on low-carb is to make sure
you're getting enough, not trying to restrict them. The beauty of a low-carb plan will generally mean you're getting less calories by default. on Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:41:01 -0600, "Janet" wrote: I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop 15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily fruit, veggies and fish. I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you?? I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do any of you live by that?? ----- Bev |
One can do low calorie and low carb at the same time.
For most of my diet I averaged around 1400 calories per day. I'm male and 5'8". "Janet" wrote in message ... I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop 15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily fruit, veggies and fish. I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you?? I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do any of you live by that?? J |
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Bev-Ann wrote:
The only reason to pay attention to calories on low-carb is to make sure you're getting enough, not trying to restrict them. The beauty of a low-carb plan will generally mean you're getting less calories by default. boggle I suppose that could be true for some people (in fact I'm sure it is), but I don't believe it to be true for most lowcarbers, esp. as they get closer to goal. Once one gets accustomed to adding more fat to one's diet, it is extremely easy to get calorie creep and the resultant slowing/reversal of the weight loss. That isn't to say that everyone who low carbs needs to specifically track their calories. But, whether or not you count them, calories do still count. And, I have to say I'm not entirely convinced by the idea that low carbers generally have to exercise vigilence to ensure that their calories don't drop too low. While some people might go through phases when their calorie consumption is perhaps lower than optimal, most people who are low carbing to lose weight don't seem to have a long term problem with that. Martha on Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:41:01 -0600, "Janet" wrote: I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop 15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily fruit, veggies and fish. I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you?? I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do any of you live by that?? ----- Bev -- Sig pending |
Janet wrote:
I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop 15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily fruit, veggies and fish. I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you?? I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do any of you live by that?? J Hi -- I don't count calories. My goals this month are not eating if I'm not hungry and stabilizing my blood sugar. I'm still working on the first, and have (so far) accomplished the second. It's still an automatic reaction to think I need something to munch on if I'm watching TV. I'm not snacking, but if I think I want something to eat I'm still at the "are you REALLY hungry?" stage. Carbs less than 30g daily and my average calories are 1,000 to 1,500 a day (which is way less than 10x for me). One day I had almost 2,000 calories (tracking on Fitday) and seemed to be really hungry that day. The next day was only 500 (and no prob with BG) and I wasn't hungry at all. But it averaged out at about 1,400 daily for the week. Female just shy of 6' tall 7 pounds lost in July FBG 100 |
I've seen several people on this ng who claim to have lowered their
calories to ridiculous levels (less than 1200/day) and then come here asking why they've stopped losing weight, so it does appear to be a problem. on Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:48:04 -0400, Martha Gallagher wrote: And, I have to say I'm not entirely convinced by the idea that low carbers generally have to exercise vigilence to ensure that their calories don't drop too low. While some people might go through phases when their calorie consumption is perhaps lower than optimal, most people who are low carbing to lose weight don't seem to have a long term problem with that. ----- Bev |
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