calories?
 

Hi - i am totally lost when it comes to calories. Should i just google it
and see what the "average woman" should intake or is there a formula for how
many calories a day to eat?

I am using Fitday to track what i eat but then i see all these numbers and
it means nothing to me!! What should the Fat/Protien/Carbs ratio be? I need
to lose weight, not maintain where I am.

Thanks!!

calories?
 

Forgot to mention i am doing Core

calories?
 

"nanner" wrote in message
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Hi - i am totally lost when it comes to calories. Should i just google it
and see what the "average woman" should intake or is there a formula for
how many calories a day to eat?

I am using Fitday to track what i eat but then i see all these numbers and
it means nothing to me!! What should the Fat/Protien/Carbs ratio be? I
need to lose weight, not maintain where I am.

Thanks!!

If you're not losing weight on what you're eating then start to drop
calories. Try eating say 200c a day less and see what happens.

LW
Re-Start - 7/5/06 - 170lbs
Today - 155 lbs
Goal - 130 lbs
Height: 5'6" Female. Age: 61
Don't worry about what people think,
they don't do it very often.
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"Lá~ká~ Wáná" wrote in message
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"nanner" wrote in message
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Hi - i am totally lost when it comes to calories. Should i just google it
and see what the "average woman" should intake or is there a formula for
how many calories a day to eat?

I am using Fitday to track what i eat but then i see all these numbers
and it means nothing to me!! What should the Fat/Protien/Carbs ratio be?
I need to lose weight, not maintain where I am.

Thanks!!

If you're not losing weight on what you're eating then start to drop
calories. Try eating say 200c a day less and see what happens.


Thanks.

Is that as technical as it gets?

LW
Re-Start - 7/5/06 - 170lbs
Today - 155 lbs
Goal - 130 lbs
Height: 5'6" Female. Age: 61
Don't worry about what people think,
they don't do it very often.
===================================

calories?
 

"nanner" wrote:

Hi - i am totally lost when it comes to calories. Should i just google it
and see what the "average woman" should intake or is there a formula for how
many calories a day to eat?

I am using Fitday to track what i eat but then i see all these numbers and
it means nothing to me!! What should the Fat/Protien/Carbs ratio be? I need
to lose weight, not maintain where I am.

Thanks!!


One of the good parts about Weignt Watchers, in my opinion, is that
you don't have to track calories. Watching points (if on points) and
meeeting the basic nutritional guidelines should be sufficient for
weight loss.


Mary

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"nanner" wrote in message
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"Lá~ká~ Wáná" wrote in message
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If you're not losing weight on what you're eating then start to drop
calories. Try eating say 200c a day less and see what happens.


Thanks.

Is that as technical as it gets?


LOL!!! What else can you try? You can exercise more. ;o)

LW
Re-Start - 7/5/06 - 170lbs
Today - 155 lbs
Goal - 130 lbs
Height: 5'6" Female. Age: 61
Don't worry about what people think,
they don't do it very often.
===================================

calories?
 

"Lá~ká~ Wáná" wrote in message
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"nanner" wrote in message
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"Lá~ká~ Wáná" wrote in message
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If you're not losing weight on what you're eating then start to drop
calories. Try eating say 200c a day less and see what happens.


Thanks.

Is that as technical as it gets?


LOL!!! What else can you try? You can exercise more. ;o)

no, i mean i want to know if there is a science to it. with my heght,
weight, level of activity, amount of excercise and age is there an amount of
calories I should be eating. I'm sure athletes have a way to really know
what they are doing with food.

i would like to think of eating as fueling the machine that is me. we all
know the ration of oil to gas to put in our lawn mower but our own nutrition
is a mystery. I am a bit of a Vulcan in my logic but I would like to get
specific here and feel like I really know what I am putting in.

your method seems rather random. we already know "eat less, excercise more"
works

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"Mary in Rock Island IL" wrote in message
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"nanner" wrote:

Hi - i am totally lost when it comes to calories. Should i just google it
and see what the "average woman" should intake or is there a formula for
how
many calories a day to eat?

I am using Fitday to track what i eat but then i see all these numbers and
it means nothing to me!! What should the Fat/Protien/Carbs ratio be? I
need
to lose weight, not maintain where I am.

Thanks!!


One of the good parts about Weignt Watchers, in my opinion, is that
you don't have to track calories. Watching points (if on points) and
meeeting the basic nutritional guidelines should be sufficient for
weight loss.


Mary

i thought maybe someone here would know. i will try the library and google.
yes, WW is nice because they lay out for us "eat less, excercise more" and
don't eat junk. I just want to know more.

i am not counting calories but because i am tracking my intake in fitday i
realize how very little i know.

calories?
 

"nanner" wrote in message
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Hi - i am totally lost when it comes to calories. Should i just google it
and see what the "average woman" should intake or is there a formula for
how many calories a day to eat?

I am using Fitday to track what i eat but then i see all these numbers and
it means nothing to me!! What should the Fat/Protien/Carbs ratio be? I
need to lose weight, not maintain where I am.

Thanks!!

A good formula for a woman is 8-10 cal/lb. Start with 10 and work your way
down if needed.
--
the volleyballchick

calories?
 

this is the reason I do WW, it is so much easier for my math impaired brain
to count to 22 rather than into the thousands, Lee
nanner wrote in message
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Hi - i am totally lost when it comes to calories. Should i just google it
and see what the "average woman" should intake or is there a formula for
how
many calories a day to eat?

I am using Fitday to track what i eat but then i see all these numbers and
it means nothing to me!! What should the Fat/Protien/Carbs ratio be? I
need
to lose weight, not maintain where I am.

Thanks!!