jas wrote:

I want to lose approx 2 pound per week and i think calorie counting and
restricting my foods to ones I know the calories of is the way to go
for
me.

I am approximately 350 pounds and have a target of end of 2005 to reach
what I term as my ideal weight of 210 pounds.

Initially for calorie counting I need to know how many calories a day
my
body uses when at rest (which is most of the day!) It seems to be BMR
that gives me this figure of 2972 calories per day for a man of my age,
height and weight.

So, to start with I was thinking of keeping my calorie intake to 3000
calories per day (as it is resting figure i was thinking my daily
activities would therefore make me lose a little weight?) and after a
few weeks see how that makes me feel, lose weight, etc and then
increase, decrease accordingly but try and keep somewhere near the 2
pound per week figure.

Is this the way to work when calorie counting?

What Ingnaramus said plus I'd get a good way of tracking your calories in
and calories out (exercise). What I use is a program called DietPower.
There are others, such as FitDay that work well. You can download a 2-
week trial at http://www.dietpower.com. Also, get yourself a decent food
scale, here's a good one:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3654134

I've been tracking everying I eat for over a year now. I've gone from 245
lbs last July to 165 lbs this April. I've been maintaining between 160
and 165 since then.

Phil M.

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If you can empty your own boat
Crossing the river of the world,
No one will oppose you,
No one will seek to harm you. -Chuang Tzu