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Old October 11th, 2003, 02:25 PM
Robyn Rosenthal
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Default Confusion over calories and healthy weight loss

From: Luna


If there is anyone here with good, sound, medical advice on this, please
help me to clear up my confusion and possibly wrong assumptions.

First, what rate of weight loss is healthy? Is it 1% of body weight per
week? More? Less?

Second, is it true that to lose weight you should eat 8 - 10 times your
body weight in calories? So a 120 pound person who wants to lose weight
would eat between 960 and 1200 calories a day? My confusion comes from
thinking that's a mighty small amount of calories. (Not that I weigh 120
pounds, lol)

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-Michelle Levin (Luna)


I can't give you any advice based on medical knowledge, but I can tell you what
I found with regards to calories.

Of course YMMV.

It is very easy for me to undereat & when I do I both stop losing weight & I
get sick.

As long as I stick to an average of 11-12 Kcalories per pound of bodyweight I
lose weight. I do not lose as fast as some people do, if you saw my pictures it
took over a year to make that change but I am lifting weights & trying lower my
BF% not just my scale weight.

As for your example of a 120 pound person having to eat 960 calories a day to
lose, that would depend upon their BF%,but I have read in many places that you
should not eat below 1200 a day without medical supervision on a regular basis.

If you are not feeling a constant gnawing hunger and are not feeling cold &
weak, but you are losing weight steadily then you are probably eating the right
amount. Just remember that as you lose weight, you need less fuel so adjust
your portion sizes down a little periodically.

Robyn