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.
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 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??
you do not have to do induction.
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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 eat close to 15 calories per lb, but I am a man. The number of calories per pound is usually less for women.
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I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to
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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 🙂.
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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
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-[censored]." -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.
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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??
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".
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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
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.
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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.
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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 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 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
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I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to
drop
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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 🙂.
I think the rule of thumb is to eat 10-12 times your current body weight if you want to lose weight and down to 8 if THAT doesn't work. For myself, I need to eat between 1200-1400/day in order to lose weight, and even then it takes some time. I am also more inactive than average.
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.
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.
Sorry, I meant to say "less than 1000/day" in reference to calorie intake.
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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.
It really all depends on metabolism. When I first started lc, I never counted calories and I lost weight, eating 3-5 meals daily, not counting anything but carbs, but as I got closer to goal, I had to watch calories as well. Now I am starting over and like others, I am fearing the big CALORIE count thing. I know better, but I am less active now, I have a very bad knee and a desk job. Just eat until you are satisfied, load in the salads and enjoy.
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I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to
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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 🙂.
I think the rule of thumb is to eat 10-12 times your current body weight if you want to lose weight and down to 8 if THAT doesn't work. For myself, I need to eat between 1200-1400/day in order to lose weight, and even then it takes some time. I am also more inactive than average.
You look great!! Wow, totally different. A question, though---do you have more than one size of the same outfit? I cannot believe how different your side profile is. You don't look like you weigh 137---more like 125.
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"Janet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > 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 🙂.
I think the rule of thumb is to eat 10-12 times your current body weight if you want to lose weight and down to 8 if THAT doesn't work. For myself, I need to eat between 1200-1400/day in order to lose weight, and even then it takes some time. I am also more inactive than average.
Saffire,
You look great!! Wow, totally different. A question, though---do you have more than one size of the same outfit? I cannot believe how different your side profile is. You don't look like you weigh 137---more like 125.
Wow, thanks for the GREAT compliments! No, I don't have the same outfit in different sizes (you're not the first person to ask that :-) I'm handy with a sewing machine and I just keep taking them in, although I REALLY have to buy some new pants soon because after a certain point, taking in the bigger ones just doesn't work anymore because they pooch out oddly where the thighs meet the torso :-) I've been putting it off for a long time because I REALLY want to get to 125 (or at least less than 130) before I do that; otherwise I'll just have to take the NEW ones in. Maybe for my "goal" shots I'll wear something different so people won't think I'm just PhotoShopping the same photo to make it LOOK smaller (I AM PhotoShopping it, but that's for cosmetic changes (literally -- I add extra eyelashes, for instance), not fat manipulation :-)
I strongly suspect that these reports are just plain wrong. A person who is sufficiently calorie restricted for a time goes a bit crazy. A third party check of the food consumption would likely show that the period of low calories was followed by a period of high calories. The measurement method of the calories is suspect too.
At times there have been calorie claims where there was no measurement at all. They guess at what they felt they were doing.
Calorie restriction is immensely unpopular. People will rationalize anything to get more food in their mouths.
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Sorry, I meant to say "less than 1000/day" in reference to calorie intake.
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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.
So you're in the group that doesn't believe the body will go into "starvation mode" and hold onto fat reserves when calories drop too low for extended periods of time?
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I strongly suspect that these reports are just plain wrong. A person who is sufficiently calorie restricted for a time goes a bit crazy. A third party check of the food consumption would likely show that the period of low calories was followed by a period of high calories. The measurement method of the calories is suspect too.
At times there have been calorie claims where there was no measurement at all. They guess at what they felt they were doing.
Calorie restriction is immensely unpopular. People will rationalize anything to get more food in their mouths.
I see "starvation mode" as a myth used to rationalize eating more food. It has some bad science behind it, that seems to be based on a change of T3 (thyroid) levels at an average of 600 calories per day.
The reality is dieters eating 3000 calories per day, and moaning that they are stalled because of starvation mode.
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So you're in the group that doesn't believe the body will go into "starvation mode" and hold onto fat reserves when calories drop too low
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I strongly suspect that these reports are just plain wrong. A person who
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sufficiently calorie restricted for a time goes a bit crazy. A third
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check of the food consumption would likely show that the period of low calories was followed by a period of high calories. The measurement
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of the calories is suspect too.
At times there have been calorie claims where there was no measurement at all. They guess at what they felt they were doing.
Calorie restriction is immensely unpopular. People will rationalize anything to get more food in their mouths.
There's a huge difference between 1000 calories/day and 3000/day. I highly doubt that's happening. There are also the reports from people in this ng that got a whoosh when they added more fat, thus more calories, to their diet.
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Right.
I see "starvation mode" as a myth used to rationalize eating more food. It has some bad science behind it, that seems to be based on a change of T3 (thyroid) levels at an average of 600 calories per day.
The reality is dieters eating 3000 calories per day, and moaning that they are stalled because of starvation mode.
2. More fat does not automatically mean more calories.
3. You're an idiot.
-- Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW
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There's a huge difference between 1000 calories/day and 3000/day. I highly doubt that's happening. There are also the reports from people in this ng that got a whoosh when they added more fat, thus more calories, to their diet.
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Right.
I see "starvation mode" as a myth used to rationalize eating more food. It has some bad science behind it, that seems to be based on a change of T3 (thyroid) levels at an average of 600 calories per day.
The reality is dieters eating 3000 calories per day, and moaning that they are stalled because of starvation mode.
