[bean3125]

Hey people me again I went to a web site to calculate my BMR and it is 3771 calories now if I went down to 2000 calories and burned 1700 a day would this help me

Ps. I weight 365
No junk food can't eat it I break out DH.
Jump rope for 63 min approx.

Does this sound good or bad?

[celiac-mommy]

You have to have a deficit to lose the weight. I don't think this sounds bad, but are you able to jump rope for 63 min? are you doing this every day? You will want to carefully listen to your body and if it's too much for your joints, I'd start with some power walking and some strength training-just dumbbells at home.

Congrats to you for what you're doing!

[ang1e0251]

Good job for getting a handle on your health! I know I couldn't jump rope even 5 minutes! Just make sure if you're counting calories you are getting enough dietary fat. If not, you won't be satisfied and your body will keep telling you to eat, eat, eat. I had to cut out most carbs for that to work for me but with increased dietary fat and very low carbs, I'm slowly losing without much effort (hunger, willpower struggles).

[bean3125]

ang1e0251, on May 27 2009, 12:32 PM, said:

Good job for getting a handle on your health! I know I couldn't jump rope even 5 minutes! Just make sure if you're counting calories you are getting enough dietary fat. If not, you won't be satisfied and your body will keep telling you to eat, eat, eat. I had to cut out most carbs for that to work for me but with increased dietary fat and very low carbs, I'm slowly losing without much effort (hunger, willpower struggles).

Hey what about this instead of eatting 2000 cal I can eat 1700 and burn 1700 would that mean I burned a total of 2000 cal or am I wrong because I can also cut more cals right

[celiac-mommy]

from personal experience, the longer it takes you to lose weight (but consitantly lose) the more likely you are to maintain the weight loss. If you weigh 345, you will probably drop quite a bit right away and then will slow down. To maintain my weight (5'11" and 160#) I eat 1500 calories and I exercise 1 hour every day. The more you lose, the less calories you will have to take in to continue to lose, so you will have to keep this in mind as you drop the weight. The important thing at the beginning is to create a plan that works for you, something you can keep up with, and maintain long term. If you try to do too much too soon, you're more likely to give up. Fill your diet with fruits, veggies, lean proteins, raw nuts and nut butter, lean dairy-if you can do dairy. protein and fiber are your best friends!!!