19-01-2015, 11:56 PM
Another two cents on dieting. I have found that when trying to lose weight things will go relatively smooth the first 5 maybe 6 weeks. Then you hit that wall, and no what you do, the weight stops coming off.
What has worked well for me is on the 4th or 5th week eat what you would normally eat to maintain your weight. e.g. I sit at a desk all day, so I have little to no exercise, in order for me to not gain or lose any weight I would have to consume about 1900 calories a day. To lose 1 lb a week, I would have to reduce my calorie intake by 500.
Hopefully this method can help you to avoid the dreaded wall.
By the way, in case you haven't noticed, when you look at the back of food labels they sometimes say based on a 2000 calorie diet. That number is approximately the amount of calories we should be consuming in a day to not gain or lose weight. That number will fluctuate with age, height, current weight, and it's also based on sex. I am assuming bio-sex.
Which begs the question, do any of the herbs or HRT affect the calorie in take. Because if I were a bio woman my calorie intake to maintain would be approximately 1800 calories.
Sorry about that, that popped into my head as I was writing this. Anyways, calorie counting can be a pain, but it works really well. Friends, colleagues and myself included have lost weight via watching our calorie intake. Plus there are plenty of apps and sites to help making that tracking easier.
www.myfitnesspal.com is great site to track your calories, exercises, goals etc. You can setup your weight loss goals and it will let you know how many calories you can consume daily to meet your goals. They have free iOS and Android apps as well.
http://caloriescount.com/free_Mod_my_plan_assessment.aspx has a calorie calculator if you just want to quickly find out what your daily calories should be.
I wish you luck on reaching your desired weight!
What has worked well for me is on the 4th or 5th week eat what you would normally eat to maintain your weight. e.g. I sit at a desk all day, so I have little to no exercise, in order for me to not gain or lose any weight I would have to consume about 1900 calories a day. To lose 1 lb a week, I would have to reduce my calorie intake by 500.
Hopefully this method can help you to avoid the dreaded wall.
By the way, in case you haven't noticed, when you look at the back of food labels they sometimes say based on a 2000 calorie diet. That number is approximately the amount of calories we should be consuming in a day to not gain or lose weight. That number will fluctuate with age, height, current weight, and it's also based on sex. I am assuming bio-sex.
Which begs the question, do any of the herbs or HRT affect the calorie in take. Because if I were a bio woman my calorie intake to maintain would be approximately 1800 calories.
Sorry about that, that popped into my head as I was writing this. Anyways, calorie counting can be a pain, but it works really well. Friends, colleagues and myself included have lost weight via watching our calorie intake. Plus there are plenty of apps and sites to help making that tracking easier.
www.myfitnesspal.com is great site to track your calories, exercises, goals etc. You can setup your weight loss goals and it will let you know how many calories you can consume daily to meet your goals. They have free iOS and Android apps as well.
http://caloriescount.com/free_Mod_my_plan_assessment.aspx has a calorie calculator if you just want to quickly find out what your daily calories should be.
I wish you luck on reaching your desired weight!