Hopeful Loser

February 20, 2006

160.0! I’m making progress

So close!! These stubborn 160s are putting up a tough fight but I’m breaking them slowly but surely. I feel like I should be losing weight faster because I workout quite a bit and my calories seem low to me. I’m not in any rush though. Scaling back your diet (in more weighs than one ;-) ) is tough enough. Doing any more than this for bigger results would be a nightmare.

My-calorie-counter has my target range at 2000 calories. I might change that to 1430. My doctor came up with a diet calculation a while ago and she had an example on there for a 25 yr female, 5’3.5”, medium frame, 200lbs. She figured it would take 2200 calories a day for that woman to maintain her 200lbs and 1430 to get to her desired weight of130. I should probably do the calculation myself with stats that more closely resemble me but I’m lazy like that (today, other days I’m a compulsive number cruncher).

I’ll keep looking into different calculators to find the recommended caloric intake for getting down to 130. For now my own personal target is more like 1300 not to exceed 1450 (which on some days I have).

You can click the "Continue reading" link for my progress chart

Posted by hopeful @ February 20, 2006 8:03 AM

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