Basal Metabolic Rate

Paroxysm1

Paroxysm1

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I'm 5'3, roughly 240 lbs, and fifteen years of age.

If my calculations are correct, then according to the BMR formula on , I should be burning 1924.6 calories a day, even when I'm simply "sitting on my butt all day."

In order to maintain my current weight, if I had little or no exercise, I would need to eat 2309.52 calories.

So basically, if I eat less than 2000 calories a day and exercise daily, I'll lose weight?

Is this correct? Because if that's the case, I'm highly encouraged. I know that I can manage 2000 calories or less a day and manage at least 20 minutes of exercise, even if it's just walking around my neighborhood.
 
yep - it's all about the math with a little fluctuation thrown in.

There are other calculators out there:



but that pretty much sums it up :) Exciting isn't it?
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Incredibly. And not only is it exciting-- it's reassuring.
Before I always thought, "Oh, I'm too lazy; I have no self control. I'll never lose the weight."

These numbers work for me, though.

Thanks for the other links. I'll take a look.
 
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It totally is managable, and you can do it.

You might need to experament some though. Track your results, and if you aren't happy with how things are going, either add a little more exercise, or eat a little less. You'll find it's easy to find places to cut another 100 calories (Ordering a Regular Roast Beef Sandwich instead of the Large at Arby's, etc)
 
hey hun don't be lazy! a little exercise won't hurt, and just in case you "Cheat" and end up eating a wee more than 2000 calories worth of food, at least exercise will burn it off, if not, more, thus leading to faster weight lost!
 
captainbea said:
hey hun don't be lazy! a little exercise won't hurt, and just in case you "Cheat" and end up eating a wee more than 2000 calories worth of food, at least exercise will burn it off, if not, more, thus leading to faster weight lost!
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Um, how am I being lazy?

The "sitting on my butt" thing was simply quoting that website. In other words, I don't HAVE to do anything to burn a certain number of calories a day.

But if you read everything I wrote, I distinctly said that I was going to exercise.

Paroxysm said:
I know that I can manage 2000 calories or less a day and manage at least 20 minutes of exercise, even if it's just walking around my neighborhood.
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Right now, twenty minutes around my neighborhood is hard for me, and I've been walking at least 20 minutes (2 laps) around my neighborhood each day since I've started.

I haven't been consuming under 2000 calories. I've basically been consuming around / under 1500 calories.

So I'm not sure where you got the idea that I'm being LAZY from.
 
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You have the right idea...

Consume more calories than you use and you gain weight.

Consume less calories than you need and you lose weight.

Throw in a bit of exercise so that the amount of calories you are using goes up and allows you to eat more without going over the amount you are using so easily.
 
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Something tells me that Captainbea just didn't read your whole post. Those of us who read it don't think you're lazy, and want to encourage you.

It's been a couple of days now, how are things going?

I'm not sure how much you'd be interested, but I'd recommend reading the Hacker's Diet at . It's free and provides some great tools to help you in your journey. It doesn't focus on food restrictions or anything like that. It's just an eat less/exercise more deal with some good tools to help.
 
Thanks for the link, Llamabean. It seems interesting and most of it seems to be common sense stuff.

I'm not on a diet, but I'm counting my calories and trying to get in 20 minutes of exercise a day.

Eventually, I'll move up to 30 minutes, then 45, then an hour. I just have to get to a point where I don't feel exhausted.
 
Paroxysm said:
Thanks for the link, Llamabean. It seems interesting and most of it seems to be common sense stuff.

I'm not on a diet, but I'm counting my calories and trying to get in 20 minutes of exercise a day.

Eventually, I'll move up to 30 minutes, then 45, then an hour. I just have to get to a point where I don't feel exhausted.
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Exactly :) Also try experimenting with different kinds of exercise. I can only do 5 minutes on a bike, and a half hour on a treadmill just about kills me, but I can do an hour with fairly low pain on an elliptical.
 
Paroxysm said:
Um, how am I being lazy?

The "sitting on my butt" thing was simply quoting that website. In other words, I don't HAVE to do anything to burn a certain number of calories a day.

But if you read everything I wrote, I distinctly said that I was going to exercise.
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oopsie my bag girl, best of luck in your endeavors.
 
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