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rafjr78

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How do you know how many calories you need to eat to lose weight? Is it as easy as just eating less then you do now? Is counting calories all that is important in a diet, because I many people that have lost weight by giving up diet pop and drinking water even though diet pop has no calories? Just wandering. I've been losing weight, but I've been eating very low abouts of calories (1000 or so). I've also been doing a lot of walking. I'm going to start doing tai-bo this week. My biggest concern area is my man boobs. Will my diet and cardio correct this or do I need to start lifting? What types of exercises do I need to do?

Male, 200 give or take a few.
 
I am sure some will just tell you to read the stickies lol. I wish I could help but the only thing I know is that the site fitday.com is a huge help although I haven't checked it out yet. Good luck!!
 
Find your BMR. (google BMR calculator)
Knock off 500 calories or so.
Don't eat less then 1,200cals.

There's a stickie that outlines this. But that's a quick jist of it.

Oh and calories ARE important. Giving up pop and drinking more water will only get you so far, controlling what you eat and the amount will help even more. Eating too few calories can have a bad affect.
 
Don't misunderstand, I have been eating better not just drinking water. I just meant that I wasn't sure if eating right only meant counting calories, because diet pop doesn't have any calories, but people loss weight when they stop drinking it. I know there are stickies on here that probably answer alot of my questions, I just like interaction with people to get more opinions. In order to get to my ideal "look" of a slim, tight version of me instead of the fluffy version, do I just need to diet and exercise? Will burning fat get me to what I want? What exercises do I need to do? Please be specific. I need help in the chest/belly area. Everything else is pretty good. Do I need to lift heavy for short reps, or light for more reps? Please help. Thanks
 
1) You REALLY need to read the stickies, not because I am being RUDE or anything, but you have a lot of nutrition/exercise misconceptions that need to be cleared up ASAP. If not, your plan just won't work at all.

2) As stated before, your calories are WAY to low. Even if you are a female or male, still way too low. Males shouldn't drop below 1500 (and that's for slim guys trying to cut even lower, let alone bigger guys who need more calories) and the lowest a female should go is 1200. After that, you aren't getting the right nutrients the body needs and that causes all sorts of health issues; let alone you probably won't loose as much as you want because it just isn't optimal.

3) Like I said, when it comes to exercises, they are all in the stickies:
Nutrition Stickies for your diet are at the top here.
Fitness Stickies, my favorites are the basic lifts and misconceptions, you need to read those for sure.

4) You're belly/chest area are part of the whole equation, but if you do things right, fat comes off in reverse order that it was put on, so if your ass got it last, that's coming off first. You aren't going to spot reduce (take off from specific areas, as much as "research" and voodoo suggests you can).
 
rafjr78 said:
...because diet pop doesn't have any calories, but people loss weight when they stop drinking it.
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Some people that drink diet pop tend to overeat. So when they stop drinking the diet pop they might stop overeating. It's illogical that someone could lose weight by simply ceasing the consumption of an almost zero calorie drink...
 
You need to find out your Total Energy Expenditure and your BMR. You can google TEE calculator and you should find some sites to help you out. Be honest when they ask you questions about your activity level. If you are trying to lose weight I would underestimate your activity level to be safe. Once you get those two numbers your daily caloric intake should be somewhere in between. I would recommend starting around 500 calories above your BMR. This may seem counterintuitive to eat more than your BMR but as long as you are under your TEE you will lose weight. There is a lot more to your nutrition but that is a good starting point.
 
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