Im a 20 yr old male, 5'10" and 251 lbs. BMI 36 and Body fat 29%. I recently began counting calories and realized i was eating anywhere from 2500-3000 calories a day. After I realized that, I cut back my calorie intake to 1500 which may or may not be healthy as I've gotten mixed answers in most places. I drink about 5 20oz bottles of water a day and cut out a lot of fat and sugar an upped my protein intake and take vitamin supplements. I started this about about 4 days ago and already down to 251 from 255. Is this just water weight or am I actually losing weight. And if it is actual weight is it more fat or lean muscle? I've heard that obese people will lose more fat than muscle when they do something like this.
Too fast?
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Melancholy
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Alright, here is what I did:
I took your stats (age, height, weight, male) and plugged it onto a BMR calculator. I then used the Harris Benedict equation to calculate your caloric needs (based on a sedentary lifestyle), and came up with about 2860/ day of calories that your body will burn. This is very presumptive, do don't JUST use this number.
Assuming that this is your caloric need, then you would need to cut 1000 calories/ day to lose 2 pounds/ week, or basically about 1860 calories/ day is what you can eat and lose 2 pounds.
In the beginning, it will be some water weight, and sometimes our bodies really lose a lot in the beginning (mine did).
If you add in some exercise, you can eat some more calories to get a net calorie consumption of 1860/ day, and still lose about 2 pounds/ week.
Looks like you are on the right track, congrats on the commitment to lose weight!
-Mellon
I took your stats (age, height, weight, male) and plugged it onto a BMR calculator. I then used the Harris Benedict equation to calculate your caloric needs (based on a sedentary lifestyle), and came up with about 2860/ day of calories that your body will burn. This is very presumptive, do don't JUST use this number.
Assuming that this is your caloric need, then you would need to cut 1000 calories/ day to lose 2 pounds/ week, or basically about 1860 calories/ day is what you can eat and lose 2 pounds.
In the beginning, it will be some water weight, and sometimes our bodies really lose a lot in the beginning (mine did).
If you add in some exercise, you can eat some more calories to get a net calorie consumption of 1860/ day, and still lose about 2 pounds/ week.
Looks like you are on the right track, congrats on the commitment to lose weight!
-Mellon