I am a 21 year old male college student who has an internship in the summer, it's a desk job working an 8-4. I live and work in the downtown Pittsburgh area, so I walk to work (maybe a 1/4 mile there and a 1/4 mile back). I've been using this education: for about a week and I'm feeling better about my health. Filling out the Calorie Maintenance level program, My estimated calorie maintenance level is 2335 per day. Mainly I have been eating salads for lunch from the cafeteria, and ordering pizza for dinner, but this week I want to try something different; Here are facts about me:
- Monday through Saturday, I work out on an Elliptical Machine for about 40 minutes and burn about 600 Calories.
- I have shin splints, when I use a treadmill they tend to hurt
- I drink around 7 Bottles of Water a day (1 Gallon)
- In the morning, I have a coffee/mocha for breakfast (around 450 Calories, 250 from fat, the rest I am assuming from sugar)
- For lunch I am starting to buy subway sandwiches, I buy a footlong turkey breast and ham on wheat, with lettuce, olives and pickles. (6 inches = 300 Calories, 50 from fat)
- For Dinner I will be eating the left over 6 inches of sub from my lunch, I eat right after I work out at the gym (after work). If I am still hungry, I might end up cooking some frozen corn in the microwave and grill a chicken breast (nothing but maybe some montreal chicken seasoning) on my george foreman grill.
- I have about a half of inch of fat I want to get rid of all over my body, the areas that I see the most are my thighs, face, pecs, and my gut (about 2 inches there -- the worst place)
- My goal is to be skinny and toned, but not muscular. As of right now I am 5'10, 182 Pounds, with fat in the places mentioned above.
- On average, I get 6.5-7 hours of sleep a night.
- My pee is clear. (Not that you needed to really know, but After starting to drink alot of water amuses me
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So now that I told you my life story and my goals, I have a couple questions to ask:
1. Is this a healthy way to lose weight? 2335 Maintenance Level, taking in about 1000-1500, and burning 600?
2. I feel like I should be doing some kind of excersise to make sure I don't lose my muscle, what should I be doing? My campus has almost every type of machine/weights.
3. How quickly will I get results?
4. What kind of areas of change will I notice first?
5. Is subway good to eat? What other kind of cheap food plans could I do and lose weight from?
6. The coffee is from starbucks, a white chocolate mocha. but we have coffee in the office. It's black but I can add sugar/creamer. Should I use that instead?
7. How does alcohol affect my weight loss if I want to let loose on a friday night? (Shots of Vodka)
These forums are an incredible resource, and you guys are experts, so please let me know.
I'll be checking this forum every 10 minutes, lol.
- Monday through Saturday, I work out on an Elliptical Machine for about 40 minutes and burn about 600 Calories.
- I have shin splints, when I use a treadmill they tend to hurt
- I drink around 7 Bottles of Water a day (1 Gallon)
- In the morning, I have a coffee/mocha for breakfast (around 450 Calories, 250 from fat, the rest I am assuming from sugar)
- For lunch I am starting to buy subway sandwiches, I buy a footlong turkey breast and ham on wheat, with lettuce, olives and pickles. (6 inches = 300 Calories, 50 from fat)
- For Dinner I will be eating the left over 6 inches of sub from my lunch, I eat right after I work out at the gym (after work). If I am still hungry, I might end up cooking some frozen corn in the microwave and grill a chicken breast (nothing but maybe some montreal chicken seasoning) on my george foreman grill.
- I have about a half of inch of fat I want to get rid of all over my body, the areas that I see the most are my thighs, face, pecs, and my gut (about 2 inches there -- the worst place)
- My goal is to be skinny and toned, but not muscular. As of right now I am 5'10, 182 Pounds, with fat in the places mentioned above.
- On average, I get 6.5-7 hours of sleep a night.
- My pee is clear. (Not that you needed to really know, but After starting to drink alot of water amuses me
So now that I told you my life story and my goals, I have a couple questions to ask:
1. Is this a healthy way to lose weight? 2335 Maintenance Level, taking in about 1000-1500, and burning 600?
2. I feel like I should be doing some kind of excersise to make sure I don't lose my muscle, what should I be doing? My campus has almost every type of machine/weights.
3. How quickly will I get results?
4. What kind of areas of change will I notice first?
5. Is subway good to eat? What other kind of cheap food plans could I do and lose weight from?
6. The coffee is from starbucks, a white chocolate mocha. but we have coffee in the office. It's black but I can add sugar/creamer. Should I use that instead?
7. How does alcohol affect my weight loss if I want to let loose on a friday night? (Shots of Vodka)
These forums are an incredible resource, and you guys are experts, so please let me know.
I'll be checking this forum every 10 minutes, lol.
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