Confusion...help pls. I want to this right.

[ceve2001]

Hello all

I need your help. I started going to the gym yesterday. I did about 1 1/2 hours and burned only 460 cal. Today I worked out again for 2 hours burning 680 cal. My question is if I only burned 680 cal. Would that mean I need to eat less, so I still burned some calories? I found a formula somewhere here on the site that if my ideal weight is 120. I would need to eat 1765.5 calories. But I don't get it. How can I eat that much if I only burn off about 400-600 calories. Do I need to exercise better? Faster? I signed up for the FitDay website. It says with my basal, lifestyle, and activities. I burned 3337 calories. Is that why it's okay to eat 1765.5 cal in a day?

I mean today I was really hungry. I felt like I was starving myself which I read isn't good at all. Today I only probably less than 600 cal because I thought that I can only eat whatever calories I worked off.

Also I'm just doing cardio so far: treadmill, eliptical, bicycling. Is this okay? Just cardio work out? I heard something about strengthening exercise, but I'm not sure what that means? Weight lifting? Push-ups? My co-worker says I should try going in the steam room in my gym because it gets the water out or something like that.

Sorry if I sound such an idiot, but if I don't ask I'll be making mistakes left and right.

 

[Cynic]

Hello Cerve, read this thread:

http://www.fitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15286

I would also add that a good book, I'm using it, is "New Rules of Lifting," by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove.

It has a fat loss, hypertrophy (muscle gain) and strength program in it.

You're co-worker is an idiot, don't listen to him/her.

Use the calorie calculator I included in that post.

Eat every 2-3 hours.
Get a source of lean protein at every feeding.
Eat 1-2 servings of vegetables with each serving (1 srv = 1/2 cp).
Careful of starchy and grain carbs, except for PWO (post work out).
Fats should be no more than 1/3 of your caloric intake.

 

[buzz]

yes 3337 is with all your activitys included..so eat less than that and you will lose weight,and lifting weights is a good way to lose fat..and your workmate is talking crap.