1300calsguy
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Hi, all!
I've been gaining weight since I was about 18, now I'm 25 and my BMI is 28. It feels disgusting. I've actually became fit once in my life, but that was years ago and what my lifestyle was very intense. I used to run in the mornings, then walk under the heat of the sun for about 4 hours, spend two hours of weight lifting at the gym. This type of lifestyle just isn't sustainable for me right now and for years I thought that it was virtually impossible to lose weight without spending half of your day doing exercises. When I hit BMI 28, I was so shocked that I started reading into what can be done. This was just two weeks ago. I'm still learning but the most important thing that I realized is that it all pretty much comes down to caloric intake. I feel pretty stupid for not having done this earlier, but for two weeks now I've been counting calories on everything I consume, writing it all down, calculating what is my daily base caloric intake and so on.
I want to get to BMI 22 in six months. Once I've started watching my calories, I quickly realized that I wasn't eating too much of meals, but it was the after meal snacks that kept on adding those disgusting extra hundreds of calories on daily basis. So what I did is cut out all sweets and unnecessary snacks out of my diet. As a result, I feel perfectly comfortable eating just 1100 calories per day and I don't even feel like I'm on a diet. When you know how many calories are in that chocolate bar or that ice cream, it just doesn't seem worth it to enjoy it for two minutes. The problem, however, is that according to what I'm finding on the internet, is that you can't eat 1100 calories, it will backfire at you because your organism will think that it's starving and it will start storing the fat and as a result making you even fatter. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I've concluded at this point. So I'm forcing myself to eat more than I want to, trying to keep it around 1300~ calories. Considering that 2300 calories per day sustains my weight, I figure that I'm losing 1000 calories per day. Is this too much? Should I eat even more? I'm eating vegetables, chicken, fish, fruits, basically a normal diet, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything and thanks to the fact that I'm counting calories, I know when to stop now.
I've also started lifting weights every other day, for about 45 minutes. I'm starting out light, doing some biceps, triceps, flexor digitorum profundus and back muscles (latissimus dorsi). I haven't done any weight lifting in over 5 years and I'm not sure how many calories I'm burning doing this but it can't hurt. I'm also trying to do some walking for cardio, on the days when I'm not lifting weights, but from what I am reading it doesn't seem to make much of a difference in terms of burning calories, though it's still healthy to do. I'm having trouble sticking to my cardio walking, I'm actually ignoring it for about 75% of the time, but when I do go out to walk, it's usually for about two-three hours.
I've already lost four pounds, but I know how tricky these first easy losses can be, so I'm still cautious and am hoping to interact with others in similar situations to, perhaps, help me stay motivated. Basically, I'm not having any trouble controlling my caloric intake, but I hope I'm doing it the right way, since it doesn't seem to make much to make a mistake and screw everything up. When I feel like eating, not in a hungry way, but in a "it's something to do" I just grab a fresh cucumber, they are apparently quite low on calories and fill you up pretty good. Plus, they taste good.
Sorry for the long intro. I'd appreciate if someone more knowledgeable would give me an advice on how to improve what I'm doing or point out if I'm doing something wrong.
I've been gaining weight since I was about 18, now I'm 25 and my BMI is 28. It feels disgusting. I've actually became fit once in my life, but that was years ago and what my lifestyle was very intense. I used to run in the mornings, then walk under the heat of the sun for about 4 hours, spend two hours of weight lifting at the gym. This type of lifestyle just isn't sustainable for me right now and for years I thought that it was virtually impossible to lose weight without spending half of your day doing exercises. When I hit BMI 28, I was so shocked that I started reading into what can be done. This was just two weeks ago. I'm still learning but the most important thing that I realized is that it all pretty much comes down to caloric intake. I feel pretty stupid for not having done this earlier, but for two weeks now I've been counting calories on everything I consume, writing it all down, calculating what is my daily base caloric intake and so on.
I want to get to BMI 22 in six months. Once I've started watching my calories, I quickly realized that I wasn't eating too much of meals, but it was the after meal snacks that kept on adding those disgusting extra hundreds of calories on daily basis. So what I did is cut out all sweets and unnecessary snacks out of my diet. As a result, I feel perfectly comfortable eating just 1100 calories per day and I don't even feel like I'm on a diet. When you know how many calories are in that chocolate bar or that ice cream, it just doesn't seem worth it to enjoy it for two minutes. The problem, however, is that according to what I'm finding on the internet, is that you can't eat 1100 calories, it will backfire at you because your organism will think that it's starving and it will start storing the fat and as a result making you even fatter. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I've concluded at this point. So I'm forcing myself to eat more than I want to, trying to keep it around 1300~ calories. Considering that 2300 calories per day sustains my weight, I figure that I'm losing 1000 calories per day. Is this too much? Should I eat even more? I'm eating vegetables, chicken, fish, fruits, basically a normal diet, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything and thanks to the fact that I'm counting calories, I know when to stop now.
I've also started lifting weights every other day, for about 45 minutes. I'm starting out light, doing some biceps, triceps, flexor digitorum profundus and back muscles (latissimus dorsi). I haven't done any weight lifting in over 5 years and I'm not sure how many calories I'm burning doing this but it can't hurt. I'm also trying to do some walking for cardio, on the days when I'm not lifting weights, but from what I am reading it doesn't seem to make much of a difference in terms of burning calories, though it's still healthy to do. I'm having trouble sticking to my cardio walking, I'm actually ignoring it for about 75% of the time, but when I do go out to walk, it's usually for about two-three hours.
I've already lost four pounds, but I know how tricky these first easy losses can be, so I'm still cautious and am hoping to interact with others in similar situations to, perhaps, help me stay motivated. Basically, I'm not having any trouble controlling my caloric intake, but I hope I'm doing it the right way, since it doesn't seem to make much to make a mistake and screw everything up. When I feel like eating, not in a hungry way, but in a "it's something to do" I just grab a fresh cucumber, they are apparently quite low on calories and fill you up pretty good. Plus, they taste good.
Sorry for the long intro. I'd appreciate if someone more knowledgeable would give me an advice on how to improve what I'm doing or point out if I'm doing something wrong.