How Do You Burn More Calories Than You Consume?

[peace-love-couture]

People say you need to eat around 1300-1500 calories a day(or more depending on your lifestyle) but how on earth is someone suppose to lose weight eating that many calories?

With that theory it is best to eat nothing for a week and over exercise then slowly wean yourself onto liquids(low calories),then solid foods.

My overall goal weight is 95-100 lbs,and I've got about...20 something pounds to go with that.And I'm 5'3 so that IS a healthy weight,so I couldn't care any less for your opinions or comments on that.

How is it possible to lose weight when you're consuming that many calories?Are you suppose to spend hours and hours a day exercising?Or what?

BTW,I don't care for your opinions or lectures on my weight.And normally I consume less than 1100 calories a day,heck probably less than 1000 a day,more by sub conscious habit as I'm not so gung ho on calorie counting as I am on *getting rid of it*(if you get what I'm saying)

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Nice,blocked,you're not asshurt huh?

[onetwo3]

your body uses a lot of those calories just to function, your basal metabolic rate is how many calories you need just so your body can perform basic functions. If you eat the amount of calories that you're using to function it's like consuming 0 calories. So if you're consuming, say, 1,500 calories a day, you don't actually need to burn off 1,500 calories when you work out.

the formula to find your basal metabolic rate is

655 + (4.3 x weight in lbs.) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)

[peace-love-couture]

THANK YOU!You put it in simple terms.I appreciate it.I get it now.If you eat the calories you should be eating,then that's not what you should worry about,but if you over eat and consume more calories than you technically need,you have to burn more calories than that.I appreciate your answer very much

[Cool-Relax]

Eating a well-balanced 2000 calorie/day diet and working out for at least 30 minutes every day is what doctors recommend to maintain a healthy weight (it helps your health overall).

And I'm 5'3" too, what you're aiming for is NOT a healthy weight. It's only slightly underweight, but it's still unhealthy. You obviously know that yourself, otherwise you wouldn't expect to hear people's comments on it.

[peace-love-couture]

I'm 16 so it's a healthy weight actually

[Reginelli]

Your body needs a certain amount of calories to function in the first place. You just need to excercise some and burn some calories. Everybody body is different and need a certain amount of calories. But once you go over that that's when fat is stored. So you just have to get you a routine to burn calories on a regular basis and you will see a difference.

[Littletad]

You don't need to burn MORE than you consume. Just burn what you can, and eat sensibly. Try to eat a little less than you would, while trying to burn more than what you are used to. So have a healthy lifestyle, stay active during the day, and work out. The fastest way to burn calories is to run, or your favorite intense activity.

[DonMichelle]

Depends completely on your lifestyle and mainly metabolism

Women need about 2000?!?! Men 2500?!?!?!

[Xenophobia]

Just eat celery with every meal and you'll keep your caloric intake down. You're going to make yourself crazy if you dwell on this too much.

[peace-love-couture]

I don't care if you think I'll make myself crazy do I?No