I weight 271 pounds and I'm 5'10 tall how many calories a day should I eat to lose weight?

[Anonymous]

[Varanus]

I don't find counting calories helpful. What you eat is far more important. Avoid simple carbs like sugars, bread, cake, pastries, etc. Eat more meats and cheeses and vegetables. The most important thing you can do is cut out the liquid carbs. No soda, no juice, no beer or alcohol. That and dessert. Just remember: sugar is your enemy.

[Drooogie4]

1500-1800.
Assuming you're probably eating more than that.
That's a healthy range. It'll help you loose without shocking your body.
I wouldn't go lower.

[meatballs21]

From MyFitnessPal. com, your estimated basal metabolic rate is: 2,089 calories/day. That's basically how many calories you need to keep your body functioning even if you stayed in bed all day doing nothing.

You should aim for that target while exercising and eating nutritious food.

[Asker]

Thanks!

[Joey7993]

Along with smaller more frequent portions throughout the day to speed up your metabolism.

[swimmersam]

Don't count calories to lose weight, just eat healthy and exercise, sometimes there are empty calories in Food that don't need anything. You're body converts calories to energy, so you actually need them

[BertMacklinFBI]

and swim :D

[Your_boss960]

Never go below 1200.

So maybe you should eat 1201-1300 calories a day

[MoshingExec]

How fast do you want to lose weight?

[Asker]

In a year to normal weight

[MoshingExec]

How active are you and how active do you plan to be?

[MoshingExec]

And what is your age?

[Asker]

I go for an hour walk 3-5 times a week. I try to do squats and muscle stuff at home everyday like 20-40 minutes.

[Asker]

I'm 19

[MoshingExec]

Ideal normal weight for you is in the range of 145 to 170 lbs. That means losing over 100 lbs in a year. To lose 100 pounds in one year you would have to lose about 950 calories per day. So you are looking at a diet of 1000 calories per day for a year. To do that you could only eat healthy and no junk because those calories would have to supply you with all of the nutrition your body needs. All of the vitmains and minerals--calcium, protein, etc. That would be a difficult diet to stick to for anyone and even more difficult to still intake 50 grams of protein and the proper amount of calcium, etc. I would suggest you look at aiming for a 2 year plan.

It is good that you walk. As you lose weight steadily increase the amount and difficulty of exercise. That will burn calories and built muscle. More muscle mass means a higher metabolism which increases your basal-metabolic rate and, in turn, increases calorie burn even when you are just sitting or sleeping.

[MoshingExec]

Allow yourself 1 day a week to eat some junk if you have done well the previous 6 days.

[MoshingExec]

By the way, good luck to you. If you stick with this it will be life changing. :)

[Anonymous]

1500-1700... exercise for 30mins at least 3x week