Group: New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself

New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 1539, Messages: 27038

Officially introduce yourself to the community by sharing your goals, obstacles or accomplishments. Don't be shy.. we're all here for the same reason. The more support we share the easier it will be to reach our goals!

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I'm terribly new . . . to everything.

Nov11
Nov11
Posts: 3
Joined: 2008/01/24
United States
2008/01/24, 12:37 PM
Hello, everyone. My family is over-weight, and I am over-weight. . . And it's just a mess, and I'm so tired of it. There is back-lash on me for dieting from my relatives, but I can not imagine going another year like this. So I am putting my best foot forward and changing it now. I will do the exercise, I will stick with the recommended amount of food/nutrition that I need to do, but . . . there's something that is absolutely puzzling me. It says that I need to eat around 2700 calories a day(!), but . . . I'm finally working around in my mind that I have to eat more than I expected to, it's just . . . one can't lose weight unless they burn the calories, right? This is such a stupid question, but does that mean that I will need to do enough of working out in a day that equals burning 2700 calories then before going to bed at night?

Thanks to anyone reading.

-B
Nov11
Nov11
Posts: 3
Joined: 2008/01/24
United States
2008/01/24, 12:43 PM
I realize my question should probably be in a different area, it's just . . . I'm very new.
amyksmith76
amyksmith76
Posts: 601
Joined: 2005/07/26
United States
2008/01/24, 12:51 PM
Hi Nov and welcome to FT. The nutrition guide on this site is a good guideline, but can be inaccurate in calorie intake. I would recommend doing a google search and look for a BMR (basal metabolic rate) calulator. You will input your age, weight, height, how active you are, and it will estimate how many calories you burn just by existing. To lose 1 lb a week you can cut 500 calories from that number, to lose 2 lb per week you can cut 1000 calories from that number, but never ever EVER going below 1200 calories. If you exercise, estimate the amount of calories you burn during exercise and add that number to the amount of calories you eat. I hope this makes sense. Good luck!
Nov11
Nov11
Posts: 3
Joined: 2008/01/24
United States
2008/01/24, 01:30 PM
Thank you a bunch.