Calorie Diet
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Q: Calorie diet?
I'm 18 and want to go on a calorie diet, what the amount I should be eating in a day?
Any tips or advice would help as well.
A: for an 18 year old girl 1600 calories is a healthy amount, anything less than that and you will start losing weight
Q: How many calories to burn in a 1200 calorie diet ?
If i am on a 1200 calorie diet,, how many calories do i need to burn in order to lose weight ?
A: try to do as much cardio as you can... if you can do an hour great.. if not then just do half an hour and gradually build your way up. try to burn at least 400 calories by working out. you'll burn the rest by just normal everyday activities. do this 4 to 5 times a week and im sure you'll see results soon. good luck.
Q: What will happen when switching from Atkins to low-calorie diet?
I've done Atkins for the past year and found that after reaching within twenty pounds of my goal weight I can't lose any more. Its also not very practical when in college. Will I gain all the weight I lost back even if I switch to a low-calorie diet? Also, I use the treadmill at least an hour a day.
A: It depends how low. Never go lower than 1200cal/day if you are under 150lbs and not lower 1500cal/day if you are over 150lbs.
If Atkins work for you i would suggest you switching up your routine because body gets used to exercises and learns to save calories (spend less energy) - try other forms of cardio and dont ever go over 60min (all you need is 45min) -HIIT is one of the best bets. Plus do some weight training because cardio burns both - fat and muscle and the more muscle you have the more calories your body will burn on a daily basis (higher metabolism)
Q: Where can I find a sample 4000 calorie diet for a non-bodybuilding athlete?
I found some for body builders that included whey and the such. I am looking for a way to put together a 4000-calorie diet of real food.
A: Whey really doesn't provide many calories. I'd go by that template and just replace the whey with a different meat protein source.
Q: What are your favorite things to eat when on a low calorie diet?
I like grilled chicken breast, brown rice & edamame.
I also stuff tomatoes with other vegies, a few gracker crumbs & just a bit of cheese, topped with cracker crumbs & a bit of cheese. My boyfried loves them & they only have 25 calories per half a tomato.
I also keep chunks of low-fat ham & pineapple with a bit of cinnamon & sweetener in a bowl in the fridge.
It's a low calorie diet somewhat low on sugar & fat, with a good balance of grains, vegies, fruit, meat & even some dairy.
Any ideas?
A: Tex-Mex Salad with Chili Vinaigrette
Makes 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients:
Salad:
1 cup long grain rice
1 15 ounce can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen whole kernel corn
3 green onions, sliced
1/4 cup red sweet pepper, chopped
Vinaigrette:
1/4 cup corn oil
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 pickled jalapeño peppers, stemmed, halved and seeded
1 teaspoon chili powder (or more to taste)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Preparation:
Salad:
Cook rice in salted water as directed on the package. (The rice can be cooked ahead and chilled.)
Combine cooked rice, beans, corn, green onion, and sweet pepper in a large bowl. Toss lightly to mix.
Vinaigrette:
Combine corn oil, lime juice, vinegar, brown sugar, jalapeño pepper, chili powder, cumin and salt in a blender container or food processor bowl. Cover and blend or process until smooth.
Pour dressing over rice mixture; toss to coat. Cover and chill until serving time or up to 2 days. Serve at room temperature.
Q: How many points should I use per day on a 1800 calorie diet?
I can't afford to join Weight Watchers but I did see a Nutritionist that told me I should be doing a 1800 calorie diet. Can someone tell me approximately how many points per day that is?
A: I have the formula if you wanna email me. It goes by your weight and how active you are, etc.
Q: How do I jump start my metabolism? I have been on a 600 calorie diet for 5 weeks & stopped losing weight .?
How can I raise my metabolism? I've been on a 600 calorie diet for 5 weeks & stopped losing weight.
A: Have you tried working out with Jack? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKCGe2Ezris it isnt too hard
Q: A good 1200 calorie diet without fruit and vegetables?
Can anyone give me a good low calorie diet WITHOUT fruits and vegetables. I plan to incorporate fruits and veggies into my diet regularly, but on the days when they are not available, I dont want to fall away from my calorie limit. Some days I'm so busy and I cant get to fruits and especially veggies.
A: there is no good diet without fruits and veggies sorry....and u wone lose weight if u dont eat them......... there is canned dried fruit and veggies, pure fruit and veggie juices and many options.... how hard isn it to eat an apple?? they have a long shelf life same with tangerines and many other or mnunch baby carrots all u have to do it take them out of the bag and eat them!!!!
Q: What are the dangers of a 600 calorie diet?
Is it really THAT horrible? I plan on going on a 600 calorie diet for nine weeks starting tomorrow. That gives me exactly nine weeks until Thanksgiving. It doesn't seem so bad to me, but people make a big deal out of it. So, enlighten me.
I weigh 130 lbs, I'm 4'11, 14 years old, and trying to lose 20 pounds by Thanksgiving.
A: Well, I've read that if you don't eat enough calories, your body goes into starvation mode and stores all the fat you eat. A 600 calorie diet is basically starving yourself though and that's really bad. If anything, you'll probably gain weight. I'm on an 1000 calorie diet. Maybe you should try that! It may take slightly longer but it works =]
What do you weigh and how tall are you exactly? How much are you trying to lose?
Q: How do you follow a calorie counting diet?
i weigh 259 pounds. i've lost 6 pounds on my own and that was from doing a 2500 calorie diet. not i have decided to adjust it to 1400 and i'm having a hard time. i've been comming in around 2000. i've started working out yesterday again. i had to stop for a medical reason. i worked out 16 min. yesterday and 20 today. tommrow i'm hoping to get 45 minutes in. everything seems to work well for me but i'm worried about failing again. it's like i get so far and then just quit. can you guys shed some advise. i know that calorie counting isn't for everyone but it's helped me take a good look at what i'm eating and helped me to adjust it to be healthier. so what is the right calorie diet for me? how many times a week should i workout and for how long?
sorry guys that was supposed to be now i've decided to adjust to 1400 calories.
oh and i get alot of workout from work. although i work at a bagel place, i stay away from eating that food and stick to salads and water at work. i'm constantly moving because we are always busy. i try to get the most of the day at work so i can burn even more calories. and i burned 200 something calories on the treadmill. i wear a heart rate monitor too, which i'm also having a hard time figuring out? help!
for those who don't understand, i'm just asking for some advise and support. i do appreciate all the answers i get and i have been doing good losing on my own. i've been doing fine, i just have a hard time keeping motivated probley because of all the put downs.
A: I lost 105 pounds in 6 months. Here is how I did it.
1. Every morning get up and walk for 45 minutes. You can start with less time, but you want to get up to 45 minutes, and it must be fast walk. You want your heart rate to go up. It must be in the morning, it kick starts your metabolism.
2. I cut out Red Meat, and fatty foods. Boneless skinnless chicken breast, baked, or grilled, rice and vegetables (steamed).
3. Eat half. Just eat half of what you normally eat. Put 1/2 on your plate, and put the rest away. Cook less. When you go to fast food, get salads only. Or grilled chicken. No fries, only diet soda. Or water.
It will work, once you get into a routine, you will get hooked on the results, and you will keep the routine. It has been over a year for me.
Also start counting your calories. Write them down. You would be amazed as to how much more aware you are of your caloric intake, if you actually write it down. We recently discovered a site that offers a great program that counts calories, as well as keeps track of everything. It allows multiple users, so everyone in the family can keep track. They offer a free 7 day trial, and so far I am very impressed with the product. Try the 7 days and see. It allows you to add the exercise that you do during the day, which increases the amount of calories you can take in. Very Cool!!
http://www.calorieking.com
A sight with some really cool diet calculators and interesting calorie counting calculators is here. Check it out.
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/
Check out my before and after pic at my yahoo 360 page
http://profiles.yahoo.com/gorillamyke
Stay motivated, and get up and walk every day. I seriously lost all my weight starting off my day on my walk.
Good LUCK!
Q: how many calories should you intake on a low calorie diet?
my husband is 6'3 and im 5'1 what is recommended for a low calorie and low carb diet . what should our total intake be of both . thanks for the help !
A: I took a nutrition class. The healthiest way to diet is to cut calories only slightly. The rest of the calories should be expended through exercise. To figure out the exact number of calories/day to maintian weight do this calculation: 15x(bodyweight)=Daily calories. If you want to take it a step further. 15% of those daily calories should come from protein, 30% from fat and 55% from carbohydrates. Cut the calories by a reasonable amount like 250-600kcals per day. Drink plenty of water.
To figure out grams heres an example: 15(my body weight 160lbs)= 2400kcals to maintain body weight. Now id probably eat 1900kcals if i was dieting. Now to figure out grams you do 1900x15%(protein)=285kcals from protein each day. To get grams divide 285 by 4= 71g of protein each day. To get carbs: 1900x55%(carbs)=1045kcals per day. Now 1045 divided by 4= 261g of carbs each day. To get grams of fat it is slightly different. Instead of dividing by 4, divide by 9. Like this 1900x 30%(fat)= 570kcals per day. Now 570 divided by 9=63g of fat each day. Remember these percentages can be adjusted. But never eat more than 30% fat everyday. This is just the healthiest and most balanced way to eat.
15(body weight)= Daily Caloric Intake to Maintain.
15%protein- 30%fat- 55% carbohydrate
Q: What's the difference between gastric bypass and a VLCD (very low calorie diet)?
VLCD (very low calorie diet) people eat like 500-800 calories a day and so do gastric bypass post-op patients. So, I weigh 180 pounds and if I start eating 600 calories a day to lose weight, wouldn't it be the same as if I went in and got a gastric bypass? What is the difference medically if someone would just go on a diet similar to having the bypass done?
A: There are two major differences: malabsorption and the abiltity to change your mind.
In GBS, a large portion of the intestine is re-routed so that food does not pass through it. There is less area where fat and nutrients from your food can get passed into the body. The remaining food so disposed of without being fully utilized. This is why GBS patients will need to take vitamin and mineral supplements the rest of their lives.
And of course, the reason that most people have the surgery...the ability to eat whatever they want whenever they want it. Most GBS patients have been on a million diets and have failed after some period of time. This is called yoyo dieting. They lose a great deal of weight, but eventually put it all back on. Doing this over and over is not good for anyone's health. In general, after GBS, you can't eat anything you want, at anytime, and in any quantity.
This surgery is VERY HARD. I had it 6 months ago and my brother had it 5.5 years ago. You must constantly monitor your eating habits so that you don't lose your hair, don't suffer from malnutrition, don't go blind from lack of vitamin A, don't have nerve damage from lack of B12, don't get osteoporosis from lack of the proper calcium, and on and on.
Q: How can I do a 600 calorie diet & still consume the right amount of fibre?
I am on 600-700 calorie diet but I am low in fibre..I don't want to lose a lot of nutrients...what should I do? Take fibre pills?
A: Why are you on that diet? It is IMPOSSIBLE for an adult to get the proper amount of everything on that little. Go ask a dietician. 1200 calories/day is the minimum for a very inactive person, and even then you need to be careful to make sure you're getting what you need. Eat more. Please.
Q: What exactly does a 2000 calorie diet require?
All nutritional labels are based on a 2000 calorie diet, and then they just tell you the percentages of this diet. I need to know exactly what the values are for example:
2.6g of calcium
5.0g of fat
etc. etc.
Does anyone know of a website or can give me these values?
Thank you very much
p.s.
I am not dieting this is for a school project
A: www.mypyramid.gov/
THis site has all the info on the Food Pyramid. It will also tell you how to read a food label, which are all geared toward a 2000 calorie diet. You'll notice on the food label, for example, that it will say protein - 18% Daily Value. THe amount given is 18% of the daily value for 2000 calories. If you can't find the info - simply do the math from a food label!
Q: on a low calorie diet how much calories are you suppose to intake a day?
does it really work?! ( being on the low calorie diet) and how much can you lose?
A: women no less than 1200 and men no less than 1500. here is some info on carbs,protein, and fat to help you know which calories you need the most or least and how to divide them up. hope this helps and email me if you have any questions.
Carbohydrates
First things first, fad diets don’t work. The reason being is that fad diets almost always severely cut carbohydrate foods from the list of recommended consumption. Simply put, our brain, heart, and muscles among other vital organs ate fueled by glucose which comes from carbohydrates. When your body does not get enough carbohydrates, within a few days your body starts to produce an alternative fuel source known as ketosis. This is from the partial breakdown of fatty acids which is called ketosis. The intial weight loss is NOT fat loss but water, as the kidneys attempt to get rid of excess ketones. This causes an imbalance of chemicals in your body because your blood becomes more acidic, which can lead to potentially serious or unpleasant side effects such as headaches, bad breathe, dizziness, faintness, and fatigue. Even though you burn fat because your body is depending on more amino acids (protein) form the breakdown of lean muscle tissue, you are hurting your body in the process. So basically, while you are burning fatter you are also burning your muscles, causing them to breakdown. Another reason low-to-no carbohydrate diets are not good is that you will have lower energy levels and a shorter time to reach fatigue during exercise. So most of your workouts will be low intensity when you need to be able to alternate between low and high intensity workouts to help you burn more fat and to help keep your metabolism up. In short, carbohydrates help metabolize fat and help your brain, heart, and muscles function not just through exercise but through everyday life. It is also important for your carbohydrate to be spaced evenly throughout your meals so you can be sure that you have enough energy for what may come up during the course of your day. Keep in mind on your lower intensity days of workouts you will not need to; have as many carbohydrates because you will not be doing a lot to where you can burn them off. Carbohydrates will take up half of your daily allotted caloric intake or needs. I cannot stress enough how important carbohydrates are in your daily diet. As long as they are complex carbohydrates and not simple carbohydrates (simple carbohydrates enter your bloodstream faster and cause your insulin level to rise quickly and serve no purpose) you will be doing your body the greatest deed you could imagine.
PROTEINS
Diets that cut protein drastically are another form of unhealthy eating. General fatigue, muscle soreness, and overall weakness come with a low protein diet. As old cells die and new form the body protein is constantly being turned over. It takes one year; science has proven, for 98% of the atoms in your body to be replaced. In three months your body produces a new skeleton. In six weeks you produce a new liver. As new tissue is synthesized, the proteins in your muscles are being turned over as muscle is being broken down. All of these cells come from the protein you eat everyday. In order for protein synthesis to occur, an adequate amount of essential and non- essential amino acids (protein) is vital. All it takes is one of the essential amino acids to be missing and synthesis is halted. Restricted protein intake will result in protein degradation and catabolism, which is muscle breakdown. This is the reasoning behind protein taking up two parts of your daily caloric needs.
fats
Diets where you cut fat considerably are usually healthy. It’s the diets that cut out the unsaturated fats that are unhealthy. The four soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) are carried by fat and it cushions your kidneys, liver, and nerves. Research has shown that an extremely limited intake of unsaturated fat can lead to elevated cholesterol, which can lead to heart attacks and stroke. So I guess what I’m telling you are that fat-free diets are out. This is why the fat of your daily caloric needs is only one part.
* Always follow your doctor’s orders first. I am not a licensed dietician, these are merely suggestions based on my experience and weight loss.
Calorie-restricted diets
The number one priority of your body is to obtain ample energy to carry on vital functions that include circulation, respiratory, and digestion. Without sufficient dietary fats, carbohydrates, and proteins, your body will break down protein in your blood, liver, pancreas, and other vital organs to maintain their function. The only time you should follow a low-calorie diet is under your doctor’s supervision.
Fad diets
Avoid fad dieting all together. The best way to lose weight is to work hard for it. A healthy diet should be a lifestyle, not something that can harm you. With a proper diet and workout that is designed for you, yo