If you want to speed up your weight loss
efforts, or if dieting without counting
calories sounds too vague for you, you
can follow a more traditional weight
loss plan.
-For every pound per week you
want to lose, you’ll have to get rid
of 3,500 calories. The healthiest
and least painful way to do this is
to burn half and just not eat the
other half.
-In other words, cut your daily diet
by 250 calories, burn another 250
per day, and you’ll typically lose
one pound per week.
-Cut 500 calories per day and burn
another 500, and you’ll typically
lose two pounds per week.
-This is not taking into consideration
the weight you’ll lose from water
build-up, toxins and stored fat that
is now being metabolized. It’s
possible to burn one to two pounds
more per week than you’re
planning.
-In order to cut your calories, you
need to know how many you’re
taking in or should be taking in to
maintain your weight.
For an exact
number, you can use one of many
calorie calculators on the internet.
For a pretty good idea, multiply
your weight by 12. So, if you weigh
150 pounds, you require
somewhere around 1800 calories
per day to maintain that weight.
To
lose one pound a week, you’ll set
your daily intake to 1300 to lose
two pounds per week, or 1550 to
lose one pound per week by dieting
alone.
If you want to be able to
enjoy more calories, cut your
calories to 1550 per day and do
250 calories worth of exercise (a
30 minute brisk walk will do it) per
day. You’ll get to eat more, but
you’ll still lose two pounds per
week.
To break that down:
-Multiply your weight by 12.
-Subtract 250 calories and burn 250
to lose 1 pound per week.
-OR Subtract 500 calories alone to
lose 1 pound per week.
Anything below 1200 calories per day
for women or 1800 calories for men
will result in an almost immediate
slowing of the metabolism.
You’ll burn
fewer calories throughout the day and
actually add stored fat from the foods
you eat. You’ll also be miserable,
grumpy, fatigued and starving.
Eating
many small meals a day that include the
foods allowed on the Mediterranean Diet will rev up your metabolism. This
allows you to lose more weight faster
than starving yourself. There’s no reason
for you to put yourself on a strict
deprivation plan.
