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| Weight Loss | BMI overweight? | Jan 09 2009 06:37 (UTC) |
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Thank you everybody for your posts!
To gadzooks: My doctor was not asian but I happen to be Italian. As mentioned by another poster, groups such as Italians can typically have a heavier bottom without necessarily being "fat" |
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| Weight Loss | I am confused. | Jan 07 2009 21:42 (UTC) |
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Yes because to maintain weight you would need to eat around 1600 calories. Eating around 1200 is an automatic 400 calorie deficit, and the 200 with exercise is another 200 calorie deficit = 600 calorie deficit which should show results fairly quickly. However, make sure the 1200 calories are healthy calories and that you have enough to eat in order to make sure taht you do not put your body into starvation body, thus slowing your metabolic rate. I hope this helps. |
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| Weight Loss | I am confused. | Jan 07 2009 21:29 (UTC) |
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http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ That is a website that gives you a basic general analysis of your basal metabolic rate. Once you find out this rate, you must work with this number to create the deficit. |
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| Weight Loss | I am confused. | Jan 07 2009 21:17 (UTC) |
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The amount of calories you burn is not solely based on exercise at a gym. Your basic metabolic rate burns a specific amount of calories even while you are inactive. Once you figure this rate out you can easily figure out how many extra calories you need to burn to lose weight. A good basic rule is that if you are at a stable weight, a 500 calorie deficit, be it food or exercise, should allow you to lose about a pound a week. |
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| Weight Loss | BMI overweight? | Jan 07 2009 09:15 (UTC) |
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spoiled_candy: I do not have any health issues that made her concerned. She just told me based on this government chart I needed to lose weight.
smwhipple: My mother's side of the family naturally has more muscular legs and such, but I'm definitely no body building type.
I just think the government has set up completely arbitray numbers for weight based on height. They don't take account any differences in bone denisty, or the weight of different organs, or even simply just the different body structures. It's just depressing to hear such numbers to be compared to. |
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