Posts by ajb182

Fish,

       Eating too little is just as bad as not dieting at all. If you are not taking in enough calories your body goes into "starvation mode". This makes your body hold onto and store fat and calories at an elevated rate. Your best bet is to stick around 1800-2000 for a week or two and test it out. Still on a plateau then go to 2100 or 2200. At your young age and high activity level 2000+ calories should not be a problem. Good luck,

I started a great running routine 3 weeks ago and it seems to be working very well. I alternate days between long distance running 5+ miles at a 8:45 minute mile pace and interval sprints. I do the sprints on a treadmill to make it easier to monitor my pace. I am doing 1 minute at 3.7mph walk and 1 minute at 10mph sprint. I started at 20 minutes and I am now up to 30 minutes. It is working very well. The mix between long distance and sprints fluctuates my heart rate and seems to be accelerating my metabolism and weight loss. Good luck to you. Hope the insight helps.

I was wondering the same thing. I am using this site to monitor my calorie intake, obviously, and I am very interested as to the burn meter (specifically its accuracy). I lost 132lbs from mid 2004 until early 2006 (naturally without any surgery) and I never knew about the "1000 calorie deficit". All I try to do is keep my calories under 2000, i am a 6'1 208lb male, and my carbs low. This combination work and seems to continue to work for me. I also workout quite a bit 6 days a week combination of running (5 days) weightlifting (2 days) bootcamp type workout (1 day) and mixed martial arts (2 days). I have been told that not eating enough when working out alot is just as bad as being sediantary and eating too much because your body goes into fat storing sarvation mode. This could be the logic behind the 1000 calorie deficit. I am eager to see others insight into this aspect of this website.