Newbie question...

I put my information in for the account, and I'm quite a bit confused about one thing... judging the activity level. I'm 6'1" 245 now, and my goal weight is 215. They say I should lose around 1.5 pounds per week at 2050 calories per day by December 9th.

Honestly I was only looking for -1lb per week, so hearing december sounds good enough to me. But here's the part: Judging off of what I HAVE been doing before I'm fairly sure my activity level would clock in at Sedentary.

I work in an office in front of a computer, I come home and stare at my computer screen some more most days, and I get little to no excersize (I ride my bike to work, probably a good 10 mins worth of riding a day that's it). Sleep 6 hours a night.

I'm planning on starting my diet as soon as the next time I go to the grocery store, but i'm also planning to excersize more. For the first 3 weeks I'm going to do just sit ups and push ups, and pull my bike our and ride another 20-30 mins. After 3 weeks, I'ma tone my bike riding down (though I'll still have to ride it to the gym, maybe another 10 mins?) and start lifting weights.

But all that aside, my real question is: Should me adding excersize to my normal activity level affect the calorie count it suggests?

The reason I ask this is, I don't know if they included more excersize in the calculation of the 1.5lbs with me being very inactive. If it doesn't play a role in that calculation, how should I readjust the calorie needs?

If you put "Sedentary" then, the suggested 2050 calories a day would be for that activity level. If you start exercising more then, yes, you will want to add more calories to loose weight at the same rate. 2050 calories was suggested for you at the "sedentary" level - so, lets say you are burning 300 more calories exercising everyday, then - you will want to consume those 300 extra calories as well to loose at the same rate. Good luck!

good answer ladybug...I second that

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good luck with your new lifestyle Wiley!

Hmm, okay thanks. Its kinda annoying because 2000+ Calories seems high for me as it is lol. I'll work it out though.

I guess the next question would be.. however.. is that calorie rate they give a constant for the full duration? How often should I re submit my weight to get different numbers?

It's for the whole duration. If you change your goals, then try it with different numbers!

Remember that everyone's metabolism is a bit different.  Your best gauge is your scale. If you lose a bit slower than predicted, then you have a slower metabolism. It takes some experimentation to decide the actual number of calories eaten and burned through exercise to get the rate of weight loss that you want. As you lose weight, you will need fewer calories, you will have to adjust down in time.