Tue, Sep-16-03, 04:00
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,440
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Plan: low cal, low carb
Stats: 196/145/140
BF:23%
Progress: 91%
Location: Coolum Beach, Australia
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Agnes,
I think over 2000 calories is possibly too much for a 160 lb woman with slow metabolism unless you are exercising an awful lot. That sounds like it is maintaining your weight. You need to figure what your resting metabolism (that's how much energy you expend in a day) is and take away 500 cal's per day from that...it takes a 3500 deficit to lose a lb of fat. If you exercise, then you can eat a bit more, accordingly. Very big people can eat more as they burn more energy just walknig around...but at 160 lbs, this is not so. My guess would be that your resting metabolism is 1600-1800, so to lose, you'd need to eat around 12-1300 calories, and even then it will still take a week to lose one pound (on average, remember). The metabolic advantage is there with LC, but at lower weights, it does not represent a great deal as it does with very overweight folk. There still has to be a caloric deficit. It is important though to not eat less than the 1200 (if that's the figure for you)
Val
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