Wasted Ink
Full Member
I've been losing weight over the past year. I've tried eating different amounts of calories throughout this time. At one point I tried to eat 1200-1300 and exercise. I lost a GOOD amount of weight on that (2-3lb a wk,) but then decided it probably wasn't healthy long term to eat so few calories. Since then I've been eating 1500 (approx) and losing 0.5lb-1lb some weeks (some weeks I just stall or even gain.)
I do exercise five days a week for one hour and two days a week for 20 minutes (interval training.) I do weights twice a week (full-body workout - 1 hour per session.) This makes me sound like I'm very active indeed. The problem is, however, this is some of the only exercise I do. During the day I can spend 8-10 hours + working on the computer and my only movment is from room to room (aside from when I do go out - which is only a few times a week.)
Therefore I assume that my exercise therefore pulls me up to "moderate" activity, rather than very active. I have actually been advised to increase my calories by many people to 1600-1700 a day. However, do you think this would be counterproductive and I should actually lower them to less than 1500, since my actual lifestyle is far less active than average?
I do exercise five days a week for one hour and two days a week for 20 minutes (interval training.) I do weights twice a week (full-body workout - 1 hour per session.) This makes me sound like I'm very active indeed. The problem is, however, this is some of the only exercise I do. During the day I can spend 8-10 hours + working on the computer and my only movment is from room to room (aside from when I do go out - which is only a few times a week.)
Therefore I assume that my exercise therefore pulls me up to "moderate" activity, rather than very active. I have actually been advised to increase my calories by many people to 1600-1700 a day. However, do you think this would be counterproductive and I should actually lower them to less than 1500, since my actual lifestyle is far less active than average?