How many calories should I eat a day to lose weight?
According to your BMI, you can eat up to 2900 calories a day to maintain your current weight. To lose weight steadily, you should move down to 2300 calories a day, with your excersize. If you are feeling hungry, eat something! Depriving yourself will only make it worse, because you will end up bingeing when you do eat. Just eat smaller bits throughout the day… that helped me a lot. Also eat high protein/low fats (do not eliminate and be sure to get plenty of ‘good’ fats – these can actually help you maintain/lose weight). Good fats are olive oil/olives, avocados, nuts/seeds. Just be careful not to overdo these, because they are higher in calories. Good luck!
In addition to watching calories, (and the previous answer has some good information on that) you’ll want to cut back on sugary foods and other junk food, they’re typically the culprit of weights issues. You’re already on the right track exorcising and keeping an active lifestyle–that’s a crucial cornerstone of a healthy weight.
The answer is as individual as you are. Each person will have a different caloric intake total, each day of the week, to reach the required 3,500 calorie deficit to lose one pound of body fat. If you burn 500 more calories than you eat a day, for seven days, you will burn 3,500 calories. On a day that you burn 2,500 calories, you can eat up to 2,000 calories. On a day that you burn 2,800 calories, you can eat up to 2,300 calories. Each person will be different and each day will be different.
I would go to a nutritionist and find out what you should be eating. If you eat to little you might be going into a starvation mode and so your body avoids losing wait. Go to the nutritionist is the best plan or try increasing your calories count to see if it helps by a little at a time. Also I have heard you should vary your calories count from a low to a high during the week.
