Okay so I know 3500 calories is equal to one lb (pound) so 3500 divided by 7 is 500. So in theory to lose 1lb a week i need to consume 500 less calories a day than what I'd need to consume to maintain.
So then I worked out I need a 2184 calorie diet to maintain my weight (182lbs)
So I take 500 from that (2184-500) equals 1684. So if I consume 1684 calories a day for a week, in theory I'd have lost 1lb. (3500 calorie deficit over the week)
If I wanted to lose 2lbs per week, I'd double that (1000 calories deficit), so I'd have to consume no more than 1184 calories per day.
Apparently it is not recommended to have less than 1200 calories a day, so I aim to eat that amount. Which is pretty close to how much I'd need to consume to lose 2lbs a week. So i've been doing that but I've been losing a lot more weight. Like sometimes 5lbs a week. That's where the difficult part is.
I am a retail worker (shelf stocking) so my job is pretty physical. My step counter records that on average (it changes day to day) I am burning between 500 and 700 calories per day- just by my steps. This isn't taking into account all the lifting, stocking, pulling of heavy cages etc. So how does that work now?
My diet of 1200 calories is now down to between 500 and 700 calories depending on the day. And that is just from my step counter. It's probably around 1000 calories I am burning per night.
So if a 1200 calorie diet means I'm losing almost 2lbs a week, how much am I losing considering how much I burn? Like if I have consumed `1200 calories, burned 900 calories (as I said, the step counter just takes into account the steps to and from cages to the shelves and warehouse etc), that's ike 300 calories I've taken in. I work 5-6 days a week, so sometimes 6 days a week I am consuming 300 calories.
Is this math correct? I find it difficult calculating how much I need to eat to lose a healthy amount of weight, because I am losing it drastically even though I am on a healthy 1200 calorie diet. People are commenting on it a lot and my family are worried but I didn't realise how much I was losing.
Perhaps I should consume more calories so it's not so dramatic. It feels good to be losing all this weight but people are thinking that I am not eating properly. It's just the job!
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