If you diet, does your body burn fewer calories to adjust? I count calories & stay under 1500, w/ no results.?
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In a sense, say before you begin your diet you take in 3000 calories, your body is used to this even though it may be 500 over what you need. You now begin a diet that is 2000 calories. Your metabolism will eventually adjust and see that it only needs the 2000 and will adjust accordingly. Now say you go back to 3000, you are now getting 1000 more than you body is used to rather that the original 500 over the limit hence the YO YO effect.\n\nHave you ever seen the people who diet and end up looking unhealthy although they have lost lots of weight, that is because they lost mostly lean muscle. This is why it is so important to exercise when dieting because your body will use your calories to sustain your lean body mass, with exercise your body says HEY I STILL NEED YOU MR MUSCLE and puts the calories to good use while loosing the fat.
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The calorie limit is different for everyone dear, it's not just depend on your height and weight. It also depends on your metabolism and daily activities. A secretary that just sit all day maybe need 1000 cal diet too loose 1 pound a week, but a dancer who is training hard dancing 8 hours a day, maybe just have to limit her calorie intake at 2000 cal. \nOne of my friends is a runway model and she told me this : Do you know why me and most of the models are very thin? Imagine yourself everyday sleeping at 1 am and have to wake up at 5 am, exercise, then go to few casting all around the city, some rehearsal, and then the show, the after party, etc. With that kind of exhausting activites, I don't need a dietician to lose weight. Sometimes you don't even have time to eat! I can eat a Big Mac or Pizza for dinner and keep slimming dow!\nYou also have to consider the balance ingredients of what you eat, carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins, fiber, etc. Not just calories. You should consult a dietician or try several menu guides from weight loss books or weight loss sites.
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Hi I started smart burn with hoodia one week ago with a reduced calorie diet and vigorous exercise meaning i walk three miles a day on my treadmill at 3.6 mph and two miles around town i roughly burn around 700 calories a day and take in about 1500 calories a day. I have lost 23 pounds and three inches off my waist in 10 days. I take two smart burn capsules in the morning and two desert burn all natural hoodia capsules in the evening before I do the other two miles. My key is if I want to eat my fatty foods I eat them in the morning that way you have all day to work it off. The rest of day i eat different salads for lunch and supper. Usually chicken breast salads. For snacks I eat two of the 100 calorie packs from nabisco twice a day, cut out all pops. I found nestea in the bottle sweetened has only 60 calories to whole bottle. I drink alot of that and water water water. It is a mental thing. I think any diet pill will work if you put your mind to it and be strict on urself. I have found in the past week I feel better about myself and have tons more energy. It feels good when you can pull old clothes outta closet you havent been in , in a long time. Makes it all worth it and gives you the strength and courage to keep going. I've never had more compliments than i have in the past week.
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Nope.  Look at an exercise table and it will tell you how long you have to do a given activity to burn so many calories.  A small portion of ice cream probably has 200 calories, which you would have ro run for say a couple of hours for to burn.  Exercise is good, dieting is better, and both is best.
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It depends on how active you are, but I believe that if you eat less than 1200 calories a day then your body goes into starvation mode, and your metabolism slows down.
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To lose weight, you must burn more calories than you take in. So, if your normal daily activity level does not burn more calories than you take in, you probably won't lose weight. Maybe increasing your daily activity level (not by actually working out) by walking a little more, less sitting in front of the TV, and, cutting back on the amount of food you eat (and reducing the amount of fast / junk foods), you just might lose a little weight.
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It's true that you have to burn more calories than you eat to lose weight.  If you eat more than you burn, the excess is stored as fat.  However, you use a fair amount just by normal daily tasks such as walking round, keeping the body warm and alive, etc.  Depending on what you do during the day, you will burn off 1500 calories or more.
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It's simple - take in less calories than you burn. Diets don't work.
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It takes 3500 calories to either gain or loose a pound depending on if you are consuming or burning the calories.  You need to burn more than you consume and you will loose weight.
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don't bother with Calorie counting, it just doesn't work, you'll lose weight but it is hard if not impossible to stick to.\n\njust eat the same as you are at the moment but absolutely no snacking between meals  it wont be instant but it will work and it will be a whole lot easier than counting every calorie that you put in your mouth
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Lisa, \n\nYou should try to consume about 500 calories less than your Resting Metabolic Rate. BUT not less than 1000. Here are some formulas to estimate your Resting Metabolic Rate\n\nFor men, the RMR. = \n66.5 + (13.75 x kg) + (5.003 x cm) - (6.775 x age)\nFor women, the RMR = \n655.1 + (9.563 x kg) + (1.850 x cm) - (4.676 x age)\n\nOne thing you need to be really careful about is that in cutting your calories you don't also cut your Nutrition. Make sure you are still recieving the Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Protien, Fiber and other essential nutrients.\n\nBest of Luck\nCharlie
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Yes, but the weight loss will be much slower. Cutting out 500 calories will only lose you about a pound a week. Remember, exercise not only burns calories, but also speeds up your metabolism! Not to mention all the other benifits it has.\n\nIf you do decide to simply cut calories, however, just make sure you don't go below 1200. Any lower and your body will go into "survival" mode and it will be much more difficult to lose the weight and keep it off.
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Maybe you just need to change something. Whats included in your 1400-1800 calories. Are they empty calories, protein, carbs or what. This site has really helpful info:
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It sounds like you've burned much more than you ate! Remember that everyday you have a "basal metabolic rate" which is the number of calories your body automatically burns just to keep you alive, which will fall somewhere between 1200 - 3000 calories per day depending on your gender, your size, and your activity level. \n\nIt sounds like you're on the right track for weight loss. Good luck!\n\n:-)
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Yes it is very much possible coz ... coz intake of food will reduce and the work per day is same ... so u would b burning same calories aking less calories inside .. which if analysed properly ..u will notice tht u will become weak and ur face charm will vanish... one's body needs full nutrients and charbohydrtaes... which u will not get by dieting of consuming less food.... So i would suggest u too work out or atleast walk briskly regularly for 30 to 35 mins  and carry on with ur 3meals per day with out the junkies in b/w and u will definately loose weight in 15days ... try it out....\nBest of Luck... take care...
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i have this new program i am working on.\nit involves - eating healthy and exercising.\nin fact, i am working on a breakthrough - i have found if you burn more calories than you take in - you lose weight.
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you have to burn an additional 3500 calories to rid your self of just one pound in combination with lower caloric intake and excersize. cleansing your system will maybe help you jumpsatrt a diet but long term- you lose whatever you had in your system at the time.