Should the 1200 - 1500 daily caloric intake include calories worked off??
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1200 - 1500 caloric intake means that you consume that many calories in one day, whether you workout or not.
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Taking 1000 -1500 is good enough. Are you taking other nutrional supplements? Dont forget that you need a good balance of everything to be at an optimal health. Check out http://malaqui.usana.com for more on Nutritional Supplements.
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If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories women & 1500 men \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \nAll food choices need to be low fat\nDon't make food a big deal and don't socialise using food\n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna/lean meat & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g-150g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 women & 1800 men and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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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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You may not make it to six weeks!  Seriously, nobody should try to live on less than 1200 calories a day, the body needs at least that much fuel just to survive.  Starvation diets do not work!
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That depends on many variables such as your height, weight, activity level and goals.  Use this calculator to assess your BMR and AMR for your Daily Energy Requirement.  If your goal is to lose weight, consume no more than 300-500 calories below your DER.  If your goal is to gain weight, consume 300-500 calories above your DER.\n\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/bmr.html
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The calories needed to lose weight varies from person to person. It is affected by your current weight and your level of activity.  Many people, including me,  would gain weight on 3000 calories a day!  The average person needs 2000-2500 calories to maintain their current weight.  Use this site to see how many calories you need daily to stay the weight that you are.  http://www.inch-aweigh.com/dcn.php\n\nThen, if you want to lose, you must take in at least 300 calories less per day.\n\nMost doctors recommend a calorie intake of 1200 to 1500 calories a day for those that want to lose weight.  I have a wonderful diet that is easy to use and follow (no measuring and no counting calories involved).  If you would like it, please email and I will send it to you.  It is based on nutrisystem and jenny craig but without the expense...you do it all on your own.  It includes all the basic food groups and so is also very healthy.  It is based on 1250 calories.  I have already shared it with a few others here at yahoo answers.
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You must first establish your maintenance calories.  This is a measure of how many calories that you would take in to just maintain your current weight.  There are sites with this calculation and is based on your age and level of activity.  (If you sit at a desk all day, your maintenance calories will be lower than if you work as a delivery driver or other job that is more physically active.  Everyone is different, so you have to find YOUR maintenance level.)  Do a search for it.  Then, you would subtract 500 calories per day to establish your daily caloric intake to reduce weight.  With this new value for calories, combined with exercise, you'll create a caloric deficit, allowing yourself to lose weight.  This is a safe approach, since it won't cause weight loss too fast.  Combining this with exercise, as you are doing or planning, is a healthy model to follow.
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It depends on his height and build.\n\nHe should be eating about 2,000 calories per day.
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You are not eating enough calories.  Using the numbers you provided in your question, I calculated your BMR & RMR and this is what I got:\n\nThe results of your calculations are:  BMR 2,262   RMR 2,071 \nFor an explanation of BMR and RMR and important notes on the accuracy of these calculations, please see our FAQ entitled, What do BMR and RMR stand for? While BMR is much more widely used than RMR, our FAQ explains why RMR is likely to be more appropriate for your needs. \nAs BMR and RMR only represent resting energy expenditure or calories burned during a day of rest, an adjustment must be made to reflect activity level. This can be done by multiplying your BMR and RMR by an activity factor: \nFactor     Category         BMR       RMR   \n1.2         Bed Rest       2,714     2,485 \n1.3         Sedentary      2,941     2,692 \n1.4         Active         3,167     2,899 \n1.5         Very Active    3,393     3,107 \n \nAs you can see, you aren't even eating enough calories to support bed rest.  Your body is in starvation mode and holding onto every calorie that you eat.\n\nGradually increase your calorie intake.  Eat smaller meals more frequently.  And, yes, add weight training.  \n\nSee the links in the source for some more info about BMR and RMR.
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you need a diet that starts you off with a good, big breakfast. no matter if its where most of your calories come from, breakfast is most important. then the rest of the day, eat healthy food like lots of fruits and veggies and whole grains instead of refined or other grains. you can have snacks if you're still under 1500 cals, but make sure its a 100 cal pack of something yummy! and i don't really think that its that good for you to stay under 1500 cal, but you can try! maybe raise it to 2000 and exercise more if you're trying to lose weight also.
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Yes it is enough.\nIf you eat about 1200 calories a day.\nfor example\nMorning: a piece of toast and a little cheese (20grms.)\nSnack:   an apple\nLunch: 200 grms cooked! vegetables 100 - 150 grms. chicken or other meat or fish (grilled or boiled), some salad (homemade dressing, no oil)\nSnack: another piece of fruit\nDinner: one piece of bread and some cheese or an egg\n\nDrink plenty of water and avoid fat and sugar\n\nI did this and I lost 9 kg in one month\n\nWhen the body gets used to the smaller amount of food, loosing weight slows down, but you will still loose.\n\nWhen you follow this plan, you will stay healthy.\n\nTry to exercise as well, but not too much, as you might have sugar cravings.\n\nIn any case you should check if you are healthy before you start any kind of diet.\n\nIf you are not sure you should talk to your family doctor.\n\nHope this helps.
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No, it really isn't.  No matter how much (or how little) you weigh now, you should never consume less than 1200 - 1400 calories per day, unless you do so under medical supervision.
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Typically you should have at least 1500 calories in order to lose weight. Remember , you must eat to lose weight. And this is my assuming you are a woman. For a man I think it is 2000.
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What Is The Lowest Number Of Calories I can Eat and Still Achieve Healthy Weight Loss?\nUnless you are suffering from serious or morbid obesity and are under medical supervision, the lowest recommended calorie intake is 1200 calories per day.\n\nFor most people even this number of calories is too low - an intake of about 1400 calories is better. \n\nLosing weight is not simply a matter of reducing the amount of calories you eat. Most studies show that increasing exercise combined with moderate calorie consumption (1400-1500 calories) remains the most effective way to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight in the long term.\n\nTo Check your personal calorie needs, see Calorie Needs for Women:  http://www.annecollins.com/calories/calorie-needs-women.htm
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restrict yourself to 1200 calories per day\nexercise for 30 mins each day\ndrink plenty of water\ni'm doing it right now,\nand i'm only a little bit lighter than you.\nnot by much.\nand i can do it -\nso, so can you. :)\n\nsend me an email\nmulldacity@yahoo.com\nmaybe we can encourage eachother on!\n\n♥\n\nPS:\n\nChromium is bollocks - it'll help a little, true, but I don't think that person understands what it means for the truly overweight. I've taken it before, and unless you eat healthy and exercise, it's not going to really give you any noticable difference.\n\nAnd yeah. Trainers? Pfft. Why? I play DDR for about 30 mins,  workout mode, heavy, then I do floor exercises until I'm tuckered out.
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I wouldnt go lower the 1200 calories, as long as you are not preganat or nursing, however please not that your body gets used to eating 1200..or however many... calories you consume, and adjusts your metabolism acordingly, thats why ever since the low cal/low fat diet made its debut in the early '90's we have become more obese, I would try to exersice 3x aweek, 20-30 mins, eat healthier, but not nessarily lighter, and more frequesnt meals but stop eating past 7pm, consume lots of water and avoid splenda, nutrasweet, products, they have a whole host of other problems associayted with them.  If you are over wieght you may want to do a 24-48 hour fast to break sugar cravings, fast on fresh friut/vegatbles and water for 1-2 days then slowly re interduce foods, this will flush toxins out of your body and should jump start you 2 lbs or more, if your diabetic, or have any serious health coindition, please consult a doctor before making ANY dietary changes.  If you still insist on going low carb, the "3 hour diet" is the way to go, he works to keep your metabolism going and gives you a menue for around 1400 calories per day, Jorge Cruise wrote the book, you can look it up on amazon, there youll find rewies