Calories, Calories and Calories...

[dandleon 1]

Hola! Saludos a todo's!! (Hi! To everyone!!) :mad:

I have had a hard time trying to understand the calorie intake and how many calories you have to burn to get the results needed. (Hope that makes sense.) I remember my nutritionist saying that I have to take in a certain amount of calories and in turn burn a certain amount of calories to lose the weight. I have been tracking my calorie intake and I get no more than 500 to 800 calories in per day. However, there are days that I burn at least 500 calories. Am I supposed to burn the equal amount of calories I take in? I'm just a bit confused on the whole calorie intake and calories burned? Hope that makes sense, if not please tell me so. Thanks everyone in advance. :wink2:

[natismi 0]

hola!

no, u are not supposed to burn the same amount of calories u intake... u need a certain amount of calories in ur body that he burns just with daily activity... so burning 500 a day in a work out is great... the more u burn the more weight u loose, but u dont have to burn all that u intake or u are going to become weak and u dont want that.

[chakatw 0]

Well I spoke to my dietician today and to lose weight and be consistent you should try to eat between 1200-1400 calories and burn 600-700 a day because it takes 3500 calories to burn 1lb. I hope this helps.