Do you need to eat less to loose weight?

DylanII

I would like to loose about 10 pounds of fat.

Is it possible to do this without changing my diet too much?

I currently eat about 3000-4000 calories per day and do absolutely no exercise. I am in not overweight (but I am close with a BMI of 24). Most of my family is naturally skinny. I have always been slim but over the last few years I stopped doing much exercise and eating more, I started to gain a little weight.

If I go back to exercising 3-4 times per week for 1-1.5 hours of cardio per session do you think it would be possible for me to loose weight?

I am trying to eat healthier (but Im not eating that healthy) just little things like wholegrain instead of white bread, fat free milk replacing coke with water most of the time and cutting down on my fast food by about 70% - but still eating a lot.

Im in no rush to do it, I just want to slowly get my self back being fit?

Thanks

FruitLover

I'd say what you eat is more important than how much you eat (a pound of steak vs. a pound of sugar anyone?). I broke my leg a couple of years ago and started putting on a little extra flab because of lack of exercise. Simply by being a little more careful about what I ate (fewer carbs, more protein) I gradually lost all the excess.

3000-4000 calories a day sounds like an awful lot for someone not exercising, though. It should be easy enough to drop that down to 2500-3000.

DylanII

FruitLover wrote: »

I'd say what you eat is more important than how much you eat (a pound of steak vs. a pound of sugar anyone?). I broke my leg a couple of years ago and started putting on a little extra flab because of lack of exercise. Simply by being a little more careful about what I ate (fewer carbs, more protein) I gradually lost all the excess.

3000-4000 calories a day sounds like an awful lot for someone not exercising, though. It should be easy enough to drop that down to 2500-3000.

Yes it is a lot. I have a high metabolism and I always have eaten a lot.

Yes I have dropped it down a bit, so far today I have eaten 2400 calories. Most of that reduction is from lack of coca-cola and a light lunch rather than a big one (and I slept late today so didnt eat much this morning).

Hardonraging

DylanII wrote: »

Yes it is a lot. I have a high metabolism and I always have eaten a lot.

Yes I have dropped it down a bit, so far today I have eaten 2400 calories. Most of that reduction is from lack of coca-cola and a light lunch rather than a big one (and I slept late today so didnt eat much this morning).

Give us an average day there .. say 4000 Calories ? should be easy right ?

TheChizler

If your diet remains the same and you go from not exercising to exercising then loosing weight is really the only likely outcome. Just make sure you don't start eating more without noticing! You might fancy a snack coming back from the gym that you wouldn't otherwise have. Maybe really pay attention to what you eat for a week before and after starting the gym to try to account for sneaky hunger.

Lago

3000-4000 calories with no exercise and you're not gaining weight? You're either superhuman or miscalculating something in my opinion

thegreatiam

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Liveforrugby

Just make sure you're on a caloric deficit overall and you'll lose weight..

ebixa82

DylanII wrote: »

I would like to loose about 10 pounds of fat.

Is it possible to do this without changing my diet too much?

I currently eat about 3000-4000 calories per day and do absolutely no exercise. I am in not overweight (but I am close with a BMI of 24). Most of my family is naturally skinny. I have always been slim but over the last few years I stopped doing much exercise and eating more, I started to gain a little weight.

If I go back to exercising 3-4 times per week for 1-1.5 hours of cardio per session do you think it would be possible for me to loose weight?

I am trying to eat healthier (but Im not eating that healthy) just little things like wholegrain instead of white bread, fat free milk replacing coke with water most of the time and cutting down on my fast food by about 70% - but still eating a lot.

Im in no rush to do it, I just want to slowly get my self back being fit?

Thanks

course you do!

RidleyRider

Liveforrugby wrote: »

Just make sure you're on a caloric deficit overall and you'll lose weight..

And add a whoooooooooooooooole lot of cardio:pac:

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jugger0

DylanII wrote: »

I currently eat about 3000-4000 calories per day and do absolutely no exercise.

nice_guy80

RidleyRider wrote: »

And add a whoooooooooooooooole lot of cardio:pac:

not necessarily

aaakev

Sounds like a piss take....

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RidleyRider wrote: »

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Thud

grumpy this morning...

loose: "my pants are loose because i lost weight"
lose: "eat less to lose weight"
loss: "weight loss is my goal, so i eat cheeseburgerz"

emeraldstar

Thud wrote: »

grumpy this morning...

loose: "my pants are loose because i lost weight"
lose: "eat less to lose weight"
loss: "weight loss is my goal, so i eat cheeseburgerz"

You're fighting a losing battle on that one, unfortunately. It's bloody endemic :mad:

Thud

surely you mean a loosing battle

link_2007

Thud wrote: »

grumpy this morning...

loose: "my pants are loose because i lost weight"
lose: "eat less to lose weight"
loss: "weight loss is my goal, so i eat cheeseburgerz"

For a minute they're I thought I would have to be the one too point this out.

thegreatiam

link_2007 wrote: »

For a minute they're I thought I would have to be the one too point this out.

lol, i sea what you did they're