How to Calculate Your Calories

[bodylogicbyjeff]

Calorie Count

In order to calculate your calories you need to decide how many pounds you’d like to lose per week.   I suggest 1-2 pounds as losing more will result in muscle loss.

To start go to www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html.   The site will ask you for your age, gender, height, weight and activity level.   It will then give you a chart of how many calories you need to lose .5, 1, 1.5 or 2 pounds per week.   For me, I needed to consume around 1,329 calories per day to lose 2 pounds per week.    Good Luck!

[Glenda]

My husband lost about 100 pounds in a year at age 65,  and didn't have any loose skin.  If you lose fast the only way to fix the loose skin is painful, expensive surgery to remove it.  And @bodylogicbyjeff  said lose too fast and lose muscle.  But if you just want to lose a little it is fine to lose fast.  But if you go on a very low calorie diet when you reach the weight you want you must add the calories back just 200 at a time.  Wait 2 or 3 days to be sure you are not gaining and then add back 200 more etc.   Otherwise you will gain all the weight back.  Going on the 5 - 2 diet avoids that problem.  Your metabolism doesn't slow.