How many calories consumed to lose weight?
I am a 5’5″ female and I weigh about 175-180. How many calories a day should I consume to lose weight? I don’t exercise on a regular basis, but I do want to train myself to eat a healthy amount of calories a day to lose weight. I can easily eat between 1,000-1,300 calories a day. Is this too much, too little, just right? Thanks for the feedback.
December 1st, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Don’t go below 1200 calories. Too few calories and your body starts losing muscle to intentionally lower your metabolism making it harder to lose weight and all the easier to put it back on later.
1200 is fine though if you can stick to it. Remember though to measure your portion sizes careful – half of those who estimate their portion sizes are off by over 30%, which can slow down your weight loss or even ruin it from unintentional and uncounted calories.