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Originally Posted by mazerjoe  Calorie questions. So let me do yesterdays eating chart, I had Kashi Oatmeal 190 Calories, Salad with turkey for lunch 400 calories and Kashi Celerial for dinner 190 calories + 1 up of milk say 100 calories. An apple and bananna for snack 200 calories total. Therefore, I consumed 1080 calories the entire day. I also went to the gym in the morning and in the afternoon, counting aerobic exercises only of using the treadmill in the morning and afternoon for half an hour each session. According to the computer I burnt 750 calories. So does that mean for the day I only had 330 calories left over. Does that mean I am losing weight and getting more toned? It seems really low. Also the US government recommends 2000calories is that before or after exercise?
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You're eating way too little, and not to mention bad food.
Apple and banana? Come on!!! They're good stuff, but not when it's the only thing you eaten during the day.
First off, find your BMR. That's how much calories you need to maintain yourself.
Second, subtract roughly 500 from it, that's how much you eat per day to lose 1 pound a week.
Third, exercise is last. Your first priority should be diet, then exercise is used to maintain any weight loss you happen to have during your diet.
Fourth, for the love of god, eat more smarter. Eat things that are natural and not processed. Cereal? Come on!!!!!
To best follow a diet, read the faqs around here. If you're confused about what to buy at the market, think of this advice from "New Rules of Lifting," if you can't see it growing, or sitting there in the wild, it's probably not good for you. For example, salmon, you can see it is from a fish that's jumping in the stream... so it's good for you. However, a bowl of cereal... can you see it growing in the wild? Probably not. So look at the ingredients... do you have to break down each ingredients such that in order to find it growing in the wild, you have to break down each ingredient further? If so, then that cereal is probably not good for you.
