Right, I get it now, thanks for that! I'd never even heard of BMR before!
Wow, thats a long old slog then. According to FitDay I need to cut back by 842 calories a day, meaning I can eat 2150 per day to reach 147lbs by 19/08/10. That is assuming I stick to the amount of activity I'm doing at the moment. 2150 does seem alot to me, I suppose if I stick to what I have been eating the last few days (1700-1800) I'll lose more, it's just that FitDay kept telling me that I mustn't lose more than 2 lbs per week.
Since my BMR is 1831, that means I can only eat 1039 calories if I refuse to get out of bed! But then I suppose if I refuse to get out of bed, I wont be going anywhere near the kitchen!!!
Well I think I have this sussed now, I didn't realise how much there was to calorie counting - I'm just used to counting carbs and losing weight, activity never came into it, if I did some exercise I'd lose even more - bonus! But then I suspect carb counting (or the lack of it!) is what got me to 235lbs in the first place so I shouldn't complain!
Crunchy xx
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