Ok, let me just get to the point! I have been hearing more and more lately about the best way to lose weight and it's counting calories! Mainly the calories in/calories out sort of thing! I'm not sure how to word my question but we usually go to curves at least 4x's a week and in a 30 minute workout I have been burning an average of between 425 and 475 calories. That doesn't include any movement on the recovery stations. I have also been playing a dancing game on my wii that will also track calories burned. I usually shoot for at least 500 calories on the game. I'm not a "hardcore" calorie counter in that I don't write down everything I eat but I do monitor the calorie/fat intake somewhat.
I don't want to have a plateau (which I'm sure at some point will be inevitable) so is it bad to burn a quarter to half of the calories I am taking in. Take today, I worked out and did the dancing which put me at burning about 820 calories not including the everyday calories your body burns naturally. I know I have taken in more than that but...does any of this make sense?? Does anybody get where I am going with this?
If so, I would love any advice you can give me!!
I guess my main question is just how does all this "calories in/calories out" thing work? Thanks much!