Hi everyone!
I have a quick question regarding calorie use just on a day to day basis.
I'm a bit of a noob at this whole calorie counting thing. I've been working out really religiously (6-7 days a week) for the past 6 weeks and I've only had a ~7 pound weight loss. I feel more fit, but the numbers aren't going down and that frustrated me, so i decided to start trying to calculate my calorie intake for the day for about a week so I could get an idea of what exactly I'm eating and burning.
I use FitDay. It's telling me that since I am mostly seated throughout the day with some movement, I burn 3080 calories daily. ????
Then when I add in my 30-60 minutes of TurboJam (I use Aerobics-high impact, btw...nothing else seems to match.) daily that ups the number of calorie burned by 275-550 (which is chump change really compared to the number I burn just working.
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So that means if I eat 2000 calories, theoretically, I should still be losing weight, right? That 3000 calories is really confusing me. If I burn that much by just living life, what need is there to exercise? I should be losing 1 pound every ~4 days, no? But I'm not.
Also, where do you think I should limit my calories to lose the maximum amount of weight in the shortest time SAFELY, of course? I'm 25 years old. 5 foot 10 inches. I weight ~233 pounds. I work out 6-7 days a week at least 30 minutes doing cardio and/or weights.
I appreciate any insight into my confusion. Thanks alot!