Hi everyone,
So....I basically started the middle of January 2009. I am 5'6 and weigh 170 lb.
So far I have lost 4 lb. That's 4 lb in FIVE WEEKS. I want to lose more per week. Even 1.5 lb every single week would be fabulous.
Right now I'm eating between 1600-1800 calories per day.
I exercise 6 days per week:
3x weekly: Jillian Michaels 30-day shred
5x weekly: Running on treadmill for 25 min (going up to 30 this week)
2x weekly: Speed walking for 45 minutes.
I am thinking of dropping down my calories to 1400 per day. But on the days I work two jobs, I can see that I'm going to have a problem doing it - especially seeing as I get up so early, go to bed so late and am quite hungry during the day.
So...when people say they eat X amount of calories per day, are you counting IN exercising with that? Or are you just eating X amount of calories and then exercising, not counting the calories burned from exercising?
I'm confused! Help!
~Choirgirl~