Expert: Ken Alan - 6/15/2011

Question
Hey there!
Recently I've been pondering...I've started to start my losing weight plan by losing 2 lbs per week by at least losing 1000 calories just through exercise almost every day. Now there's just one problem, I don't know how to cope with the eating part?

Do I just eat the way I normally eat (2000~2500 calorie diet), or do I have to cut back in eating?

If I ate 1000 calories and exercise to lose 1000 calories, will it only lose what I ate, or will it count for losing my weight or do I have to lose 1000 calories what I just ate, and exercise more to actually begin to start losing weight?

Please help, so confused.

Answer
If you do 1,000 calories worth of exercise everyday without changing your eating, you would lose about 2 pounds of fat per week. However, that is a huge amount of exercise, equal to walking/running about 10 miles per day.  If you do 500 calories worth of exercise every day and cut back your food intake by about 500 calories per day, you would lose the same amount of fat, about 2 pounds per week. Either way will give you the same results.  You have to decide what is best for you to do depending on your lifestyle, preferences, etc.  You may wish to start off with 250 calories worth of exercise daily, and 250 calories less food intake each day.  This may be easier to stick with initially and you would lose about a pound of fat weekly.

Glad you're motivated to get healthier. Hope this helps!