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| Sat, 09-23-2006 - 2:33pm |
Hello! I am new to ivillage, I just registered. I am not sure how to start a new thread. I have a question about the "burn more then you consume" calorie thing.
I am 31 yrs old and I have four beautiful boys ages 11, 9,9 (twins) and six (will be 7 next month). I went back to school and in 3 yrs went from 120 to 160!!! Over the summer I lost 25 lbs, so I am now down to 135 (I am about 5'3"in height). I have been riding a stationary bike while curling dumbells and combining it with weights (squats and leg lifts) and a little sit ups. My workout started out at 30 minutes and now I have gotten up to 55 min and increased pounds on my weights and tension on my stationary bike.
I have also been eating right, about 1500 calories/day and watching fat calories. I have been looking around on the internet and have read many different sites. These sites suggest that I sould "burn more than I consume"! This puzzles me. It does not seem right that I should burn more then 1500 calories a day??? I am not sure how many calories I burn b/c I can find how many (an estimate) I burn while riding the stationary for 45 min. but I also curl light weight (3.3 lb) dumbells while I am riding. I have never really been into exercise. I have always been petite and small and never really had to worry about diet and/or exercise UNTIL NOW!!! I would appreciate any and all advise anyone can share!!! Thanks SO MUCH.
I am 31 yrs old and I have four beautiful boys ages 11, 9,9 (twins) and six (will be 7 next month). I went back to school and in 3 yrs went from 120 to 160!!! Over the summer I lost 25 lbs, so I am now down to 135 (I am about 5'3"in height). I have been riding a stationary bike while curling dumbells and combining it with weights (squats and leg lifts) and a little sit ups. My workout started out at 30 minutes and now I have gotten up to 55 min and increased pounds on my weights and tension on my stationary bike.
I have also been eating right, about 1500 calories/day and watching fat calories. I have been looking around on the internet and have read many different sites. These sites suggest that I sould "burn more than I consume"! This puzzles me. It does not seem right that I should burn more then 1500 calories a day??? I am not sure how many calories I burn b/c I can find how many (an estimate) I burn while riding the stationary for 45 min. but I also curl light weight (3.3 lb) dumbells while I am riding. I have never really been into exercise. I have always been petite and small and never really had to worry about diet and/or exercise UNTIL NOW!!! I would appreciate any and all advise anyone can share!!! Thanks SO MUCH.

Hey there, and welcome to iVillage, and the best board around ;-)
Darcy is spot on, and fitday is a great site to see how things are going for you. Sounds like you have been doing really well so far. Congratulations on your weight loss!
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