Read this
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1398766
You do 1000000x sit up and crunches for 20 years also wont help you reduce belly fat.
Watch your diet and do HIIT/weight training/cardio

Go read the weight loss thread also. You cant spot reduction.

I downloaded Myfitness app yesterday. It showed that i need to consume 1200 calories daily. I only eat 2 meals yesterday and add up around 650 calories.

Now, should i eat more to reach 1200 calories? or i maintain 2 or 3 meals a day which add up would be less than 1000 calories.

Thanks

1200 kcal? Are you sure about that? The bolded part says daily. Whatever way you eat,you need to consume 1200 daily. Simple as that right?

That means i need to consume 1200 daily minimum ? sorry, newbie here

you age, weight, tall and activities level?

it means ur food consumption shud b average at 1200 cal. 200-300 for morning. 4xx for lunch 4xx for dinner n d rest for misc.

29, 63kgs and 152cm. 30 mins treadmill 4times/week.

if lower? it will slow down or speed up my lose weight process?

IMHO, it may, OR may not.

if u reduce tremendously food intake, it will trigger ur body to lower metabolism rate bcoz d brain tells d body u r starving. lower body heat n etc... so, its back to square 1 although u reduce cal intake. unless u r talkin ab huge reduction of food intake...

Human is a fascinating being. When our body sense that there's lack of food consumption, it will assume that you are starving enter the hibernation mode in which the body will try as hard to hold as much as bodyfat. When this happens, you'll hardly loses any weight. (also called metabolic damage by Dr. Layne Norton).

so your TDEE is around 1800...

your BMI is ~27.27
your BMR is ~1397.1
your TDEE is ~ 1921

As you dont have so much weight to lose, i would eat at BMR or slightly above. Please also note that you should eat back your exercise calories if calculated accurately. if using MFP to calculate, eat back half of those exercise calories.

edit: MFP sometimes does really low calorie because you set to lose the weight in the shortest amount of time. like 1 kg per week or something like that. and 1200 is the minimum the site recommends.

This post has been edited by panda-man: Jan 21 2014, 01:01 PM

if u talk about tone and burning fat.. the answer is yes... I'm using it too..

This post has been edited by MANSTIR: Jan 21 2014, 03:58 PM

Thanks. so i should eat around 1400 calories. I eat 3 meals a day with 4-5 hours gab in between without snacks.

Normal meal with rice and meat.

Anythings for me to improve?

thats pretty good. the times you eat at is not so important as long as you get your calories in for the day. sometimes i will reduce all calories and eat a bigger dinner. add some fruits into your diet. and try to change up between rice and other carbs. like some multigrain or wholegrain breads and such. make sure the steps you are taking to lose weight are manageable and long term. if you are suffering through it, it wont last. good luck. and also dont beat yourself up on days which you slip up and eat more than your calories. enjoy life at the same time.

edit: are you at the gym using the treadmill? if so, i think you should look into lifting weights as well. girls dont bulk easily, so dont worry there. your weight wont go down so much but you will lose more fat and you will slim down. heres some reading:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/berardi12.htm

This post has been edited by panda-man: Jan 22 2014, 10:19 AM

WOW TQ

No fitness, i'm using ogawa eztone.

You sure this machine work ?

How do you guys know the amount of calories you consume perday? let's say I go to mamak and order a char kuey teow. So how do i know the calories of char kuey teow? ask the waiter , he give me'bodoh' face.

Char Kuey Teow

Calories 744
Total Fat 38 g
Total Carbs 76 g
Protein 23 g


There are superb technology call Google....

or just get myfitnesspal app to you hp.


after u eat 3~5 times char kuey teow... and i ask u again how much is the calories... you know right?

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