Need Help!

[ErinH]

Just a quick question on how many calories I should be eating in a day. I am a 22 year old female that is 5' 2" tall and weighs 122 lbs. I weight lift for 30 minutes 3-4 times a week and do cardio 45 minutes 4 times a week. Right now I am eating around 1800 calories per day but not losing any weight? Should I increase exercise or decrease calories? Thanks for the input!

[rottie]

Originally posted by ErinH
Just a quick question on how many calories I should be eating in a day. I am a 22 year old female that is 5' 2" tall and weighs 122 lbs. I weight lift for 30 minutes 3-4 times a week and do cardio 45 minutes 4 times a week. Right now I am eating around 1800 calories per day but not losing any weight? Should I increase exercise or decrease calories? Thanks for the input!

What does your diet look like? could you post a typical day?

[ErinH]

My typical day would be:

Breakfast: Oatmeal, glass of milk, whole wheat toast
Lunch: Green beans, non-fat yogurt, chicken sandwich
Snack: Granola bar
Dinner: Lean Cuisine meal and a vegetable

Thanks for the reply!

[Billy Ocean]

not the best diet IMO, If your cutting try to get 12 calories per pound which for you would be roughly 1450. Divide that over 6 meals, and eat at least 1 gram of protein per lb. Now im not sure what type of diet you want to follow, either a ckd or just a simple low carb diet. But you need to ditch the processed foods such as granola bars and lean cuisine. Your training schedule looks alright, I would try to lift 3 days a week and do cardio only 3 days for 30min only, but do the cardio on an empty stomach. Also you may want to look into some thermos.

[rottie]

Originally posted by Billy Ocean
not the best diet IMO, If your cutting try to get 12 calories per pound which for you would be roughly 1450. Divide that over 6 meals, and eat at least 1 gram of protein per lb. Now im not sure what type of diet you want to follow, either a ckd or just a simple low carb diet. But you need to ditch the processed foods such as granola bars and lean cuisine. Your training schedule looks alright, I would try to lift 3 days a week and do cardio only 3 days for 30min only, but do the cardio on an empty stomach. Also you may want to look into some thermos.

BANG!

Mr Ocean just nailed it. Follow what he said, and youll do fine.

[Billy Ocean]

thanks rottie

[ErinH]

I really appreciate the help. Thanks for both of you!

[fields7]

I don't know why you would want to look into to thermos. Keep it natural since you can; why use chemicals when you don't need to. Jmo

[leafs]

The issue is not how many calories per day you are eating, but what those calories are comprised of....i.e.-are you eating enough protein to sustain lean muscle growth and lose fat.

You may also want to incorporate a fat burner, twice per day to increase fat loss