Originally Posted by
Machka
We tend to burn fewer calories and consume more calories than we think.
Estimate low on the number of calories you think you're burning, and high on the number of calories you think you're consuming and you'll probably get it close to right.
+1
and the body becomes very miserly when its put into a deficit, so when, during the day, food is consumed has a great effect. Food consumed late in the day, before bedtime, tends to counter all the hard work done during the day, in weight lose.
I find what works best for me is to make real conscious decisions on everything I consume, when I needed to lose weight. So if I 'cheat', it's a deterrent towards the next attempt, and makes me reaffirm my commitments to intake control.
If one eats like a 170 lb person, then one becomes a 170 lb person.
nitpicking calories never really worked for me.
cutting out 'unnecessary' calories has always been a more successful approach.
good luck on the project to better fitness