Originally Posted by
Vlaam4ever
Two weeks have gone by and I've stayed at 178. I logged 140+ miles each week but I'm having trouble shedding the weight lately. I'll really need to focus on keeping the miles up and carefully watching the food intake.
I read that a pound of fat is approximately 3500 calories. Not sure I can cut this many calories from my weekly intake, so I may have been a little aggressive with my goal of 1 pound per week. I dont plan to change course since, just because I had a set back. So this week will be a re-focus week.
A calorie deficit of 500/day is enough. At 200 lbs, for a 500/day deficit, I was eating 2300-2500 per day on heavy exercise days. That ain't exactly starving, ya know.