hi, new here

[tajah00]

hello. i'm new here. looking to lose 70 pounds. i need to lose 1.34 pounds/week.

[Kathy13118]

Log your food (measure everything and record everything). Find out how much you eat in calories now. Subtract about 500 calories from that number. Use that new daily number (after the 500 subtracted = new number) as a goal. Log your food every day after measuring and see if you can hit that target.

That's the basics. But you should use other tools that use your weight and height to figure out your 'number of calories' - fitday has those tools!

[tajah00]

thanks Kathy, will do that!
starting today.

[carolynnq]

Originally Posted by tajah00

thanks Kathy, will do that!
starting today.

Yes, measuring things is essential. It can be a real eye-opener as to what an actual serving is.

[tajah00]

Originally Posted by carolynnq

Yes, measuring things is essential. It can be a real eye-opener as to what an actual serving is.

that's good advice too too, thanks for the measuring tips. it was a real eye opener. have lost a few pounds since keeping track of my portion size.