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I'm at the end of week 3 of weightloss and C25K and while I'm loving C25K I'm really struggling to stick with the 1400 calorie limit.

Each week I've brought my intake down and this week I've eaten less than 2000 every day but haven't hit 1400. I'm a full time student working part-time and now running too- surely I can still lose weight if I just keep my calories less than 2000?

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I'm on same one, I seemed to be able to stick to it during the week, but go astray at weekends. Must admit not lost any weight yet, but presume this is because I've really upped the amount of excersie I'm doing. Trouble with this is I'm hungry all the time.

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imswan in reply toSubes

Weekends are a challenge, I think I'm struggling because I eat socially almost all the time. I don't drink so as a student this is the easiest way to catch up with friends etc but isn't necessarily diet friendly!

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albionjen

To lose weight you just have to take in less kcal than you use. Most people aim to lose 1-2lb per week, which means eating 500-1000kcal less than you burn each day. If you are very active your daily requirement may easily be 2500kcal or more, in which case the 1400kcal target is probably a bit low.

The link below is a calculator to work out approximately how many calories you need to stay the same weight, then you can just eat less than that amount to lose weight!

scoobysworkshop.com/calorie...

My target is more like 1600kcal since I run 3 times a week and go to the gym twice. Be aware that even vigorous exercise doesn't burn a massive amount of calories. E.g. For me a 30 minute run burns about 300kcal.

Hope that helps

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imswan in reply toalbionjen

Thanks for the link and advice :-) I'll check it out now and see what I should be eating!

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Subes

Cheers, I've found the case as well. I'm not losing weight, but am losing inches. Noone sees weight loss, but they do the inches and I feel healthier :-)

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imswan

As long as you're losing something! :D Good luck with the rest of your weight loss!

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Penel

It's not all about the number of calories, the type of food you eat also matters.

huffingtonpost.com/robert-l...

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imswan in reply toPenel

A very interesting article- hello protein!

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mrslazy

Hi, I have two comments for you. Firstly increase your protein. A small handful of nuts as a snack is very satisfying. Also if you have done a run that day you should be able to have another 2 to 3 hundred calories without a problem.

Good luck x

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imswan in reply tomrslazy

That's great, thank-you. I think realistically each day 1600 is probably a good number for me considering the activity I do, which is a relief! :D

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