Many Calories Lose 15 Pounds

How many calories to lose 15 pounds? First you need to work out how many calories you should be eating just to live ie to neither put on weight nor lose weight. Once you work that out you should then reduce that number of calories by two hundred to five hundred calories (or no more than 25%).

You should not only be reducing your calories, you should ensure that you are eating a healthy diet. Each meal should consist of a protein – preferably a low fat protein such as fish, chicken, turkey or tofu. Some carbohydrates – preferably ones with a low glycaemic index such as whole grain pasta or rice, legumes or cereals such as cous cous or quinoa. Plus plenty of vegetables, a wide range of highly colored vegetables will not only fill you up with a low amount of calories it will provide you with lots of minerals and vitamins.

Snacks should consist of a small handful of nuts, a piece of fruit or a small tub of low fat yogurt. Watch out for hidden sugars in food products such as soda, ketchup, low fat foods that are laden with sugar instead of fat. Also try to avoid the “bad” fats such as animal fats, butter and whole milk. Instead choose the healthy fats found in olive oil, nuts, olives and avocados.

Exercise regularly, if you have not exercised before or for a long time make sure you have a check up with your doctor first to make sure there is no health reason for you not to be exercising. Start slowly if this is new for you, walking is easy and you do not need any specialized equipment, just get out and pound those pavements! If you have been exercising already then crank it up a bit, either increase the amount of time you spend exercising or make things a little more difficult – if you walked before, try jogging for half the time, if you use a stationery bike choose a harder program.

Losing fifteen pounds may seem like a daunting challenge, you could try breaking it down into more achievable amounts like three lots of five pounds, this might make it easier to keep going with your diet. Do not try and lose the weight too quickly, it has taken you a long time to put on the extra weight; it makes sense that you should take a reasonable amount of time to lose the weight. Doing it slowly will mean that you are more likely to get to your weight loss goal and more likely that once you reach that goal that you will stay there.

So, how many calories to lose 15 pounds? Your “normal” amount of calories less about two to five hundred should mean you lose one to two pounds a week. Making your weight loss achievable in about three months.