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Originally Posted by adam&emilysmom  My low carb diet isn't working for me anymore and I thought I would try to count calories, but I have no idea how many I should consume in a day. I am a girl, I am 5'4" tall, and I weigh a whopping 186 pounds right now. I exercise at least 45 minutes to 1 hour daily.
I am going on vacation in April and I would like to lose 20 pounds by then. At the rate I am going now, it doesn't look like that will happen. I got lazy over the holidays and now it is taking me a while to get back into the swing.
Thanks a lot for your help!  |
So you're looking to lose 43lbs in 5.5 months, that's roughly 22 weeks and 2lbs a week.
In order to do that you're going to need to setup a deficit of 1000 calories a day on average. One question I have is how intense is your exercising? Are we talking walking? Running? Cardio? Weightlifting?????
By my calculations you should shoot for eating 1450 calories a day on average in addition to your exercise if you're doing low intensity exercise, but if it's truly high intensity exercise then you should shoot for eating 1730 calories a day. This should get you to your goal weight by June!