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Cutting Calories Anonymous
I am 19 years old and around 5'6 260 lbs

So i started cutting calories drastically on Tuesday, started drinking the appropriate ammount of water a day for my body type and got a gym membership, been doing cardio for about 1 hour a day.

All this is such a big change to what i used to eat before and i used to do no exercise. I cut the ammount of calories and overall bad foods i eat a day by like 60% (I ate pretty bad) Now I would guess im hanging around 2,000 calories a day with an hour of cardio at the gym. I also take a powder supplement for various other vitamins once a day. Ive been reaading around and read that cutting calories too quickly and too below what you should to stay the same weight could be bad and burn muscle instead of fat.

Should i continue with this diet and exercise or take it a bit slower and eat more calories? Am I risking harming myself?
>> Anonymous
your young enough to handle that, it wont kill you. The hardest part will be sticking to it.
>> Anonymous
I think you're doing fine, if you feel hungry there are plenty of healthy things you can munch on- slices of carrot, nuts, fruits- i actually think these things taste good, you will to after you just eat them a lot.

In terms of cardio, look at interval training and HIIT- as it will burn fat faster (some studies show 900% tnation goes wer) than your regular run of the mill boring running/jogging on the treadmill.

Interval training can be fun, especially when you can see your progression. The concept is basically this- do something that raises your heart-rate for say 30seconds, then cooldown for 30seconds by lowering your heart rate, and doing this for an extended period of time.

Pick an exercise you enjoy doing or are good at, let's say you like swimming, its a great choice for you personally because it wont put so much stress on your joints (260lbs is putting a lot of stress on your joints already)- you could swim freestyle for 30seconds, then switch it up to a slower frog style for 30seconds etc. After 20mins your body will be loving you.

Good Luck and keep motivated, the fact that you are taking vitamin supplements shows you aren't a retard, so thumbs up.