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>>54521 good suggestions, I'm glad to see some smarties around here. just some extra info to help reinforce his point, OP, most activities use a mixture of carbohydrate and fat for fuel. at lower intensity exercises, we rely more on fat; on higher intensity, carbohydrates. thus, since I'm assuming that you're going for fat reduction, so long, low-intensity exercise, such as long walks, as he mentioned, are right up your alley. if you're motivated to start calculating calories, here's some basic advice: by most estimates, 3500 caloires intake will translate into about a pond of body weight. well, if you were to lose about a pound a week, that would equal a deficit of 500 calories a day. assuming that you had your intake and outtake balanced at 2000/a day, you could try that in different ways. one, you could simply cut out 500 calories from your intake. two, you could go do enough exercise to burn off that 500 calories. are either a good idea in the long run? no, cutting out a quarter of your food is basically skipping a meal, and that's not at all appealing to do for a long-term plan. and as for THAT much exercising, well that's a good hour or so of cardio, not everyone has THAT much extra time every day of the week. better plan? split the difference, such as cutting out two cans of soda (your average coke/pepsi has 150 calories, so that's 300 calories) and exercise for half an hour, which is much more doable, both for a beginning exerciser and for someone with a busy schedule, because you'll need to be doing this sort of thing for the forseeable future. anyways, my point is that you should take it slowly and pace yourself on your new habits if you're serious, you'll need to do this for a long while if you want to see results!
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