How many calories and fat should you be eating to lose weight if you are a woman who is 5'11'' and weighs 214 pounds?

Answer

That all depends. A person who is looking to not exercise a whole lot will have to eat very healthy, with very little fat, sugar, cholesterol, and salt to lose weight. A person who is looking forward to doing alot or a good amount of exercise can allow more fat, sugar, cholesterol, and salt into their diet to lose weight. But of course, the most effective way to lose weight is to eat very healthy, with small amounts of fat, sugar, cholesterol and salt, and to do a good amount of exercise. ( at least one hour per day, but more is better )

It is possible to lose weight just by eating healthy and not getting exercise, but it is very slow weight loss. If you were to just eat healthy and not get any physical activity whatsoever it will take a very long time to lose even a pound, maybe 2 weeks.

But you don't have to sacrifice alot just to lose weight, it can be fun. There are 7 simple things that you can do to lose weight.

1. Drink 8 glasses of water a day

2. get at least 1 hour of physical activity per day

3. substitute in healthier foods ( example: switch ice creamwith a nice low-fat yogurt)

4. Inconvience yourself. make chores or jobs longer ( example: walk tothe store instead of driving there )

5. Eat More fruits and vegetables

6. Eat more nutritious and healthy foods

7. Eat 5 - 6 small meals a day

healthy weight loss per week should be NO MORE than 2 pounds. if you lose more than 2 pounds you are either-

1. Exercising way too much2. Eating too healthy ( very little calories. Don't eat less than 1300 calories per day because your body will go into starvation mode in which you lose body tissue not fat, which means you're still technically fat )3. Not eating enough4. On a fad diet

Also, you probably heard about diets such as The Atkin's Diet, Southbeach diet, and cabbage soup diet. Don't trythese diets, they simply DON'T work. All the weight you will be losing will be in body tissue ( muscle tissue, organtissue ) and you can seriously hurt yourself. When people starve themselves, eat too little or try fad diets and see weight loss on a scale they assume that it is real weight loss, but this is strictly not so. Real weight lossis eating adequately along with proper exercise to lose no more than 2 pounds a week. now, that is real weight loss.( Also, watch out for weight loss gimmicks and ads, such as the " lose weight while watching t.v.!" crap or "lose weight without exercise!" scam. )

Just start off eating alittle more healthier and engage in physical activity at least 3 to 5 times a week an houra day. Start off slow because starting off with drastic measures can result in failure or disappointment. Good luck!

-Leopold