Checking a calculation of excess calories
Hello all, I'm interested in checking my calculation of the excess calories that lead to my weight gain. It was really motivating when I did it but was also something that I just came up with, so I'm not sure if it's right.
When I was 16, I weighed about 81 kg (I remember 180lbs on my driver's license). I started taking weight loss seriously when I was 35 at 116kg. That's 35kg gained over 19 years, an average of 1.8 kg per year, or 0.15kg per month.
While I did do some resistance training during the 19 years, I had not done any since turning 30, so the weight gain was probably all body fat. With 7,700 calories in a kilogram of body fat, that comes to about 1,200 excess calories per month, or 40 calories per day. Is that right? That's less than an apple a day, or a bag of chips (crisps) a month!
My weight loss journey since April 2021 seems to suggest the calculation is right. At first, I simply stopped any kind of snack after 10pm, and lost about a kilogram per month. In December, I got a spin bike and squat rack, and since then have consistently lost 2-3 kg per month.
It just seems crazy to me that all this weight gain came from the equivalent of an extra bag of chips per month!
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