ok, i'm 18, 6 foot 3, 265. I have a girlfriend strictly from personality and i want to keep her because she makes me so happy. We love each other very much. She told me about all of the things she did in preperation for my prom last year (we go to different schools and she's a year younger than me) so i decided that i need to do something to look nice fore her prom this year. I have decided to start counting calories and running the treadmill, in addition to playing roller hockey for my college. Im surprisingly pretty good, im just slow. But anyways, i was wondering if you guys here could give me advice and i also wanted to know if the following would give me any results....

September 30
total - 1368 cal
20 min @ 4.0 on treadmill
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October 1
total - 1960 cal
Hockey Game
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October 2
Total - 1590 cal
20 min @ 4.0 on treadmill
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October 3
Total - 1285 cal
20 min @ 4.0
20 min @ 4.0
(i ran twice)
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October 4
Total - 1245 cal
20 min @ 4.0
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October 5
total - 617 cal
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i also wanted to know if when you count your calories if you should count the "negative calorie" foods also considering your body acually burns more calories through eating them...

Thanks alot to anyone who answers

I think your exercise is looking good. But you are eating far too few calories for someone as tall as you and as active. This can have a reverse effect to what you hope to accomplish. Your body will go into starvation mode and hold on to the weight because it predicts famine is on the way. You need to fill up on stuff that is good for you.
Good luck with your plan. You are smart to get started early in the school year.
Pat

i agree with patricians..eating too few calories will just slow your metabolism down...you need to be eating more calories..more in the 2000 calorie range...and the type of calories matters too, and when you eat them matters also..spread the calories out throughout the day in 3 small meals and 2-3 snacks to keep your metabolism up..lean protein, fruits, veggies, whole grains, non fat/low fat dairy, some good oils...good work on your exercise and your motivation!! dont worry about not counting 'negative calorie foods' ..just count all of your caloires ..any that cost more to burn are just a bonus for you.. a good place to keep track online for free is www.fitday.com ..best of luck!!

Thanks alot for your advice guys. I'm glad you guys think i'm eating too little because i'm pretty hungry alot, i'm probably going to try to keep it around 1500 though. Thanks again

Calories are still low, but Just remember if your weight loss starts slowing down and then comes to a sudden halt it could be one of two things your body is going into starvation mode OR you could go into a plateau which is normal (your body is adjusting to the weight loss) and should be temporary.

I did the same thing I ate only 1100 calories a day and exercised around 1 1/2 hours a day plus strength trained and it worked for 50 lbs and then slowed down and then finally stopped and I DID NOT loose weight no matter how much I exercised or how clean my diet was until I ate more calories. So you might want to keep that in mind. Good Luck