Calorie Calculations ...... !!
calorie, health, fitness, diet, weight
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Moderately active man
150 pounds x 15 calories/pound = 2250 calories/day
Relatively unactive man
150 pounds x 13 calories/pound = 1950 calores/day
Moderately active woman
120 pounds x 12 calories/pound = 1440 calories/day
Relatively unactive woman
120 pounds x 10 caloreis/pound = 1200 calories/day
Obviously, if you are greatly overweight, or if you get turned on to heavy-duty exercise,
your caloric needs will be different. Do the calculations for "yourself".
Specific carbs and proteins are a whole other calculation.
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on 11/12/2008
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RESTING METABOLIC RATE !!
health, fitness, muscles, weight, ideas
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Your resting metabolic rate (RMR) is the amount of calories that your body burns at rest (such as sitting on the couch all day and doing nothing else) to perform basic functions such as breathing, circulation of blood, maintaining body temperature and represents how many calories your body requires to survive and keep you alive at your current weight.
Your RMR can represent anywhere from 2/3rds to 3/4ths of your total caloric expenditure for the day. The more your actual body weight, the higher your RMR. Muscle mass also burns more calories at rest than fat, so building muscle can increase your RMR. Men have a higher RMR than a woman of the same body weight because they men have more muscle mass. Genetics can also affect your RMR.
A small number of calories are burned when your body digests and absorbs food you consume. This number can vary with the type of meal or snack that you consume and is referred to as the THERMIC EFFECT OF FOOD (TEF). While you can increase your daily activity in a variety of ways, TEF is what is is. Of course your daily training or exercise expenditure is the most variable component of the amount of calories that you burn in a day, ranging from several hundred to even serveral thousand calories depending on the duration and intensity of your training.
There are tests to give you an idea of how many calories you need to eat everyday regarding your RMR.
They recommend three suggestions before testing:
4 hour fast
No caffeine prior to test
No exercise prior to test
Knowing your resting metabolic rate RMR is helpful in many ways !! Enjoy !!
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on 6/12/2008
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7.9
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