How To Calculate Your Calorie Intake For Weight Loss

What is the calories needed to lose weight?

This is a question I hear often, so I decided to take this opportunity to explain a little more detail on this particular point.

There are some simple equations that you can use to calculate how many calories usually a day that your particular body require to lose body fat.

Of course, this varies from person to person, but there are constants that do not change.

For example, there are about 3500 calories in a pound.

These calories come from carbohydrates, fats or protein calories will not change. Only the quality of those calories may be different, which of course is important.

In this article, however, I want to keep the focus on research that "magic number" first.

To determine your personal calorie consumption should first know your BMR (basal metabolic rate).

In short, your basal metabolic rate is a measure of the amount of calories your body needs and burns to maintain your current weight.

Have you ever had someone tell you they have a slow metabolism? Essentially, what they are really saying is that you have a low basal metabolism or a low basal metabolic rate.



There are many online calculators available to you that will instantly make this calculation.

An online calculator BMR will usually require you enter your level age, sex, weight, height and activity and immediately returned an approximate number of calories you need to maintain your current weight.

Once you determine the number of calories your body needs to maintain your current weight (do you remember how many calories are in a pound?) You will need to subtract 250 to 500 (500 is the maximum) calories day of that amount in order to reach your caloric intake required for weight loss of about 2 pounds per month.

Consider that if you were to eat 250 calories less per day, in a week, you ate less calories 1750 and in two weeks you ate 3,500 fewer calories, which is equivalent to one pound.

In two weeks you will have lost a pound of body fat in a month that would be lost 2 kilos which is considered a safe way to lose weight.

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