When counting calories do you only count the calories from fat or the whole amount of calories?
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The whole amount of calories.  Think of it like fuel for your body, the gasoline that makes it work...for all of the fuel you put in, you need to drive (exercise) that much to burn it off.  Some of it is used just to keep you alive, and the rest needs to be 'used' or it gets stored...fat city.\n\nTo calculate your daily caloric needs:
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There are 9 cal/gm of fat or 9000 per kilogram.  Similarly if we are dealing with carbohydrate or protein then there are 4 calories per gram or 4000 per kilogram.
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It's not actually based on calories alone. It is based on fat, fiber, and calories.
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I know a lot about health and I'm pretty sure it's 63 grams of fat each day. And it's 2,000 calories depending on if you want to lose or gain weight.
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It's even more stupid to say any food is all fat. Even Mc Donald's. 1,200 calories are 1,200 calories no matter what you eat. You will lose less weight over a longer period of time if those calories are from saturated fat, salty foods or things that slow your metabolism, so yes, total energy consumed is 1,200 calories, but how you burn them off will vary.\n\nTry to cut out all sodium and take in 40g or dietary fiber a day. That will get the fluid out of your fat cells and out of your system and kick your metabolism up a few notches and you'll fee a lot better. Also all that roughage will make you feel full.
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well, the question is: are you gaining weight, losing weight, or maintaining the weight? If you're neither losing nor gaining, then you're consuming the right number of calories for your metabolism.
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Actually the above answer (and source) is incorrect.  In most situation there is a difference.  "C"alorie, in the capital sense is meant to denote a kilocalorie, or 1000 "c"alories (in the lowercase sense).  Every Calorie on the back of the food boxes are indeed 1000 calories.\n\nThe problem is that these two terms are often misused, and misrepresented.  A calorie in laymans terms is actually a kilocalorie, but rather than saying all of that, and making it a markedly more confusing term, it was simplified to Calorie.\n\n\n\nTiger Striped Dog MD
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A calorie is a calorie. 3500 calories, regardless of where it comes from (fat/carbs/protein/alcohol), can create 1 lb of fat. Current diet recommendations specify a percentage of calories from fat, typically 20-30% of your daily food. Problem is, 1 gram of fat provides 9 calories, whereas 1 gram of carbohydrates or protein is only 4. So....an equal amount of fat will have more than twice as many calories than an equal amount of carb/prot.\n\nThe calories from fat is just a way for you to see how much of the food is fat. However, they simply list how many calories come from fat - the rest from prot/carbs. A "better" way (and companies won't do this) is to simply divide the fat calories by total calories, so you can see what the % is (you can do this yourself of course). Then, when you see that a hotdog is 90% fat and you are trying to hit 20-30% per day, you might think twice!\n\nJohn
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When you look at total caloric intake v. burning per day, you need to consider that your body burns calories just by simply functioning.  This includes times that you are at rest, just moving about, autonomic functions, etc.  This can be a tricky figure to determine but there are calculators out there that can help you establish a rough baseline.\n\nThere are some things you may want to examine in your own routine.  How many calories are you getting in one sitting?  How many meals per day are you having?  When are you eating?  If you are eating twice a day that's not going to help.  If you are eating a 900 calorie meal in one sitting that won't help either.  If you eat more than your body needs at one time, the excess will be stored as fat.\n\nSo, you can consider a more structured diet.  I personally have at least 5 meals a day, smaller portions each meal (more or less I have three actual meals and snacks in between, and I'm eating something every three hours or so).  Also, I drink lots of water and reduce the processed simple carbs and bad fats.  Some people go as far as keeping a journal to help them track what their caloric intake/burning.\n\nFinally, consider adding resistance training to your exercise regiment, such as weight training or yoga.  This will help you to burn calories even when you're not exercising, such as when you're resting (recovery period).\n\nGood luck!
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It is simply - calories in, calories out (burned). Your weight is simply a reflection that, overall. And it is cumulative. In other words, if you splurge on one day, you need to hold back some the next.
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how much you weigh has no factor on it. your intake of calories should be less than amount of calories you burn. start paying attention the the nutrition facts chart on food packaging, the calorie amount in particular. it's also wise to exercise using something that calculated the amount of calories burned. if the total amount burned is more than the amount taken in - congrats! you're on your way to losing weight. but don't rush it, it's just as unhealthy to lose too much too fast (like 50lbs in one week - not good).
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each gram of fat is about 9 Calories, while each gram of Carbohydrate or Protein is 4 Calories.
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A calorie is a unit of energy, it's a way to measure it.  Food is converted to energy when it is digested.  Then stored as fat if you dont use it. Whichever has more calories marshmellow or walnut, is the one with more energy
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I've found the best way to count calories is to do a daily chart.  Just remember what you eat and there's this FABULOUS calorie calculator on sparkpeople.com that I use regularly.  It will tell you how many calories things have from a pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut to a donut from Dunkin' Donuts.
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Calories are calories, whether they are from oranges or donuts. Obviously, it would take a whole lot more oranges and there are certainly other health concerns with the donuts, but to answer your specific question...If you take in more calories than you are burning, you will get fat. It doesn't matter the source.
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Look at the nutrition label on the side of the box. Look under where it says 1 serving. One of the first things listed should be calories. NOw, the box will have two calorie measurments (usually) you want the one under kcal. SO if it says 100 you know how many is in the food.\nNot all foods you eat will have calories listed, such as at restraunts ect. This site has an estimate of how many calories is in all types of food! including fast food\nhttp://www.thecaloriecounter.com/\nThis site tells you how many calories you need to eat to MAINTAIN weight\nhttp://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_6_1x_Calorie_Calculator.asp\nYes it is true! a 3500 calorie deficiency (through a combo of excercise and eating les than to maintain weight will lose you a pound. To calculate calories buruned doing certain activities, go here!\nhttp://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm\n\nAnd no, if you excercise you cannot eat what you like if you want to lose weight to the person who said you can
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It's not, that is only a certain method of measuring a calorie.  A calorie is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree celsius at 1 atmospheric pressure.  \n14.5 and 15.5 (celsius) are merely the temperatures chosen to start and end at.  There is also the 20 degree calorie (19.5-20.5) and 4 degree calorie (3.5-4.5). The differences in energy required from different temperatures vary in the thousandths of a joule.