Confused about calories?
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Your BMR, or basal metabolic rate (metabolism), is the energy (measured in calories) expended by the body at rest to maintain normal bodily functions. \n\nEach Person has a different Metabolism.  It all depends on Male/Female and current weight.  Your metabolism decides how many calories you burn doing nothing.  1st I would have to know your sex weight and height to tell you how many calories you burn doing nothing. Then you figure in the 500 calories that you have already burn. \n\nHere is a website where you can input all of your info and it will calculate it for you.  Just remember 3500 calories = a pound.  So take that into consideration when losing weight.\nhttp://www.internetfitness.com/calculators/bmr.htm
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Read my article on calorie consumption/calorie saving...here http://www.healthandstrength.net/qofweek.htm\nThere is probably about 400-600 calories in something like that...depends on the size and stuff, but I would have to run on the treadmill for about 50 minutes to burn that off...then I would still be back where I was.  If I DIDNT eat it, then the 400-600 calories that I burn on the treadmilll would be weight off my ass.  I lost 54 lbs...my before and after pic is on my site here http://www.healthandstrength.net \nI refuse to eat sugar and things that won't benefit my body...YES they are tastly, but really...you dont need it.  Eating them everyother day will most likely cause insulin insensitivity and eventually maybe diabetes.  Sugar is evil!  I treat it as the poison that it is. \nGood luck!
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1300 calories daily is quite low.  It's too low for exercising 2 hours per day.\n\nThis calculator will show you the approximate number of calories that your body burns just doing nothing: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/calrmr.php  You shouldn't eat fewer calories than this base metabolism amount or you will lose muscle.  Any activities that you do, walking and exercise burn additional calories.\n\nSo, it would be better to eat a few more calories AND to exercise.  No need for 2 hours daily.  30 minutes to an hour 5 times a week is good.
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I like http://www.calorielab.com\n\nJust type in the food you are seeking calorie count for and you'll get more info than you imagined...lol!
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A calorie is a unit of heat.  When we say a given food has X number of calories per serving, we are talking about how much fuel is in it for your body.  If you eat normally, and neither gain nor lose weight, you are an "average" person on an "average" diet.  To lose weight, you must eat less than YOU need, whether or not less than the average person needs.  For example, my body is very slow to metabolize food, and loves to store fat all around it.  This is partly genetic, as my German ancestors had to endure long, cold winters.  It is also from not getting enough exercise, for a variety of reasons.  And finally, it is a snowball thing: you eat more than you burn for many years, it gets harder to burn more than you eat.\n\nSo when you are young and the differences are small is the time to get a handle on just how you can eat well and exercise well and get your body into its best configuration possible.  You will probably need the help of some older and wiser heads that know about nutrition, exercise, and your particular needs.  If your parents have a handle on the third, they will surely help you find what you need about the first two.  If you are still in school, there is the school nurse and/or nutritionist and the gym teacher.  (Doesn't matter if you hate her, but get her help anyway. I hated mine, and now I weigh 300 lbs.!)\n\nThe younger you are when you get yourself under control, the more successful you will be in all fields, not just in looking good!
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An intake between 1200 and 1400 calories per day is considered a low intake.\n\nCaloric intake BELOW 1200 should be avoided. It will lower your metabolism (so you actually start burning fat slower). Also, you most often will NOT be getting the nutrition you need, resulting in brittle bones, messed up periods, hair loss, and tooth decay.\n\nSexy huh?
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3500 calories equals about 1 lb.\n\nSo you'll need to consume 3500 more calories on a weekly basis.
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you should always eat, especially if you're expending that much energy.  if you're really doing fairly intense workouts (breaking a sweat, needing to catch your breath) 3 or 4 times a day, which you probably shouldn't, you're going to need around 3000-3500 calories a day.  possibly more.  i don't know how old you are, but if you have summer vacation i assume you are 18 or under, in which case you are still growing and need to eat even more.  if you exercise that much, you'll lose fat, but you might gain muscle, which weighs more.  don't be alarmed if the scale stays about the same, but you look better.\nso keep eating, keep exercising (although maybe not that much) and don't overdo anything.  use your good judgment.
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Losing weight is a simple equation: if you burn more calories than you eat, the weight will come off. Start off by estimating how many calories you burn each day using the calorie calculator (http://www.straighthealth.com/pages/tools/caloriecalclb.html). This will give you an idea of how many calories to eat. Healthy weight loss is 1-2 pounds per week. To lose 1 pound per week you need to create a calorie deficit (bur more than you eat) of 500 calories per day. To lose 2 pounds a week, you have to double the deficit to 1000 calories per day. You can achieve this by eating less, exercising more or a combination of both. For more information on diet, weight loss and exercise, visit http://straighthealth.com
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recommending 800-1000 cals a day, could potentially  be very dangerous for some people so, perhaps you shouldn't recommend it?\nhowever, cutting down on your sugar and cals ( to no less than 1400 cals) and increasing your excercise levels is a great idea. well done!
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A Calorie (capital "C") is equal to 1000 calories (lower case "c").\nA Calorie is more correctly called a kilocalorie.\nBoth are a unit of energy, although [capital "C"] Calories are common to see on food labels in the United States.
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To find out how many calories you should eat a day, you need to calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and AMR (Active Metabolic Rate) which is equal to your Total Energy Requirement.  Here's a tool for a rough estimate.\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/bmr.html\n\nIf you want to gain more muscle you'll have to maintain a daily calorie surplus (above your total energy requirement).  If you want to lose weight you'll have to maintain a daily calorie deficit (below your total energy requirement).  You're already within a healthy weight range so that's great.
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You are not eating enough calories.  Using the numbers you provided in your question, I calculated your BMR & RMR and this is what I got:\n\nThe results of your calculations are:  BMR 2,262   RMR 2,071 \nFor an explanation of BMR and RMR and important notes on the accuracy of these calculations, please see our FAQ entitled, What do BMR and RMR stand for? While BMR is much more widely used than RMR, our FAQ explains why RMR is likely to be more appropriate for your needs. \nAs BMR and RMR only represent resting energy expenditure or calories burned during a day of rest, an adjustment must be made to reflect activity level. This can be done by multiplying your BMR and RMR by an activity factor: \nFactor     Category         BMR       RMR   \n1.2         Bed Rest       2,714     2,485 \n1.3         Sedentary      2,941     2,692 \n1.4         Active         3,167     2,899 \n1.5         Very Active    3,393     3,107 \n \nAs you can see, you aren't even eating enough calories to support bed rest.  Your body is in starvation mode and holding onto every calorie that you eat.\n\nGradually increase your calorie intake.  Eat smaller meals more frequently.  And, yes, add weight training.  \n\nSee the links in the source for some more info about BMR and RMR.
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There is not direct relationship.  I suppose if you intake too many calories, then your BMI will rise to an unsafe level.  And what do you mean by the "number of calories?"  In the universe?  In a McRib sandwich?  In me?  Haha, just kidding with you, but this question really does not make an sense.
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Try the BMR/RMR and activity calculators at this website:  http://www.caloriesperhour.com  You'll need to input your sex, weight, height and age to figure out your RMR and BMR.  This is the absolute minimum number of calories you should eat.  Those are the calories needed just to be alive.  There's some good explanations on the website.\n\nAnother good website is http://www.sparkpeople.com
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Thank God someone's asked instead of blindly following the newest fad diet in the media!\n\nAn adult human being should get between 2000 and 2500 calories per day, with females sticking closer to the low side of this range and males sticking closer to the high side of it, and the food they eat should break down this way:\n\nFats-- A female should consume no more than 60 grams of fat per day, a male no more than 65.\n\nProtein-- This one can get a bit complex to figure out since the actual formula is to take your body weight in kilograms, multiply by 0.8, and convert that number into grams in order to determine how much protein you need to consume a day, then figure out how many grams of protein are in the food you eat... but since there are seven grams in each ounce of meat you eat no matter which meat it really is, and there are 28 grams to an ounce, I'm going to simplify the math.\n\nMultiply your optimum body weight (in other words, how much you should weigh it you're not overweight), by 1.45 to find out how many grams of meat you should eat.  Divide by 28 to convert into ounces.\n\nFor instance, considering my body weight should be 180 pounds, I would multiply that by 1.45, and get 261 grams.  If I divide by 28, I end up with 9.3 ounces of meat per day, which is absolutely right for someone my size.\n\nNot only do I not need any more protein than that, my body really can't use any more than that (and that holds true for everyone else, as well).\n\nGenerally speaking, if you consume between eight and twelve ounces of meat per day, though, you've got all the protein your body is ever going to use... and make sure to break that into smaller portions, because your body can't really absorb more than 20 or so grams of protein at any time.  It's very hard to digest and use... and no, contrary to the opinion of the "lo-carb" people, protein isn't the best fuel for your body, it's the WORST.  Your body CANNOT digest and use large amounts of protein, and it cannot burn it for energy under any circumstances, which is why the lo-carb diet works.  It's tricking you into eating a lot of things your body simply can't use so you don't know you're actually slowly starving to death.\n\nCarbohydrates:  An adult human should consume a minimum of 300 grams of carbohydrates per day.  Notice, 65 grams of fat, about 60 or so grams of protein, 300 grams of carbohydrates.  That means the vast majority of what you eat should have carbohydrates in it (grains, vegetables, and fruits).  Your body needs carbohydrates to burn for energy because that's what it was designed to burn, and it needs the sugar produced by them to feed your brain (it cannot consume any other fuel whatsoever), and it needs the fiber which comes in those foods to keep both your bloodstream and your digestive system scrubbed clean and running smoothly.\n\nAgain, contrary to the "lo-carb" diet people, your body cannot, it cannot, it CANNOT convert carbohydrates to fat.  NOT EVER.  It converts a bit of it to glycogen and a bit to triglycerides stored in the liver, and that's it.  None of your carbs go to your love handles, your belly, your butt, etc.  Not a single calorie of it.\n\n\nHow does this work out calorically?\n\nWell, protein and carbohydrates both have four calories per gram.  Fat has nine.  If I sat down and multiplied out the amounts I gave you, I would discover I should get the following calorie spread:\n\nFat:  585 calories\nProtein:  261 calories\nCarbohydrates:  1200 calories.\n\nThat means I should get a total of 2046 calories, and that just over 1/4 of them should come from fat... which is exactly what a doctor would tell me I should eat.  Since I can eat up to 2500 calories a day, but that I cannot eat any more fat than I already have taken into account, I can consume a bit more protein and carbohydrates just in case I want an extra snack or something... and my dietary calories stay pe
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dude people. you don't need to be on a diet to be skinny! don't you know that food is energy? So if you eat like a big meal then you go and work it out in the gym or something. Calories basically is the amount of energy (i now the definition is like 1 degree Celsius but ya..). So stop dieting and EAT WHAT YOU WANT (JUST MAKE SURE YOU EAT RIGHT AMOUNT TO USE IT OFF~suggestion: swimming)