How much calories shld i eat per day if i want to lose body fat and weight?
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It depends on your weight.  First, you need to go and find your RMR (resting Metabolic Rate)- which is how many calories you would need to maintain your weight if you did nothing but lie in bed and sleep all day.  You would need to add another 200-300 calories just for daily activities, depending on what you do every day.  Even watching TV burns calories:\n\nhttp://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/calrmr.htm\n\nhttp://www.coolnurse.com/calories_burned.htm\n\n\nEvery time you burn 3500 calories, either from exercising or cutting calories, you lose one pound.  So, in order to lose one pound per week, you would need to eat 500 calories less than you need to maintain your current weight.  You could also consume the amount of calories needed to maintain your weight, and burn 500 calories through exercising.  What works best is a combination- eat 200 less, and burn 300.  \n\nLosing body fat happens faster and more easily if you exercise (because it boosts your metabolism and curbs your hunger cravings), and even then, faster if you strength train compared to cardio alone.  One of the jobs of your muscles is to burn fat.  The more lean muscle you have, the faster your fat melts away.  The following link will tell you how many calories you will burn with each exercise, by your weight, with the amount of time you put in.  (choose, calories burned and disable your pop-up blocker):\n\nhttp://www.healthstatus.net/calculators.html\n\nRemember that muscle weighs more than fat, so if you are strength training, you may gain a little weight at first because you are gaining muscle before it will burn away your fat.\n\nHere are some tips:\n\n-Drink lots of water.  Your body will only have hunger cravings when you're actually hungry if you're properly hydrated.\n\n-Eat smaller meals throughout the day, like 5-6.  It maintains your metabolism and keeps your "machine" running smoothly.  If you happen to skip a meal, your body will think it's starving and go into famine mode: slowing down your metabolism by saving every last ounce of fat because it thinks it won't be fed.\n\n-Try to cut fast food completely out of your diet.\n\n-Your meals should consist of 25% protein, 25% carb, and 50% veges and fruits.  Add in low-fat milk as needed.
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A pound of what? If you want to know how many calories something has you need to be specific. But i think you mean a pound of fat so, that has 3500 calories in one pound of body fat.
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First of all, as any credible dietician or health professional will tell you, diet is only half the equation. You also have to increase your level of physical activity to burn off more calories and speed up your metabolism while reducing your daily caloric intake. Losing weight is a slow process and if you follow a strict regimen of diet and exercise, you can expect to healthily lose around 1-1.5 pounds tops a week. One pound of body fat equals about 3500 calories so there needs to be a large net caloric deficit to lose a lot of weight. The key is consistency. Check the net for more information, there are tons of resources.
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1200 calories a day on average
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About 207 calories per day.
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Doug:  The key to weight loss is simply this:  A pound of fat is 3,500 calories.  You need approximately 2,000-2,500 calories/ day to maintain your weight.  If you run four miles a day, you are burning about 500 calories.  So, in order to lose weight, you must reduce your caloric intake to about 1,000/day.  You will then burn 2000 calories/day (so long as you do your 4 miles)..and the weight will burn off of you rather quickly.  Do not starve yourself.  After 72 hours of starvation, your metabolism will stop dead in its tracks..your body will think that you are starving and you won't burn anything.  Drink alot of water.  Beleive it or not, alot of your stomach size could be due to water retention.  Up your water intake to at least a gallon per day and your body will not store any water.  Since muscle is 70% water and fat is 20% water, you will know that you are burning fat rather than lean muscle if you are properly hydrated.  Good luck!
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If you can burn about 500 calories per day (and don't eat more to compensate), you can lose 1 pound per week.
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It takes a calorie defecit of 3,500 calories to lose one pound of fat.  Your body needs 2,000 calories a day (approximately) to maintain your current weight.  So if you scaled back calories, lets say to 1,500 a day, in one week you would lose exactly one pound.  It's not easy, it's not quick, but it is guaranteed to work time and time again.  There are no shortcuts, although excercise will help you to lose weight by burning off additional calories, helping you reach your 3,500 defecit quicker.
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You are eating more than you spend.  Average person needs ~2000 calories a day to keep the body functions normal anymore than that is stored as fat.\n\nEat right and exercise, the only two time tested methods to weight loss.
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i dont count calories. what you want is a well balanced diet. you should eat every time you are hungry (about 5 times a day), but you must stop eating as soon as you are not hungry. just try to make better food choices, cut excess junk food. if you are truely craving something, that is your body's way of telling you what you need.
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I went on a low calorie diet and lost weight pretty quickly. I am 5'4'' and went on a 1000 calorie a day diet. You're not supposed to go below 1200 calories, but I ate enough, just low calorie stuff. The calories, not the fat content, are what's important when trying to lose weight. It gets easier to eat less, too, once you get used to it and your stomach shrinks a little bit. I'm down to 118 from 125. It worked.
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If also depends on the person--Im a pretty skinny person, and I only eat about 1200-1500 calories a day, but Im lazy, so my weight is good for my age and height, while still keeping me healthy
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i eat probably a half a day... don't worry its no big deal because its negative calories so you'll lose weight really... so yeah it wont make you fat at all dont worry
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Are you looking to lose weight? If so, I would highly advise against it. If you are that little and still wanting to lose weight, it sounds like you may have an eating disorder. Now at your current weight and activity level, I would say you could easily consume 2500 calories a day. You should consume at least 2000 to be healthy since you are not looking to lose weight (hopefully) and are very active. To lose much more weight and you put your health and life at risk.
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Cut your calories down to 1200/day.  Don't go less than 1200, because that will slow your metabolism and cause you to retain weight.  Don't eat just one food -- eat a variety of low fat, low calorie foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.  Best of luck!
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Depends on level of exercize, etc. but the average diet is probably between 2000 and 3000 calories a day.
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your body naturally burns between 1500=2000 calories a day without exercise. eat less than that or burn off the extra cals with exercise.