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bmr and calorie counting
jas wrote:
I want to lose approx 2 pound per week and i think calorie counting and restricting my foods to ones I know the calories of is the way to go for me. I am approximately 350 pounds and have a target of end of 2005 to reach what I term as my ideal weight of 210 pounds. Initially for calorie counting I need to know how many calories a day my body uses when at rest (which is most of the day!) It seems to be BMR that gives me this figure of 2972 calories per day for a man of my age, height and weight. So, to start with I was thinking of keeping my calorie intake to 3000 calories per day (as it is resting figure i was thinking my daily activities would therefore make me lose a little weight?) and after a few weeks see how that makes me feel, lose weight, etc and then increase, decrease accordingly but try and keep somewhere near the 2 pound per week figure. Is this the way to work when calorie counting? What Ingnaramus said plus I'd get a good way of tracking your calories in and calories out (exercise). What I use is a program called DietPower. There are others, such as FitDay that work well. You can download a 2- week trial at http://www.dietpower.com. Also, get yourself a decent food scale, here's a good one: http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3654134 I've been tracking everying I eat for over a year now. I've gone from 245 lbs last July to 165 lbs this April. I've been maintaining between 160 and 165 since then. Phil M. -- If you can empty your own boat Crossing the river of the world, No one will oppose you, No one will seek to harm you. -Chuang Tzu |
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