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Old June 4th, 2004, 01:06 PM
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What is my daily caloric
I'm a 56 year old male, 6"2'2" and about 208 lbs.

I work out 6 days a week ( 4 days 1 hr aerobic, 2 days 1 hr,. weights,
and 30 minutes of aerobic training.

I work from home so a lot of the rest of the day isnvolves sitting at
my desk or waklking around the house.


I have seen various caloric calculators which claim to tell you what
your daily caloric requirements are but they have huge variations. Can
anyone give me a "general" idea of what mine might be?


Thanks,

Sy

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Old June 4th, 2004, 02:23 PM
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What is my daily caloric
I'm a 56 year old male, 6"2'2" and about 208 lbs.

I work out 6 days a week ( 4 days 1 hr aerobic, 2 days 1 hr,. weights,
and 30 minutes of aerobic training.

I work from home so a lot of the rest of the day isnvolves sitting at
my desk or waklking around the house.


I have seen various caloric calculators which claim to tell you what
your daily caloric requirements are but they have huge variations. Can
anyone give me a "general" idea of what mine might be?


Thanks,

Sy

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The Harris-Benedict formula is one of the more commonly used metabolic rate
calculators (I've included it in my recently released WeightWare program).

Assuming your are "Moderately Active - Moderate exercise/sports 3-5 times
per week", it predicts you would require 2,972 calories per day to maintain
your current weight.

At the higher level of "Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days per
week", it predicts you would need 3,308 calories per day.

However, these are ballpark estimates only.

GG
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Old June 4th, 2004, 02:44 PM
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What is my daily caloric
I'm a 56 year old male, 6"2'2" and about 208 lbs.

I work out 6 days a week ( 4 days 1 hr aerobic, 2 days 1 hr,. weights,
and 30 minutes of aerobic training.

I work from home so a lot of the rest of the day isnvolves sitting at
my desk or waklking around the house.


I have seen various caloric calculators which claim to tell you what
your daily caloric requirements are but they have huge variations. Can
anyone give me a "general" idea of what mine might be?


Thanks,

Sy


http://exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html

any calculator is going to give you an estimate...a "general" idea. you
have to take what it gives you and make slight adjustments. for
instance, if you try this, and you lose 1 pound in a week, it's about 500
calories too low. if you try it and you gain 1 lb in a week, its about
500 calories too high.

good luck
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Old June 4th, 2004, 05:30 PM
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On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 12:06:15 GMT, wrote:


What is my daily caloric
I'm a 56 year old male, 6"2'2" and about 208 lbs.

I work out 6 days a week ( 4 days 1 hr aerobic, 2 days 1 hr,. weights,
and 30 minutes of aerobic training.

I work from home so a lot of the rest of the day isnvolves sitting at
my desk or waklking around the house.


I have seen various caloric calculators which claim to tell you what
your daily caloric requirements are but they have huge variations. Can
anyone give me a "general" idea of what mine might be?


BMR is around 2000-2500 according to
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html

This is in the right ballpark, cos I'm about the same height, weight
and age and I aim for 2000 calories a day to lose about 1lb a week
with a little exercise thrown in.

why do you need to know anything other than a ballpark figure?

Ray
 




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