How Many Calories do you Need?

Americans have been conditioned to think they just need to restrict calories to lose weight. Sometimes I hear people say "I used to look much better at this weight". What most people do not realize is it takes calories to burn calories. If you reduce the your calories below what your body needs it will think it is being starved, and will start holding on to fat. The end result you lose lean body mass such as muscle. That is the reason a person can weigh the same as they did earlier in their life but carry more body fat. There are many factors that go into figuring out how many calories each person needs. Sex, age, weight, activity level are just a few of the things taken into consideration when figuring daily caloric needs. I have made it easy for you. Follow the link below. Just enter in your information in the boxes provided and the calorie calculator will give you the calories you need to maintain your current weight. If you want to gain weight add five hundred calories. If you want to lose weight take five hundred calories off the total given. This is not a crash diet. You will lose the weight slowly but you will lose body fat.  The end result is you may look better at a much higher weight than before because muscle weighs more than fat, and is much smaller than fat. Just think of fat as a sponge and muscle as iron. How big is ten pounds of sponge and how big is ten pounds of iron. If you lose ten pounds of sponge (fat) you are losing quite a bit in inches. Iron (muscle), not so much. If you have any questions feel free to leave your info.



http://calorieneedscalculator.com/

Randy Edwards


Masters in Kinesiology
Personal Trainer 1989-present
Co-Owner "The Gym" 1997-Present






Sources: Randy's Brain