How many calories do you need in a day to lose weight?

Answer 1

Depends on your age, sex, and current weight. Answer Women should eat 1500 and men can eat up to 2000. Of course that really depends on how active you are. Answer Actually women need to eat 1300 and men can go up to 1800 but that is the max, also depends on your height.

Answer 2

As long as you consume fewer calories than you burn, you'll lose weight. Fewer than you burn. How many calories do you burn in a day? It depends on your age, gender, height, weight and activity levels.

Answer 3

You should eat half the amount you burn. For instance, 1lb= 300 calories, right? So, to lose one pound a day, you should try to burn around 350-600 calories a day, and eat a meal around 200 calories. Burning that many calories is actually really easy in reality. The average person burns 560 calories in their sleep alone. Try to eat a small, healthy meal that can you can eat and still burn calories off. Let's put it in math:

Let's say I burned 500 calories while going on a jog, then I ate a small container of yogurt to fill me up quickly before my next workout.

(110 Cal.)

500

-110

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390 calories burned, or one pound. But don't starve yourself trying to lose weight. I aim for 1/2 pound a day, which might be a little slow for most people, but it equals out to 3.5 pounds a week. It's pretty much just basic math if you think about it. Good luck!

Answer 4

If you calculate your daily energy output in calories (exercise, body heat, normal activitties like breathing, moving sitting etc.) and eat any amount of caloeirs less than this you will loose weight. This is a very individual number and cannot be generalized.

Answer 5

that's not how u lose weight! first of all, do not starve urself! anytime u feel hungry, eat. or ur body will think its starving si it grabs on to all your fats cells to store them! what u do need to do is speed up ur metabolism, the rate at which u can break down your food, this is achieved by doing lots of cardio, anything that gets ur heart rate up

Answer 6

The calories needed per day is determined by such factors as your state of health, your height, your level of physical activity and your weight. For an average adult the calories needed per day is around:

• 2,500 per day for men to maintain weight
• 2,000 per day for women to maintain weight.

For weight loss, cut 300 to 500 calories per day from the above amounts and do cardio exercise such as brisk walking for weight loss. You need to expend more calories than you intake. Cardio exercise (such as cardio walking, jogging, running, etc) is excellent for burning calories. Remember that eating less than 1,500 calories per day will put a serious strain on your nutritional needs and health. If counting calories does not work, count carbohydrates rather than calories (that works better for some people).

Answer 7

HOW MANY CALORIES NEEDED TO LOSE WEIGHT

The calories needed per day are determined by such factors as your state of health, your height, your level of physical activity and your weight. For an average adult the calories needed per day is around:

• 2,500 per day for men to maintain weight
• 2,000 per day for women to maintain weight.

For weight loss, cut 300 to 500 calories per day from the above amounts and do cardio exercise such as brisk walking for weight loss. You need to expend more calories than you intake. Cardio exercise (such as cardio walking, jogging, running, etc) is excellent for burning calories. Remember that eating less than 1,500 calories per day will put a serious strain on your nutritional needs and health.

If counting calories does not work, count carbohydrates rather than calories (that works better for many people).

In addition, where your calories come from is very important. Avoid getting your calories from refined processed carbohydrates (apart from an occasional treat).

Over-consumption of the calories and carbohydrates from refined processed carbohydrates is a major cause of weight gain, obesity, Heart disease, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, type 2 Diabetes, and many other diet related diseases. If you are unsure what these foods are, you will find a list at the bottom of this answer.

Replace those refined carbohydrates with specific fat burning proteins to take full advantage of the thermic (fat burning) effect of these foods. They are a much more nutritious source of calories for weight loss or weight maintenance. If you are unsure what these foods are, you will find a list at the bottom of this answer.

HOW MANY CALORIES NEEDED TO LOSE WEIGHT, SUMMARY

For the free calorie charts, showing how many calories you should have in total per day for all foods, the list or refined processed carbohydrates to avoid apart from an occasional treat, the list of the specific fat burning proteins, and the Calorie in Vegetables Chart, and the Calorie in Fruits Chart, see the page links given below. Use the charts and lists as daily guides for weight loss, or weight maintenance once you have reached your target weight.

1. LIST OF REFINED PROCESSED CARBOHYDRATES (to avoid apart from an occasional treat)
2. LIST OF THE SPECIFIC FAT BURNING PROTEINS & more about the fat-burning thermic effect of these foods
3. CALORIES IN VEGETABLES CHART to use as a daily guide for weight loss or weight maintenance
   
4. CALORIES IN FRUIT CHART to use as a daily guide for weight loss or weight maintenance
   
5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CALORIES NEEDED TO LOSE WEIGHT

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Answer 8

You have to consume less calories and you use (burn off) in order to lose weight. The amount of calories you use depends on the temperature of your environment and how active you are.

Answer 9

1400