Calorie Count

If you depend on classic aerobic cardio for weight loss, you probably spend 30 minutes on a machine trying to burn a set number of calories. But does that work? Does burning 500 calories per day cause you to lose 1 pound of fat per week? Well, according to science, it should. But if it did, you probably wouldn't still be reading this article. I used to write a column on fat loss myths for Men's Fitness magazine. Here's a classic weight loss topic I covered. Myth: I need to burn 500 calories each workout to lose fat. Truth: Possibly one of the worst inventions for fat loss was the calorie-counting monitor on treadmills, elliptical machines, and stairmasters. Because of these, millions of men and women now obsess about the number of calories burned per session. You've probably even been one of those people, watching it creep up ever so slowly during a slow-cardio session. All the while knowing that you can wipe out a 30-minute, 300-calorie treadmill session with one fell swoop of the Krispy Kreme hand. Too many people are brainwashed into thinking that if they don't burn 300-500 calories per session, then they won't lose fat. After all, that is what you've been told time and time again in those fluffy fitness/fashion magazines. The problems with this approach to fat loss are numerous. First off, it's difficult to say if the calorie counters are even accurate. A story on CBS news showed that cardio machines overestimate calorie burning by up to 20%. Next, depending on slow cardio for advanced fat loss is relatively useless and at the very least, inefficient. It takes a long time for you to burn a lot of calories and one study showed that men who only used cardio training for weight loss ended up with a reduced resting metabolism. You are basically undoing the calorie burning by depending only on cardio. On the other hand, guys in the same study that used strength training didn't suffer a reduced metabolic rate. So what is the solution to burning fat in a faster, more efficient method? The answer is to use strength and interval training to burn fewer calories in less exercise time, but with a more intense form of exercise. Your body will burn more calories after exercise (when you use intervals) than it does after you do slow cardio and your metabolism will stay high. Some experts refer to this as the afterburn effect. How do you do intervals? Well, you could sprint for 30 seconds and rest for 90 seconds and repeat that for 6 sets - using the bike preferably or treadmill if you are experienced with it. Within that short time frame the intervals will cause your muscles to go crazy with activity (I call it a metabolic turbulence). This crazy metabolism boost causes lots of calorie burning after exercise to get your body back to normal. The result is you would end up burning more fat and more calories in the post-exercise period as your body tries to get things under control. Now there is one time where you'd want to count calories, but that is when you are counting up and determining how many calories you eat per day. Again, you can wipe out an entire workout's work in less than a minute simply by eating garbage. Without some structure and discipline to your nutrition, there is nothing that even my programs can do to help you lose fat. So exercise nutrition control and interval training. These are the two anti-calorie counting methods that will help you lose fat and get lean.

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The minimum for men is 1500 calories per day.

The minimum for women is 1200 calories per day.

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That's absurd, no offense intended. It all boils down to your lifestyle, and your own body. You would have to visit a doctor to find your minimum calorie intake. If your an athlete training intensely 1500 is no where near enough, while if all you do is sit on your couch and sleep, then quite a bit less. Natural metabolism plays a role in it as well. If your trying to cut calories down to the bare minimum, then for healths sake i would suggest talking to a doctor or dietician, not asking random people online. If you didn't mean safely, then the answer is 0.

About 4

Your age and activity level matters too.

Between 400 and 500 calories per day. So about 25% of the total calorie intake of an average 2000 calorie / day person.

About 1,400 caloires, with moderate exercise and healthy choices.

It depends not only on your age, but also on your height, weight and activity level.

As long as you aren't swallowing it, you are barely taking any calories in, so the difference is probably less than 20, if not less than 10.

Well, for starters, 5'5" and 156 pounds is pretty good. As the expression goes, "if I wanted a woman with the shape of a 10-year-old boy, I'd just date a 10-year-old boy."

Now, to answer your question:

To permanently lose weight, you must drop 3600 calories from your diet for each pound. To lose 2 pounds, you'd have to eat 7200 fewer calories per week. While 100 calories a day seems like a small amount (one less donut / coffee every day) it's harder than it looks.

If you do that, you're going to put your body into "starvation mode". You'll lose muscle, not fat, and you're almost guaranteed to binge and get into a guilt mode. Ease into it and exercise more. Bike to work, jump rope, and do push-ups / sit-ups before bed.

Don't skip breakfast.

I thought anorexics didn't eat?

It as a dark color and it emits a bad order that is easily recognizable

A 13 year old boy needs alot so he can grow the becom a big boy he actually needs 1500-2000 calories a day deppending on his size.

Try to eat fewer than 1000 calories a day. You are sure to lose weight.

(That's a step in the right direction if you are a fan of Bulimia)

Its a general rule of thumb that one is to take his or her body weight and multiply it times 10.5 and that gives you a general idea of what calories would suffice.

*In your case 240 lbs x 10.5 = 2520 Kcal

An 130 lb person may well benefit from 1365 Kcal, yet at the same time if that individual is a marathon runner or a sedentary pencil pusher the amount of calories needed can vary.

Due to such unknown factors as your bill of health, activity level and so on... its really not fair to say what is or is not right for you.

*I recommend consulting your local library, health food store or just plain others at the gym that seem to be your age and weight.

Hope this is of further assistance.

**Another general rule of thumb is 30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week and eating anything you want in moderation, should help in securing a clean bill of health and normative weight loss.

The basic person consumes around 2500 calories a day. That is if you are eating 3 square meals a day that is healthy. To lose weight you have to burn more calories than you consume. Before you began any diet, you need to figure out how drastic and how fast you want your goal to be met.

One gram of carbohydrate contains approximately 4 calories. If the cereal contains 30 grams of carbohydrate, this would mean that 120 calories come from carbohydrates. 120 calories is 50% of 240; therefore, carbohydrates comprise of 50% of the total calories for your cereal.

what is the normal calorie intake for an 8 yr old boy?

Please don't put your 8 year old on a calorie restricted diet. Just have him eat healtier food, and encourage him to have active play not just sit on your butt play...dance with him or run around with him outside...or get him a dog he can play with.

It depends on the height and weight of the girl. But an average 13 year old girl should get between 1,500 to 2,500 calories a day.

About 224 calories. Lean, trimmed, grilled.

If they are starving, anywhere from no calories to 500 calories or so.

There are about 69 calories in a glass of Prosecco.

Vitamins contain no kilo calories

you at UW?

3,500 calories.