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Sport calories needed?
- Thread starter jane76
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Sport Fitness
jane76 said:i was wondering if anyone could tell me how do u work out how many calories u need to have a day to lose weight properly ?????????????
Hope this helps you calculate your caloric needs.
Use the McArdle/Katch forumla to calulate metabolic rate:
Pounds of Lean Body Mass in (kg)X 21.6 + 370 = Total calories needed/day.
After that you calculate how many pounds you need to lose versus how many you need to sustain muscle.
Pounds of Lean Body Mass in (kg)X 21.6 + 370 = Total calories needed/day.
After that you calculate how many pounds you need to lose versus how many you need to sustain muscle.
I heard a few times that you should times your weight by 10 to get daily calorie intake. What do you guys think of this method. I don't think it's good. For me personally that would mean 1003 calories a day (103 x 10 ;I'm only 4"11 BTW) and that seems like a ridiculously small amount esp for an active person.
Graceful Yoga said:I heard a few times that you should times your weight by 10 to get daily calorie intake. What do you guys think of this method. I don't think it's good. For me personally that would mean 1003 calories a day (103 x 10 ;I'm only 4"11 BTW) and that seems like a ridiculously small amount esp for an active person.
Exactly. If you're obese at 400lbs, do you really think 4,000cals a day is a prescription for weight loss?
knowing body fat % so you can calculate lean body mass, and then follow the basic formulas will get you started. People are still unique, and you'll have to tweak calories until you find what's right for you.
weight loss isn't as simple as 'eat less'. you must know how much less, or you can stunt weight loss by under-eating.