Ok, here is the formula I use to figure out my calorie deficit to loose weight.
2600 (my metabolic rate or how many cal's I burn laying flat doing nothing)
-1100 (how many cal's I try to eat each day)
1300 (surplus cal's burned each day)
+ 300 (cal's I burn during daily exercise)
1600 (extra cal's each day burned)
x 7 (days in the week)
11200 (extra cals I burn each week)
/3500 (cal's in a lb)
giving me a grand total of 3.2 lbs per week lost.
So the bottom line is I know if I eat 1100 and burn at least 300 through exercise I should loose 3.2ish a week.
Because this is of course not an exact science it will not always happen but at least I have something to measure or shoot for.
However I haven't lost any weight for a week which could be because of that time of the month but I also only exercised once this week and ate alot of Halloween candy for the past couple of days.
Curse you chocolate!!
3 comments:
That is quite an equation, but makes sense. I need to find out my metabolic rate. That sounds interesting.
I'm soooooooooooo not a mathmematician... but you're right, it sounds like it should work. I'm for trying it!
I don't freak out too much during my period, because you do retain water, so I still weigh, but try not go ballistic if I'm up a little.
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