dieting basics, calories burned during exercise

When counting calories while dieting, as stated in a previous post 3500 calories equals 1 lb. So below is the simple math formula for the basics of counting calories, how many calories to lose weight .

The simple math formula
-If you cut out 500 calories loss a day and mulitply that by 7 (days of the week) you get 3500 calories = 1 pound of fat loss.

So now you are watching what you eat, hoping to eat 3500 calories less, for calorie loss. So what if you are exercising? Now you have to do more math. But what you should also know is heavier people have more calories loss, or burn, than lighter people. The skinnier you are the less you burn, stinks huh? Well not really, when you get to the point where you are burning less calories than you are reaching if not met your goal.

So lets do some math
You weigh 205 pounds and decided to take up ax chopping. At 205 pounds you are burning 1582 calories per hour. So you really love this new hobby and you do it 4 days a week.

1582x4 (4 being the 4 hours a day at 4 days a week)
Simple right, you burned 6328 ( calories to lose weight ) that week = 1.8 pounds lost.

You are now cutting back 3500 calories to lose weight, which is 1 lb lost. Plus the 6328 calories burned which is 1.8 pounds lost. So you would think that you would lose 2.8 pounds a week. Remember when I said lets keep it simple. Your goal is to lose 1 lb a week. That is an easy goal, a goal that is easy to achieve.


While in the Marines we had an acronyms K.I.S.S. I will drop the last s and we will call it k.i.s, Keep it simple.

To do this keep your calorie intake lower then what it was. If you cut out 3500 ( calories to lose weight ) less than what you were eating you will lose that 1 lb. If you exercise, which that should be a definate, then you are burning (calorie loss) more.
K.I.S Math
500x7= 3500 calories (1 lb) + exercise = weight loss..


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