Diane65 wrote:Welcome on board Baty and welcome back aruif
moggers wrote:Maybe I'm doing the calculation wrong but I have a lot of calories for maintenance LOL, will try it later but it'almost double what I am eating now to lose weight :)
No exercise today, I went and donated blood so not wanting to keel over. Race for Life on Sunday with my daughter yay! Hope everyone has a great weekend! Weather looks good so far...
Good luck with your race for life Moggers
I too seem to have a heck of a lot of calories to eat to lose weight from the calculations I can have 1600
I haven't put on any weight while I've been away even though I ate plenty of good food but I did walk around from the moment I got up until I went back to bed. I have now got 6 weeks to go until my next holiday and this time its going to be a beach holiday so need a lot of working out and this 6lbs to go before I get into swimwear
I need to work quite long hours to fund my holidays so will need to be super organised to fit in the exercise but it has to be done.
Thanks Movieman for all your input and I do like a good read so would be really interested in the "Insanity" nutrition guide.
Hey Welcome back D65 !
Hope you had a wonderful break away :)
As regards to this formula to calculate daily calorie requirements , here are a few extracts that may explain further
Extract 1
Using the formulae above, a 24-year-old, 80 kg male who is 180 cm would have a BMR of 1900. If he exercised moderately, he would multiply his BMR by his activity level (1900 x 1.55) to determine daily calorie requirements, which would be 2945 kcal per day to keep his weight at 80 kg. This may seem like a high calorie intake, but his activity level requires it. This individual would exercise normally but not lose weight. The same individual without the exercise routine would only be able to consume 2273 kcal per day without gaining weight. The US Department of Health and Human Services Daily Value Guidelines provides figures that support the above example.[How to Balance the Food You Eat and Your Physical Activity and Prevent Obesity. Nhlbi.nih.gov. Retrieved on 2011-10-27.]
Using the Harris-Benedict Equation, individuals can take a mathematical approach to weight loss. There are 3500 kilocalories in 1 lb (0.45 kg) of body fat. Using the Harris-Benedict Principle, if someone has a daily allowance of 2500 kilocalories, but he reduces his intake to 2000, then the calculations show a one pound loss every 7 days.
Extract 2
Accuracy Problems With the Harris - Benedict Formula
Unfortunately, the Harris - Benedict formula isn't perfect. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, research studies have indicated the formula is about 90 percent accurate around 60 percent of the time. That means it could be way off about 40 percent of the time, which is rather disheartening. Even worse, when the formula was wrong, it overestimated the calorie needs of the research subjects so they were burning fewer calories than they thought.
The formula's problems with accuracy may be due to physical or genetic factors, and there's a good chance that many people overestimate how physically active they are. So why use the formula if it's not completely accurate? Because it's a good place to start. You can calculate your daily caloric need and if you don't lose or gain weight, you can adjust your daily calorie goal, but please don't consume fewer than 1,200 calories per day without medical supervision.
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Personally ive only just come across this formula this week whilst i was browsing thorugh the nutritional guide, but my conclusion is that I agree with the last statement that its a good place to start, also remember that the calories that you do consume need to be good quality, and not laced with fats and sugars etc , this is where the nutirtional guide gives you a brilliant selection of meals plan ideas to choose from so that you get the calories that you need but without all the extra fat and sugars and nasty stuff. Its not a good idea that just because someone needs to consume 2000 calories per day to fit their goals they can eat 2000 calories worth of cakes or junk food all day ! the calories need to be from good quality foods.
For me the guidline of 2000 calories for women and 2500 for men was always not good enough as they do say that it varies for different people , so this formula does a good job for me to give me a good IDEA as to how many calories i should be aiming for , also if you follow the formula and it doesnt work for you then it does say to further reduce the calories until you do start seeing results but never below 1300 as again everybody is different, but the good thing with this formula here is that you may not need to suffer as much and reduce your calorie and food intake as much as you thought and can get just as good results and enjoy more foods.
Finally from what i know too is that if your not eating enough food then your body can go into retention and start to retain fats which is a disaster as usually it will be stored in areas of your body where you least want it, so again formula aside it is very imporatant to eat well and eat good quality foods and not to have a very restrictive diet , also keep eating every few hours and dont leave too long between meals, 5 small meals a day with a good variation of quality foods is perfect :)
I think I've put on a little due to having to eat carbs for the half marathon. Will have to change my diet post the event me thinks.
You will be needing the carbs so enjoy them