Thread: Fat Loss concept

what a ?. You must burn more calories then you take in. Has nothing to do with 3500 cal's a day. What are you retarded.

No, i wrote it in a akward manner. Because 3500 cals is 1 pound right? So just burn more than you take in.

Also no im not retarded :P Just not too knowledgeable about fitness.

Furthermore, is Cardio the only way to burn fat? I can do it, but i hate it so much.

Originally Posted by YSK

No, i wrote it in a akward manner. Because 3500 cals is 1 pound right? So just burn more than you take in. Yes

Also no im not retarded :P Just not too knowledgeable about fitness.

He is just kidding around.

A deficit of 3500 kcals will burn one pound of fat.

this is what I do 1st you need to figure your BMR Then write it down, Next at the end of the day figure your total calories, subtract that from the bmr and you get how many calories are left. Its up to you to make that a Plus or minus #. for example

On last tuesday I burned 1960 calories, I ate 1203 calories that left a 757 calorie deffrence. if I was to do that everyday (normally I don't My calories are normally around 1500,) It would take about 4 days to burn 3500 calories or Yes 1 lb of fat!
Hope this helps
Tanya

any way to find out your bmr besides online estimation?

ok taneia19 my BMR is 2350...so does that mean how many calories my body burns through basal metabolism and excercise? am i correct?

BMR = basal metabolic rate. This is the rate at which your body burns calories while lying quietly at rest (in the morning, on waking), 8-12 hours after eating (post-absorptive state).

If is a measure of your bodies requirements were you to stay that way all day and is to do with the requirements of your organs, .

You then have to add in:
N.E.A.T = Non-exercise accociated thermogenesis. This is the energy required for you to do every day things such as walking, talking, cooking, cleaning, showering, washing, working etc etc... This is actually a BIG CHUNK of a persons energy requirements and is usually the reason why there are those people who are 'endlessly eating but really skinny' people - they are genetically programmed to 'move more'.

E.A.T = Exercise accociated thermogenesis. This is the energy required for your body to do specific exercise (eg: weight training, track, cardio).

T.E.F = Thermogenic effect of food. This is the energy required to digest, absorb and utilise the energy in your foods. It is variable depending on your diet (more protein and fibre increases this, more fats and sugars decreases it).


There is no easy way to calculate these - and most of the online calculators and equations are wrong.

Your better off picking a non-stupid calorie level and sticking to that intake for a few weeks whilst monitoring your in the mirror, then simply adjust as required.

Originally Posted by cpush

any way to find out your bmr besides online estimation?

Yes - but the accurate ones are expensive...

They can either do it via direct measurement, which directly measure the amount of heat that is produced by your body in an attempt to workout how much energy you are burning. It is actually pretty hard to do and is very expensive (usually only in medical research etc).

But there is also indirect measurements which attempts to measure the amount of energy you use by working out the amount of oxygen you use, the amount of carbon dioxide you create and the amount of nitrogen you excrete (in your urine). They measure these factors over a given period of time (usually done first thing in the morning and in a post-absorptive state - that is, you have to be fasted for 12hrs... They also request that you do not exercise for 24hrs or drink caffine for 12 hrs.. etc). They then use some formula to calculate out your rough energy requirements. This method is not as exact but is not nearly as hard to measure, however you will probably still find it hard pressed to find a place to do it for you at a cheap cost...

Then there are also the less accurate (and cheaper) ones that just measure your oxygen and carbon dioxide for about 45 minutes and they guestimate from that...