Losing Weight Correctly

 

By Blake Miley

By taking a few key factors into consideration you can learn to lose weight the right way. First let's start by dismissing one of the common myths: in order to lose weight and burn fat fast one must take in minimal calories. There are a ton of fad diets that would tell you to do just that. The diets involve taking in 1200, 1000 or sometimes even 500 daily calories. For most people, this type of diet is useless. There are very extreme cases when a person is severely obese and these types of daily caloric intakes may have to be considered, however, in most cases that type of dramatic caloric intake is unnecessary and potentially dangerous to your health.

A good way of estimating daily caloric need is to begin by calculating your BMI (Body Mass Index) and BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate). Your BMI will tell you if you are overweight or not, and your BMR will tell you the amount of calories your body should burn while lying down for 24 hours and doing nothing else.

If you have a BMR of 1200 and your only taking in 1000 calories a day you are not even coming close to your daily caloric needs. Keep in mind that your BMR is an estimate of calories burned while doing nothing, it doesn't take into consideration all of the activities that you do during the day. My advice is to write down the things that you do on a normal day, and research the amount of calories doing each one will burn. Once you know how many calories you burn during your workout, along with your daily activities you can add that total to your BMR and get an approximate estimation of how many calories you will burn daily. Once you know how many calories your body burns daily then you can either try to eat below, above, or right at the estimated caloric intake, depending on if you are trying to lose weight, gain weight, or maintain weight.

Once you have in mind the number of calories you should eat each day, a good tool to use then would be the 1-2-3 Nutritional Method which states that your diet should consist of 1 part fat, 2 parts protein, and 3 parts carbohydrates. For example if your estimated daily caloric intake is 1800 calories a day then your daily diet should consist of 300 calories of fat, 600 calories of protein, and 900 calories of carbohydrates. Keep in mind this is an estimation and should not take the place of the advice of a physician or licensed dietitian. You should always consult your physician before engaging in any new workout, or diet plan.

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