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    Kaylinn
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    Default Diet tip I found

    This looks really helpful, if you have the motivation, cause it takes some work.

    Get a notebook, and figure out your BMR.

    Step 1. Write down what you plan to eat for the day.

    Step 2. Write down what you actually ate, including the calorie totals.

    Step 3. Figure out your BMR. Multiply that by 1.5 if you worked out, 1.3 if you didn't. This is how many calories you burned today, approximatly. Or..you can figure out your BMR and if you know how many calories you burned working out, then you have a more exact number to go by.

    Step 4. At the end of the day, figure out how many total calories you ate, and how many you burned. Determine the deficit.

    Step 5. Do this each day, adding your cumulative total deficit.

    Step 6. Each time your cumulative adds up to 3500, you lost 1 pound!

    This is a great motivator in many ways. First of all, your watchign what you eat closely by writing every thing down, second of all, it's awesome to watch the numbers add up to 3500 and know that even if the mirror doesn't say so, you know you have lost 1lb. It also helps to keep you on track if you see that one day wasn't so hot. Plus..it motivtates you to keep on track because you wanna watch that number add up.

    So for example,

    Breakfast:
    1/2 c. eggbeaters
    1pkg oatmeal
    calroes: 120
    Lunch:
    1 c. soup
    1/2 sandwich
    calories: 200
    Dinner:
    1 c. rice
    4 oz. chicken breast
    total calories: 350
    Snack: apple with peanut butter
    Calories: 75
    Snack: String Cheese
    Calories: 60

    Total calories consused for the day: 455 ( this is an example!!)
    BMR: 1400x 1.5= 2100
    Deficit: 1645
    Cumulative: 1645 calories lost. When this number adds up to 3500, you lost 1lb.


    So what you guys think? It takes some work but it's a good idea. Espicially if you tend to get discouraged when the mirrior doesn't show it, this is a good indicator.

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    Default Re: Diet tip I found

    I don't get it. Whats a BMR?



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    Default Re: Diet tip I found

    Basal Metabolic Rate = how many calories it takes just for you to live if you don't move or anything.

    and it is a sweet idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Polekitten View Post
    I don't get it. Whats a BMR?
    oh, sorry. Your BMR basal metabolic rate. It's the amount of calories you burn each day just by existing. Breathing, heart beating...if you laid in bed and did absolutly nothing, this is what you would burn off each day. You can google BMR to find a calculator to determine what yours is. You add that number to the number of calories you burn with activity to find out how much calories you burn each day total.
    The BMRis the basis for weight loss or dieting. You should determine how many calories to take in each day based on your goals and fitness level. If your BMRis 1400, and you have an active life, plus burn off 500 a day exercising, then your total calorie loss would be 2000 ( estimate.)
    So if you are losing 2,000 calories a day and you eat 2,000 you will not gain or lose weight. If you want to lose weight, take in 1500 calories a day. If you want to gain, take in 2500 a day. ( for example)

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