Wednesday, April 22, 2009

You Probably can consume far Fewer Calories than You Think

Here's a handy little tool that will tell you how many calories you can consume daily without gaining weight.

http://www.revolutionhealth.com/calculators/daily-calorie-needs

After plugging in the information, I found out that this 48 year old female can only consume a total of 1,787 calories a day just to maintain my weight at 130 pounds. If I get down to my goal of 120 pounds, then I only get to ingest 1692 calories to maintain that weight.

Now, 1,787 calories is not a lot to work with. Right now I burn approximately 425 calories every morning walking. That gives bumps me up to 2,212 calories I can consume daily without gaining weight. If I want to lose a pound in a week, I can only consume 1,712 calories a day (including calories burned from walking) which is not a lot when you look at the number of calories in most snacks or restaurant portions.

On a side note, using the link above, I found out 130 pound 25 year old female gets to consume 1895 calories daily to maintain her weight at 130 pounds--108 calories more. That could be a couple of cookies a day. So the lesson here is that as you age you have to constantly cut back on calories just to maintain weight.

2 comments:

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITrXVJMKeQ

    I'm interested in your take on the video above and the ramifications of this on the food chain. I haven't researched this woman in depth, but the message is bone-chilling when it comes to food sources.

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