Lose Weight Fast By The Numbers

Lose Weight Fast By The Numbers

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Jul 10
by J Hunter

We all think we can lose those stubborn 10 or 20 pounds very quickly if we just starve ourselves for a few days. Even though it has taken years to put on the weight, you want it off now. We must be realistic about the time we need to do it in a healthy way. If you approach weight loss the right way, not only are you going to lose weight fast, you will keep it off.

One of things you have to figure out is what your weight goals are. Write down what you weigh and how much weight you realistically want to lose. After that, you have to figure out how many calories you are taking in during the average day. Sometimes we think that we have a grasp on what amount of food we take in every day but I suggest writing these down so you can keep track of the numbers.

With your notebook as your constant companion, choose a beginning page for some simple math. For example: You are a female age 34 and weigh 150 pounds You are 5’2″. Look at several weight charts in books or on the Internet. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company published a basic chart in the late 1950′s which was somewhat lower than some newer charts. Therefore, you could be anywhere from 109-136 pounds and that would depend on age and frame. You would therefore think that you would like to lose at least 14 pounds or just a little less than 10% of your weight.

If won’t be fun at first to write down your food but soon you will see that you may be eating more calories than you originally thought. Be fair and honest with yourself and count the dressing on your salad, soda, juice, and any snacks you have consumed from the vending machine. These tend to add up so make sure you are counting them.

Check out the BMR chart and find that for your current weight you need to maintain with 1427.3 calories per day. That’s what it takes for you to support life and normal breathing and sleeping activities plus moderate movements.

By knowing this number, you can substract for example, 250 calories a day and lose half pound a week. This is only if you just cut out a few hundred calories a day. Remember that a pound has 3500 calories and that’s why it’s only half pound.

If you increase your activity to include walking or jogging, you will burn more calories. By burning 500 calories per workout, 5 days a week, that’s another 2500 calories. This totals 4250 calories off per week. That’s an easy way to lose weight fast.

The more calories you burn the less goes into fat storage. Losing weight fast by using this simple math formula is really a great way to understand where your calories go. Make them go into energy and keep it simple.

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