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while keeping everything working properly.It does not take your physical activity into account,
and neither will we while on this diet.
These B M R calories that are needed and used by your body every single day of your life can
come from the food you eat, from your own body fat, or through a combination of the two.
Obviously,we want our body to use fat for its energy needs because that’s what makes us thinner.
Getting a 100% accurate B M R requires a trip to the lab, being hooked up to some crazy-looking
gizmos, and running a gas analysis on your body.Luckily for us, science has come up with a
formula to calculate our B M R based on sex, age, height and weight.It’s not going to be 100%
exact, but it will give us a rough estimate that how can we work effectively to shed those extra
pounds.
M ost people are told that in order to lose weight, they just need to burn more calories than they
consume. While this sounds the-friendly-opinion, it is faulty because it fails to take our B M R into
account.And that’ s why simplistic solutions like ‘eat less and exercise more’almost always end up
in frustration and diet failure.
Here’ s what I mean…
M y B M R is approximately 1900, meaning my body is going to burn at least 1900 calories every day
to keep me alive and functioning properly.N ow,if I regularly consume more than 1900 calories
each day,the weight is going to creep up on me (it is generally accepted that 3500 calories = one
pound of fat).
So, let’s suppose, I don’t know what B M R is and why it’s important.M y total calorie consumption
is 2500 calories. As my B M R is suggesting that my body will burn 1900 calories per day,I’m
still taking extra 600 calories. So, I’ll gain weight pretty steadily.Because that weight has crept up
on me, I decide to go on a diet. On the opinions from the doctors and fitness geeks, I start
implementing the strategy of eating less. I cut down 500 calories a day from my diet. I’m still
consuming 100 more calories than my BMR. Due to this change, I’m not only losing the weight, in
fact, I can also gain the weight (a bit), but, more slowly than I was before.
N ow,because I’m not losing weight, I decide to ‘exercise more’and I start hitting the gym three
days per week. During those exercise sessions, I’m burning about 300 calories per workout (that’s
about average).Since I am now eating 100 calories over my BMR, this regular exercise (300
calories) now puts me 200 calories below my B M R (per exercise day) …and now I’m finally losing
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