How Many Calories A Day

The rule of "observe the calorie balance" sounds too simple, doesn't it? If you eat more than you burn, you'll get extra weight. If you eat less than you burn, then drop a few kilos. Well, if you eat exactly as much as you spend, then your weight must remain stable. In theory, it's very simple, but somehow, in practice, it doesn't always happen that way.

It turns out that when the case relates to the accurate calculation of the receipt/expenditure of the calories, many make common mistakes.

Let's pretend you're a big guy and you're a pretty active lifestyle. And, say, to keep your weight, you need to eat about 2,700 calories a day. If you put it down, it'll be about a million calories a year. But if you're wrong with the calorie counting at least 10 percent, you'll eat 100,000 extra calories in a year, and you'll have about 13 kilograms in the process.

This may result in even a slight error in the calculation of calorie consumed. A lot of people are also wrong in calculating the calories on training. Therefore, if you have problems with calorie balance, there are several factors that need to be taken into account in the future:

1. You have no idea how many calories you have to eat every day.

First, we need to figure out how many calories your system burns in the day. Problem is, the equation is too many variables: your age, sex, percentage of fat and muscle tissue, training intensity.

The main part of the calories (about 70 per cent) your body is used to maintain the work of all organisms: blood, nervous, digestive and so on. Metabolism does not stop even in a state of rest, and the calorie flow is determined by the condition of your muscle mass. The remaining 30 percent of the calories you spend on your daily activity.

Of course, you can find various tools to calculate the daily need for calories, and it will be useful for starters. But mean, it's just a figure that might have nothing to do with your constitution.

There's a good way to assess your need for calories-- a food journal with an accurate calculation of the calories consumed during the week. If your weight stays stable this week, then you consumed enough calories. If you've got extra pounds, then you've eaten more, what you need.♪