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Author: TARA
Date: 04-23-03 11:52
When I say my range is around 1500-1700 calories for the day, is that already taking into account my fitness level? That is, do I subtract the number of calories I burn in exercise from the calories I've consumed to get my total for the day? On this website, I got that range based on doing strenuous activity 3-4 days/ week and then I subtracted 500 calories from the total (~2100) to get that range. So do I aim for eating around 1500-1700 regardless of what exercise I do that day?
Thanks,
Tara
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Author: Chandra 210/197/128
Date: 04-23-03 12:00
Tara...I suggest going to fitday.com...........if you want you can look at my profile for an example.
here's the link-----
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=Chandra128
copy and paste it to your site box........
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Author: melve 172/153/130
Date: 04-23-03 12:25
I do not think so. If you are aiming to eat 1500 calories a day, do not take in account your exercise.
melve
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Author: BFL Michelle
Date: 04-23-03 12:31
You can do it either way. Burn 300 calories and reduce by 200 to get the 500 for example or burn 100 and reduce by 400...get the idea. I personally put in my activity level and do not take into consideration how many calories I burn, just reduce by 500.
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Author: Mandy 196/190/145
Date: 04-23-03 13:03
I use DietPower which does take your exercise into consideration BUT my Budgeted calories are only 770 - eaten + burned = Remaining
So, this makes me work my butt off (literally I hope) so I can eat normal. I think it's a personal preference for each person. This, like I said, motivates me to work out more.
Mandy
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Author: miranda 230/148/140
Date: 04-23-03 13:42
I think on this site, the activity levels already include the calories you would burn per day in exercise, so I would aim for the 1500-1700 regardless of how much you exercise. This site's formula pretty accurately predicts my total level of calories burned, anyway. If you find you're losing weight faster than you want, you can always increase your calories then.
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Author: glunky...266.245.165
Date: 04-24-03 07:37
teh site: www.caloriesperhour.com may be able to tell you what your basal (normal) calorie needs are better than most sites. It takes into account your age, weight, height, etc. I would write down everything you do in a day (sleep 8 hrs, shower 30 min, drive 45 min, sit at desk 6 hrs, etc) then plug it all in and it will tell you how many calories you burn doing all that.
Depending on your current weight, if the basal is significantly higher (like 1000 cals or more higher) than 1500, you may want to add a tiny bit more calories to your intake (no more than half as many as you burn with the exercise).
I know with Weight Watchers, exercising earns you the opportunity to eat more food (more 'points'). But I guess it depends on how much exercise you are doing and how you are calculating caloiries burned (a lot of exercise machines over or under estimate calories burned, etc)
One thing you could do is try going one week by including calories burned in your daily caloric intake. See what hte results are, then go another week not including these in your daily intake. Then chose the one that you found most suitable to you and adjust from there.
Good luck !
-Niki
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