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According to an American health website I need 5727 calories a day to maintain my weight ?
I entered my 18 stone weight and ticked the box that said :
" Heavy Activity: Activities of daily living, plus moderate exercise or vigorous exercise (jogging, running, swimming, singles tennis, soccer, basketball, digging, carpentry) most days of the week."
I jog 12 miles a week and bike commute 32 a week as well as bigger rides.
I thought I'd have to keep below 2500 as the oft mentioned figure but 5727 just sounds wrong and ridiculous ?
Are you having a laugh? I wouldn't consider running 12 miles a week and cycling 32 'heavy activity, figures are way out even for heavy activity daily.
Realistic target is probably under 2500.
The Americans have a completely wierd attitude to calories, and food generally
Remember that under Dubya, these
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were reclassified as a vegetable so they could count towards your 5 a day. 😯
The more cynical amongst us may insinuate that government policy was being written by the fast food companies, who may possibly have a vested interest in seeing people inflate to the size of barrage balloons
Link to the site?
I wouldn't classify what I do as heavy activity but the one below called Moderate activity included GOLF 😯
Anyhow, thought it was wrong but was secretly hoping this losing weight lark was going to be easier than expected ... 🙄
Heres the link - [url= http://www.cancer.org/healthy/toolsandcalculators/calculators/app/calorie-counter-calculator ]CALS[/url]
It's actually a very clever ploy to solve the pension crisis.
Lots of calories consumed = lots of tax dollars into pension pot
Lots of calories consumed = very fat americans
Very fat americans = lowering life expectancy
Lower life expectancy = less pension to pay out
Simples
You're trying to maintain 18 stone??
I was give 4300. Probably about right.
Nope - want to shift a load of it for the summer.
Just quoting website that said I'd need 5727 to maintain current levels.
I'll stick with the 2500.
(shame though ........)
When entering activity I always find it best to err on the side of less calories used rather than more.
If you really want to shift a load by summer then you need to get your calories down and/or your activity up.
Even eating 2500 calories and doing the amount of excercise you're doing you won't shift a lot in 3 months.
Try this site instead [url= http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ ]MyFitnessPal[/url]
If Americans regard that as heavy activity, and those are the calories you need to facilitate such activity, then there's no mystery as to why plenty of them look like ....
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If I was looking for advice on calorie intake, I wouldn't be looking to the good 'ol US of A for it.
Perhaps you could try some Greek government sites for advice on balancing the household budget 😉
😯
Fit!
So many folds to explore 🙂
2nd myfitnesspal. I'm 16stone ish and do a moderate amount of exercise in a sedative (desk based) job. I need about 2500 to maintain but am trying to use about 2100 to loose some. You can input your exercise so you can have a beer or 2 guilt free after a ride as well.
Anyhow, thought it was wrong but was secretly hoping this losing weight lark was going to be easier than expected
iDiet - job done.
Molly - are you sticking to the iDiet then?
[i]iDiet - job done.[/i]
Other weight loss/eating plans do exist. 7.5kg lost since january using myfitnesspal, now down to a svelte 66.3kg. I can now ride up hills very fast.