Using a Calorie Burned Calculator

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01 Nov 2006 09:28 PM

You would be amazed at how many calories you can burn in a single day. Many of the things we do day in and day out, burn excessive calories but to have a full understanding of the amount of calories burned, you could use any online calorie burned calculator.

Remember, to lose weight, you must consume fewer calories than the body is consuming. In most cases, experts will advise you that to lose weight, you should set a goal to cut back 500 calories a day. In other words, if you typically eat around 2,500 to 2,000 calories in a single day, reduce that to 2,000 or 1,500. However, you should not go below 1,000 to 1,200 calories since the body needs food as fuel.

Although you will burn calories by vacuuming, shopping, and even sleeping, by upping the amount of things you do, you can burn even more and the way in which you burn the calories might surprise you. For instance, walking is one of the best forms of exercise in that it is easy on the joints and highly effective. If you were to walk at a moderate pace for 30 to 60 minutes, you would burn stored fat while also building muscle.

Additionally, walking just 60 minutes reduces the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and even stroke. Now, as far as the number of calories burned, this would depend on your weight and the level of intensity. Obviously, if you walk harder and faster, you will expend more energy, thus burn more calories. However, even walking at a slow pace to get started is far better than doing nothing at all.

To see how the actual number of calories you burn each day are working, you need to subtract the number of calories burned by your old activity versus your old lifestyle. As an example, sitting in front of the television set will only burn approximately 85 calories an hour. However, if you were to walk at a moderate pace, you would burn about 250 calories in one hour. Think of it this way. For a person weighing 185 pounds burning 250 calories and hour versus 85 that means you are expending 175 calories in a single day just for walking.

Now, to lose weight, you need a total of 500 calories reduced. In other words, you could change the food intake so you have 325 fewer calories, which is not a big difference. Therefore, you are able to eat a nice meal and take a 60-minute walk, reaching your 500-calorie reduction easily. If you do this every day, you will begin to notice a difference in your weight but also the toning of your body.

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