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Counting Calories

Counting Calories. Calorie. The amount of energy a food will provide your body with is measured in calories. Depending on your intake and expenditure of calories you will lose or gain weight. Consume more calories than you expend and you will gain weight.

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Counting Calories

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  1. Counting Calories

  2. Calorie • The amount of energy a food will provide your body with is measured in calories. • Depending on your intake and expenditure of calories you will lose or gain weight. • Consume more calories than you expend and you will gain weight. • Expend more calories than you consume and you will lose weight.

  3. Basal Energy Expenditure • Basal energy is the amount of calories you would expend in 24 hours of complete bed rest. • It is the energy your body uses to perform all the functions you don’t control, such as breathing, digesting etc.

  4. Men 5’10” tall +/- 20 cal for each inch off Weight/Expenditure 140/1550 160/1640 180/1730 200/1815 220/1900 Women 5’’6” tall +/- 20 for each inch off Weight/Expenditure 100/1225 120/1320 140/1400 160/1485 180/1575 Basal Energy Expenditure

  5. Find your BMR • Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) • Google “basal energy expenditure” • Choose the second result: metabolicsyndrome.about.com • Read the page and click on the KETV link

  6. Counting Calories • In order to keep track of the calories you consume you must keep a good record of the foods you eat and the amounts. • Certain foods will have all the information listed on the packaging but others such as vegetables will not. • Using http://www.thecaloriecounter.com count how many calories you have consumed today.

  7. Calorie Expenditure • Google “calorie counter” • Choose the second result http://www.nutribase.com/exercala.htm • Look at what activities you do and try to figure out what energy you are expending on top of your BMR

  8. Assignment #1 • You are going to record what you eat and what you do to look at you diet and lifestyle. • Using the tools you have found today you will be able to determine if your weight will increase or decrease over time. • Energy Balance = Daily caloric intake – (BMR + Daily energy expenditure)

  9. Assignment #1 • You are going to chart three (3) weekdays. • One pound of fat = 3500 calories • Your assignment will have a half page write up to explain what will happen to your weight if you continue to follow the routine you have found in the three days you charted.

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