Health Calculators: Have You Tried Them?!
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Health Calculators: Have You Tried Them?
IVillage has a health calculater that will tell you if you need to lose or gain weight, how many calories you can eat. As well as how many fat grams you can consume. And lots more cool stuff. Check it out! For those of you who already use Health Calculators: Have they been invaluable to your diet and exercise program? What do you think of your figure being classified as an apple or a pear lol? And just how darn far do I have to get on my measurements before I'm a pear!! I don't want to be an apple. GRRRRRRRRRRR Here is the link to the Health Calculator. http://diet.ivillage.com/healthcalc...
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You can't calculate 'health' any more than you can measure 'love' - that doesn't stop people from trying though...
...you can calculate various aspects of health but its the overall picture thats more important. Important factors such as genetics, mental health, diet and exercise are all different for everybody.
If you are obviously out of balance in one or more of these factors then some measurement might help but often the quantification of these things can be a distraction from the main goal - a healthy lifestyle. (not measurements)