Am I getting enough calories?!
Question: Am I getting enough calories!?
I have been dieting since mid January!. I have started eating healthy and being concious of what I eat and portions when Dining out!. To date I have lost 20 pounds!. I am a male 37, 6-2 and weighed 240 when I started!. this AM I was 219!. I have began working out as well!. However I am beginning to get concerned about my calorie intake levels!. Breakfast consists of coffee and fresh fruits, a bananna and grapes!. Snack in afternoon is celery and or carrots!. Lunch is a smart ones meal of about 210 to 300 calories!. Afternoon snack apple or bananna!. Dinner is routine !. Lean steak !. Lean hamburger fries!. some pastas Normal stuff but minding my portions!. I snack enough during the day that I am not hungary and this helps me watch my portions !. Best I can figure I am coming in between 1400 and 1600 calories a day with 3 day a week workouts for 1 hr combining a 20 minute cardio and weight circuit!. Am I getting enough calories!? If not what can I do to increase calories to a good safe level while continuing to loose weight at abt 2 lbs a week!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Your calorie requirements vary according to height, total body weight, ratio of fat to muscle, age, gender, genes, health and physical exercise!. But in essence, a man's calorie needs can be reasonably accurately assessed by focusing on two calorie components!. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and physical exercise!.
Your Basal Metabolic Rate is the minimum number of calories needed to power your body while resting!. Put another way, your BMR is the energy expended by your body to maintain normal functions, like heart beat, respiration and normal body temperature!. Your BMR usually accounts for about 60-70% of your calories requirements!. Typically, your BMR will peak at the age of 20 and gradually decrease by approximately 2 percent per decade, due in part to inactivity and subsequent loss of muscle tissue!.
The second major calorie component is physical exercise or activity!. The more exercise you take, the more calories you burn!.
Try this calorie calculator:
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Your Basal Metabolic Rate is the minimum number of calories needed to power your body while resting!. Put another way, your BMR is the energy expended by your body to maintain normal functions, like heart beat, respiration and normal body temperature!. Your BMR usually accounts for about 60-70% of your calories requirements!. Typically, your BMR will peak at the age of 20 and gradually decrease by approximately 2 percent per decade, due in part to inactivity and subsequent loss of muscle tissue!.
The second major calorie component is physical exercise or activity!. The more exercise you take, the more calories you burn!.
Try this calorie calculator:
http://www!.annecollins!.com/calc/5!.htmWww@Answer-Health@Com
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1600 calories a day means you're starving yourself!. You should be consuming no less than 2000 calories a day for any reason!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i think the minimum calories per day is like close to 2000 so your pretty good i think its better to eat a little under the limit than over anyway!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Wow, sounds great to me!. If anything get more protein (meats) to help with your workouts and muscle building!.Www@Answer-Health@Com