how many calories have i eaten?!
Question: How many calories have i eaten?
lunch : huge bowl of macaroni. ( without cheese ).
dinner : ground beef with an excessive amount of white rice.
snacks : peanut butter jelly sandwich, 4-5 nature valley nut bars, 2 fat free yogurts
plus a 25g protein shake along with a cup of milk.
how many calories is that? i might eat more. would i gain weight from eating all this on a daily basis?
Answers:
The 4 egg whites have about 468 calories
The egg has About 99 calories
The macaroni has about 221 calories per serving Which is 1 cup
The ground beef has about 259 calories
The rice has Has About 205 calories per cup
The PB&j has about 300 calories
The nature valley nut bars have 170 each (depending on which ones you ate)
The yogurt has 100 calories each (depending on which ones you ate)
The milk has 122 calories per cup at 2%.
The protein shake has 120 per serving
So that would be a total of 2,844 calories give or take this is just an estimate you may have eaten less or more.
Well the answer depends on you. There are many personal factor you must consider when figuring how many calories you need to lose weight ( daily caloric intake)
Why should you know your daily caloric intake?
I'm going to introduce you to a mathematical formula called the Harris-Benedict principle. The sum of the Harris-Benedict principle is called your basal metabolic rate or BMR for short.
Counting calories is worthless if you have no idea how many calories you should consume. Knowing your daily caloric intake is really half the battle. No matter if you're looking to lose, gain or maintain weight you need to know your daily caloric intake. Your daily caloric intake is the amount of calories your body needs to maintain your current weight. You will need to deduct calories from your daily caloric intake to lose weight, add calories to gain weight and to maintain weight stay at your daily caloric intake.
Calculating Your BMR
Your BMR is the amount of calories (energy) your body needs to function.We use about 60 % of the calories we consume each day for basic involuntary functions such as breathing and digestion.
Other factors that influence your BMR are height, weight, age and sex.
Step one is to calculate your BMR with the following formula:
Women:
655 + (4.3 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)
Men:
66 + (6.3 x weight in pounds) + (12.9 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)
*Please note that this formula applies only to adults.
Calculate Activity
Step two: In order to incorporate your activity level into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation to get your Activity Level Number.
If you are sedentary : BMR x 20 percent
If you are lightly active: BMR x 30 percent
If you are moderately active (You exercise about 3-4 days per week.): BMR x 40 percent
If you are very active (You exercise intensely 5 or more days per week.): BMR x 50 percent
If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training, or exercise intensely 5 or more days per week for 3 or more hours per day ): BMR x 60 percent
Add your Activity Level Number to your BMR = Daily Caloric Intake
1 whole egg, 4 egg whites: 140 calories (If you are trying to gain weight then eat more egg yolks they have more fat and calories)
Bowl of macaroni: Its about 300 calories for 150g of it
Ground beef with white rice: For 155g of beef(steak) is 300 calories and for 160g of white rice is 185 calories.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwhich: 348 calories
Nature valley nut bars: About 230 each, so 920-1050
Fat free Yoghurts: About 150 for both of them
Protein shake with milk: About 300 calories
Total is around 2643-2873 calories