A Smart way to cut calories

smiley61

I read this in Shape magazine To trim down you need to curb calories to pull some fat out of storage, but striking the right balance is the key. To reduce your intake without underdoing it, try this three step formula.

Multiply your goal weight by 10. That's the minimum number of calories you need per day without physical activity. My goal is 145 lbs x 10 = 1450 calories.

Factor in daily activity. If you have a job that keeps you on your feet or you incorporate movement into your daily lifestyle, add another 3 calories per pound of your ideal body weight. A nurse or waitress for example can afford additional calories. But if you sit at a desk all day stick with the basic equation. for me that would be 145x3=435 cal

Tack on extra for exercise on the days you workout, add half the calories you burn to your alotted intake. This will give you the extra energy you need to sail through a sweat session, but won't undo the hard work.

for me I burn 650 calories 6 days a week so I added 1/2 375+ 1450=1825 cals when I work out.
I am going to try this and see if I have any results!
Janet

Tourney3p0

If your goal weight is 120 pounds, you work a desk job, and you burn 500 calories doing an hour of cardio, that method would have the person netting (120*10) + (120*0) + (500*0.5) - 500 = 950 calories. Your body would probably notice that pretty quickly and shut your metabolism down before you ever reached your goal.

What you mentioned is a good rule of thumb, but it's essentially just a more generalized form of what this site's calculations are already doing for us.