RETHINKING CALORIE REDUCTION

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One pound equals roughly 3,500 calories. In order to lose weight, you need to create a calorie reduction of about 3,500 calories either through a reduction in calories you consume, exercising more to burn additional calories, or a combination of the two.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland are now saying that that standard equation for weight loss may be wrong after all. Why? Because as you lose weight, your metabolism naturally slows down, making it less likely that you would automatically lose 1 pound when cutting out 3,500 calories.

An article on FoxNews indicated that lead researcher Kevin Hall has a new rule of thumb for weight loss.
The new rule says you need to cut 10 calories per day from your diet for every pound you want to lose over a three-year period. So cutting 100 calories per day will lead to a 10-pound weight loss over three years, Hall said. Half of this weight loss would occur over the first year. To lose more weight after the three-year period, you’d have to cut more calories.

I did the math, and under the standard equation, cutting 100 calories from your diet each day would theoretically cause you to lose about one pound a month, or about 10 – 12 pounds a year. Under the newer formula, the researchers are indicating that an 100-calorie reduction would only lead to a 5 pound weight loss the first year, and about 2.5 pounds of weight loss each of the next two years.

BELOW IS THE LINK TO THIS ARTICLE. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK

http://www.fittothefinish.com/blog/2012/02/rethinking-calorie-reduction-needs-in-weight-loss/