Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.
While getting my hair cut I read this in Real Simple magazine and thought it was interesting:
Dont starve yourself. If you want to lose weight and keep it off forever, you need a modest calorie restriction that you simply continue and never stop, says nutritionist Christopher Gardner. But whats the right number of calories for you? Use this easy formula, a favorite of cardiologist Thomas Lee, editor in chief of the Harvard Heart Letter.
First find your activity level on the table below. Multiply your weight by the number indicated. (You may fall between two categories. If thats the case, adjust the number by adding a point or so.) The result is the number of calories you need to maintain your weight. Lets say you weigh 135 pounds and do light exercise one to three days a week. Multiply 135 by 13.5 to get, approximately, 1,800 calories. If you want to drop some pounds, try cutting out 250 calories a day, says Lee. In a year, if you make no other changes, you could be 26 pounds lighter. Exercise more and you could lose more, too.
And Your Number Is
You Exercise: Almost never
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 12
You Exercise: Lightly, one to three days a week
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 13.5
You Exercise: Moderately, three to five days a week
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 15.5
You Exercise: Vigorously, six to seven days a week
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 17
You Exercise: Vigorously, daily, and you have a physical job
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 19
Dont starve yourself. If you want to lose weight and keep it off forever, you need a modest calorie restriction that you simply continue and never stop, says nutritionist Christopher Gardner. But whats the right number of calories for you? Use this easy formula, a favorite of cardiologist Thomas Lee, editor in chief of the Harvard Heart Letter.
First find your activity level on the table below. Multiply your weight by the number indicated. (You may fall between two categories. If thats the case, adjust the number by adding a point or so.) The result is the number of calories you need to maintain your weight. Lets say you weigh 135 pounds and do light exercise one to three days a week. Multiply 135 by 13.5 to get, approximately, 1,800 calories. If you want to drop some pounds, try cutting out 250 calories a day, says Lee. In a year, if you make no other changes, you could be 26 pounds lighter. Exercise more and you could lose more, too.
And Your Number Is
You Exercise: Almost never
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 12
You Exercise: Lightly, one to three days a week
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 13.5
You Exercise: Moderately, three to five days a week
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 15.5
You Exercise: Vigorously, six to seven days a week
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 17
You Exercise: Vigorously, daily, and you have a physical job
Multiply Your Current Weight By: 19
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