| There is an easy way to figure out how many calories | | | | up 200 calories per day with activities such as walking, |
| you are eating every day to maintain your current | | | | which equals 500 lost per day,*7 day per week = |
| weight. Multiply your current weight by 12, which will | | | | 3500, which means you have lost one pound in one |
| equal the number of calorie needed daily to maintain | | | | week. |
| your current weight. | | | | You can also reduce your calorie intake by 500 per |
| Example: If your weight is 150 pounds, multiply that by | | | | day with no increase in your activity level and still lose |
| 12, which will equal 1800 calories. 1800 calories then is | | | | a pound a week (500 calories reduced from diet * 7 |
| the number of calories that you need every day to | | | | days = 3500 or creasing the calorie intake every day |
| maintain your 150 pounds. | | | | and increasing your activity level by more than a total |
| Or, for example, if your weight is 125 pounds, then | | | | of 500 per day. |
| multiply 125*12 =1500 calories, which means that a 125 | | | | Sloow and steady weight-loss is the safest and most |
| pound person only need 1500 calories a day to | | | | effective way to lose weight and to maintain that |
| maintain his or her 125 pound weight. | | | | weight-loss. Also, slow and steady weight-loss helps to |
| One easy technique for losing weight is to reduce your | | | | condition you to make permanent changes in your |
| calorie in take by 300 calories per day, and increase | | | | eating habits, which, in effect, is what we are striving to |
| your activity level by 200 calories per day. This is a | | | | do for permanent weight-loss. Regular exercise also |
| total of 500 calories lost per day. Since 3500 equal | | | | conditions your body to expect regular physical activity |
| one pound, you will be able to lose per day. Pound per | | | | every day for a feeling of well-being. Sounds simple? It |
| week, with little or no effort. That calculation is as | | | | certainly is! |
| follows: You are taking in 300 less per day and burning | | | | |