How Many Calories Do I Need? Week #4 Challenge

http://www.blogilates.com Learn to calculate how many calories you need to lose or maintain your weight. Cassey shows you how to use the Harris Benedict formula to calculate your BMR (basal metabolic rate) and AMR (active metabolic rate)

Women's BMR formula:
655+(4.3 x weight in lbs) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)

Men's BMR formula:
66+(6.23 x weight in lbs) + (12.7 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)

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[Charlie Bear]

If you eat less than 1200 cals a day, your body goes into starvation mode. Meaning that, even if you're only eating 500 calories a day, your body panics and stores EVERY BIT of fat from the food you're eating.

Which, long story short, means you'll actually GAIN weight.

I ate 800 calories a day for about a month and ended up gaining 6 pounds. For the love of god, DON'T EAT UNDER 1200 cals a day, thats how you gain weight!

I switched to a healthy 1200cals a day for 2 months and lost 17 pounds!

[gerbelle90]

Do some of you use myfitnesspal? Would you recommend it?

[HaloDotAngel]

I LOVE IT! It's easy to use (of course once you get the hang of it so give it time) and it even helps keep track of how much water you're drinking so you'll know if you're not drinking enough (or even drinking too much) water! =)

[1990Sapphire]

@gerbelle90 I use MyFitnessPal and it's a great app! I love it, and recommend it

[Ashley anna]

This sounds familiar... well I like to do is eat something thats high in fiber because thats what really fills you up. For me I like a to eat a fuji or gala apple they are small but are great in fiber plus they are like 60 cal.

[Ashley anna]

Im 14...does this equatuion still apply to me or do teenage girls have a different equation

[Johanna Gustafson]

i think it's because you're eating too little calories. Your body is probably in a starvation mode and stores any calories it gets as fat, but i don't know. Try eating some more for a couple of days and see if it makes a change

[Meiki1805]

Apparently if you eat too little calories then your body will hit a "starvation" mode, so any calories you consume will be stored as fat, that's probably why..

[dena duh]

so I've been eating about 800-1200 cal a day for about a month, plus these pop pilates videos 5 times a week for an hour, and I've yet to lose any weight whatsoever. I don't know whats wrong. my friends think it's because My body is already at the right weight (im 130 lbs, 5'4) but I don't believe them, I have to be able to still lose weight right? I mean it's impossible for your body to just stop losing weight right?