Weight Loss Support For Women

Calories per day to Lose Weight

I’m I qualified fitness and exercise instructor and in my opinion too much emphasis is put on calorie counting. This comes from a dieting mentality that does not work long term, unless you like eating the same food portions as a rabbit.

But, since you want to know, here are some of the facts!

Before you start losing weight and counting calories you must first calculate the number of calories your body needs everyday, because this amount changes from person to person, depending on sex, age, weight, muscle content or height.

Averages are situated around 2000 calories for women and 2500 for men. An easy, but not so accurate calculation is that for every 500 less than your normal amount of calories eaten every day you will lose up to one pound (453,6g) per week. 

By knowing all the time the amount of calories consumed you can control how much you can eat and how it will affect your body. When dieting and counting the calories you can eat almost anything as long as you do not exceed the number of calories burned every day.

When you eat fewer calories, your body is forced to consume the fat stored to make up the deficit in your calorie count. Nutritionist’s advice is that you must combine psychical exercises with healthy eating in order to create some calorie deficit.

The amount of food energy in a particular food is measured by completely burning the food in a bomb calorimeter, a method known as direct calorimetry.

I hate calorie counting and if that is all someone basis there diet on, well, your health will most likely suffer!

Eat healthy and exercise and you will lose weight. Yes it is that simple, think about it. If you cut out the bad food on your diet and you would need to do this to eat healthily you are dropping your calorie intake.

For each pound of muscle you put on from exercise you will burn an extra 50 calories per day with no extra effort just to keep that muscle alive.

So, you drop your calorie intake by eating healthy, burn calories when exercising and your body burns more calories just to keep that extra muscle alive.

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Nutrition Labels & Tips for Healthy Eating

The nutrition label located on each and every food item, will tell you all the information about that food.  For some however, this information isn’t exactly that reader friendly.  Fear not, as it’s actually easier than you think.

Serving Size
This size is based on the amount people eat. Similar food items will have similar serving sizes, thus making it easier to compare 2 foods of the same category.

% Daily Value
This indicates how food will fit in a 2,000 calorie diet.  This will help you to understand if the food has a lot, or just a little of the important nutrients.

The middle section
The nutrients you’ll find listed in the middle section are the ones that are most important to your health.  This information can help you to calculate your daily limit of fat, fibre, sodium, and other nutrients.

Vitamins & minerals
The percent daily value found here is the exact same as the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamins and minerals.  

Now that you know what the nutrition label actually means, it’ll be a lot easy to eat healthy. 

Tips for Healthy Eating

Healthy eating is a way of balancing the food you eat to keep your body in great health.  With healthy eating, you’ll have energy all day, get the vitamins and minerals you need, stay strong for activities you enjoy, and maintain a healthy weight.

Stop thinking about diets
There are neither good foods nor any bad foods.  All food can be a part of a healthy diet, when eaten in moderation.  You don’t need to buy any low carb, fat free, or even diet foods, as these foods normally have lots of other added ingredients to replaces the carbohydrates or fat.

Don’t skip meals
Eating 3 meals with snacks in between is the ideal way to maintain both energy and a healthy weight. When you skip meals and get hungry, you’re more than likely to choose foods that aren’t very good for you.

If you are eating away from home, take food with you or know where you can buy healthy food from.

Learn to prepare foods
Instead of deep frying, try grilling, stir frying, microwaving, baking, and even boiling.  You should also try fresh or even dried herbs and spices to  add flavour to your food.  Before you eat any type of meat, be sure to trim the fat and skin off of it.

Avoid sugar
Drinks that contain sugar are a major source of empty energy.  What this means, is that the drinks contain a lot of energy that your body may not need, and it doesn’t contain any vitamins or minerals.  If you plan to drink sugary drinks, don’t go overboard – limit yourself to 1 a day.

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