Calories is an energy measurement of the amount of energy obtained from food that is available through cellular respiration.
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Are calories the only important aspect of a diet?
I've recently started using apps like MyFitnessPal to calculate the amount of energy and nutrients I consume and do some simple number crunching for me. However, all these apps seem to be focused on ...
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How can I calculate calories burned during an activity?
I've found various online "calculators" for looking up how many calories are burned when doing an exercise like using an Elliptical machine.
Is there a way to calculate how many calories I burned ...
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Is it necessary to eat fewer carbs in order to lose weight?
I'm using DailyBurn.com as my guide/tracking system for losing weight and I always seem to hit my recommended carb limit for the day really easily. I really like eating rice, pasta and bread.
To put ...
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Estimated calories you burn throughout day
If one has normal activity throughout the day, for example wake up at 10AM sleep at 11:30PM, drive to work, work, walk to get lunch, drive home, do laundry, etc.
What is the estimated amount of ...
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Theory to burn Calories with muscle
Once I had a physical education teacher at the University tell me that he is experimenting with a theory. The theory is that muscle burns calories and that as muscle mass increases, the amount of ...
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At what point do I start to burn muscle on a calorie deficit diet?
If I'm on a calorie deficit and trying to burn fat, at what point do I start burning muscle instead of fat? How can I be sure that I'm eating enough to minimize muscle loss, but remain on a calorie ...
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How many calories should I intake and how much should I “spend” daily?
I am a Computer professional. My job involves sitting on a pc for the whole day without much physical work.
I am 32, male.
I would like to know what is the amount of calories I should consume daily ...
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Does duration or intensity or both affect how many calories are burned in a cardio workout.
Is there a relationship between heart-rate over time and calories burned, or is it just duration? What about a non-cardio workout?
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Weight gain diet for a Pescetarian?
I was weight gaining/lifting about 5 years ago on a diet consisting of a lot of chicken, beef and tuna.
However, I stopped, and have since then stopped eating factory farmed meats, and now have a ...
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Calories to consume on workout days
I did a calorie calculator to see how many calories I should consume in a day. I'm getting between 1,300-1,500 in a day. So, on days I work out, like today, I burned around 500-600 calories. Should I ...
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As long as I do enough exercise, can the effects of junk food intake be offset?
So it's been explained to me that it's basically just a matter of burning more energy than you consume.
So say, in theory, if I were to do heaps and heaps and heaps of exercise every day. But then I ...
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Daily calorie intake
Based on my height, weight, age, exercise levels, how many calories should I be consuming daily to lose a healthy amount of weight each week/month?
I have been to about 5 difference sites and have ...
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Estimating burnt kcal from one type of activity when measured by heart rate and measurement assumes different activity?
I have a certain watch that can be linked to a heart rate monitor. It then will give me the amount of calories based on the premise that I am running. However, obviously the watch can be used also for ...
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Calories to grams
I am trying to work out how much fat, carbs, and protein I should be consuming daily based on my BMR which is around 2025 calories. Apparently you're supposed to have 500 calories less than your BMR ...
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Does lifting weights pull back you weight losing process?
I am out of shape(else why would I be here, lol), I weigh 185 pounds, 178cm height(5'9'' I guess). Lately I have been trying to work out and lift some weights for around 4 weeks, but yesterday I was ...
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So am I at a calorie deficit now?
I am 21, 6'4 and 19 stone (266 pounds) and my estimated BMR is 2545.58
Last night I did 90 minutes walking at a slow pace. This estimates I burned between 319-440 calories. ...
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The relationship between basal metabolic rate, calories, and activity level
I have a base BMR of about 2200 calories without the activity multiplier using this formula:
66 + (6.23*240) + (12.7 * 70) - (6.88*31)
I supervise an automotive shop and generally consider walking, ...
