Calories is an energy measurement of the amount of energy obtained from food that is available through cellular respiration.
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Is eating rice everyday healthy? [closed]
I am trying to lose lbs and I was told that if I eat rice I will feel fuller faster. So is this true? Is it healthy to eat rice everyday? Are some kinds or rice really better than others? Are there a ...
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How does Zumba Fitness 2 calculate the calories burned?
Zumba Fitness 2 keeps track of how many calories are burned in a session. However, there isn't any indication of what it uses to determine the amount burned. I have to take the number of face value.
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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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Cottage cheese and almonds before bedtime for cardio regemin
I am starting an exercise regimen in combination of counting calories to get back to my ideal weight. I am focusing more on cardiovascular exercises to shed the weight. It basically consists of ...
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Which calorie count for exercise should I trust?
I've been working out by running around the neighborhood lately, and I've been tracking my runs on two running sites, as well as keeping track of the calories on MyFitnessPal. However, I've been ...
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Calorie consumption dilemma: strength vs fat loss
I am a 77 kg guy. I used to be a scrawny 52 kg guy before I began 5x5 workout.
During the weight gain process, I didn't care much about the associated fat gain. I was getting stronger and looking ...
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Android Calorie Counter App for Weight Gain?
With my diet, I'm trying to gain weight, and I'm using the following Calorie Counter app to track this:
http://fatsecret.com/connected/android
However the app is all based on losing weight, and ...
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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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Getting enough calories with a suppressed appetite
I never thought I'd be saying this...but I need to be eating more. I recently switched to a new medication which has been suppressing my appetite to the point that I can go all day without eating. I ...
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Is the resting burn rate included when the calories burned during training are calculated?
Most cardio machines nowadays show an estimate of how many calories you have burned during your training. There are also a lot of different lists available, which activity burns how many calories over ...
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Does the temperature of the training environment influence the calorie burn rate significantly?
The efficiency of the human body, like any other machine, depends on the surrounding temperature. We get exhausted quicker if we run on a hot summer afternoon than we would in the cooler evening. But ...
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how accurate are the calorie counters on iPhone apps?
I use Kinetic to measure my regular excercise routine (walking). It calculates / estimates the amount of calories burned during that period.
I am wondering how accurate (generally speaking) these ...
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Do you burn more calories doing an exercise when it's new to you?
When you first start out doing a particular exercise, obviously it's harder than if you've been doing it for a while and your body is used to it. Does that mean it takes more energy, and that you ...
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An odd day of little calories
I decided I want to lose some fat recently and get a bit healthier. To give myself goals to go for each day I'm using a calorie monitoring app which recommends I have 1750 calories a day. At the ...
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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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Calorie Counter from heart rate monitor Vs. Elliptical machine
I used an elliptical machine at high intensity (not crazy high) for around 20 – 25 minutes, the elliptical machine workout said that I burned 600 calories where as the heart rate monitor said that I ...
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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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How are calories calculated in food [closed]
How are calories calculated in food?
Do they sum all the energy in every molecule? By for example, by burning the stuff up and calculating the energy output.
Or is this value supposed to represent ...
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Calorie counter on an exercise machine is it actual or approximation?
On any machine that gives you the amount of calories burnt, is the calorie count actual or approximation based on weight / effort?
If it is an approximation, any idea on what would be the average +/- ...
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Calorie restriction and longevity [closed]
I'm interested in the known (at least informally) correlation between calorie restriction and longevity, a fact known in other organisms.
There's some detail that I don't understand. How can someone ...
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How to stay fit with lowest possible calorie burn?
Suppose you were in a situation of restricted access to calories -- at or perhaps even below what you need to sustain your weight long-term -- but wanted to stay/get in the best shape possible under ...
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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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Why doesn't it add up when calculating the macronutrient calories for a food? [closed]
I'm wondering why this isn't adding up:
10 oz. of Chicken Breast
300 calories
Carb: 0g
Protein: 60g
Fat: 3.8g
When calculating the calories that come from each macro in the food:
Carbs: 0 * ...
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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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How to accurately work out calories burned on exercise bike
I am looking for a way to accurately workout how many calories I am burning on my bike. I have a standard bike mounted on a cycle exercising stand. At the moment, I have no way of working out ...
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Only 500 Calories even though other GDA values have been achieved [closed]
UPDATE 2:
Managed to get all nutritional values correct, and have got the calories upto 1000. Still missing 500 calories. If everything else is ok, but calories are missing 500, is that OK for ...
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Does cardio burn fat differently than burning calories though non-cardio workouts?
I have read over and over again that you can't target specific areas to lose fat in. Also we know that if we burn more calories than we consume, we lose weight. My question is then: Does it make a ...
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How does our body dispose of excess calories (physiologically speaking)?
My question is whether all the excess energy that is left every day always go to fat, or can it be wasted or disposed of somehow? (for example by not digesting everything to 100 percent?)
Now, I am ...
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How many calories are burnt per hour sitting on an exercise ball?
How many calories are burnt per hour sitting on an exercise ball?
I have seen a number of 350 calories extra per day being tossed around on internet with no evidence or explanation. I assume thats ...
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Does sitting in a sauna actually stimulate weight loss?
My bodybugg gadget actually seems to think that I'm burning more calories when I'm in the sauna, but I'm kinda skeptical. Does sauna time really accomplish anything?
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Should I be getting more calories? [closed]
I've been using the Lose It! iPhone app for a few months now and it seems I'm pretty consistently well under my daily calorie budget, even on days when I'm very careful to get the measurements right. ...
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How can I determine my recommended daily caloric intake if I know my BMR?
This thread recommends learning what your BMR is. You can estimate your BMR with a BMR Calculator.
1) How do I determine how many calories I burn each day by running and/or walking and how do I ...
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Why do I keep regaining weight and feel lethargic on my diet?
I am posting a composite profile of a chronic dieter who doesn't seem to get anywhere from both my own experience and others.
I've read about BMR, calories, and I get it. Fewer calories in, more ...
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Help me adjust the GDA for my BMR to lose weight
Based on GDA (Guideline Daily Amounts), the GDA for someone who has a BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) of 2500 calories a day is:
Calories 2500.00 kcal
Protein 55.00 g
Carbohydrate ...
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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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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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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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Is it true that thinking uses a lot of calories?
I have read a lot of stuff that says the brain is one of the parts of the body that consume the most oxygen. Is this true? Does that mean when you're thinking hard, you're actually burning a lot of ...
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What's the difference between calories and kcal
What are the differences between Calories, calories, and kcals?
Why do we have different terms to describe the same concept?
In what cases is it useful to use one unit of measurement over the other?
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Should I eat more calories when working out even though I'm trying to lose weight?
For example, if I use one of these calculators that tells me how many calories to eat,
if I put in that I am sedentary it tells me to eat (for example) 2000 calories. If I put in that I'm moderately ...
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How many calories are burned while doing interval running?
Since I've started running I've noticed that my appetite has gone up incredibly.I need to know how much I can eat to stave off the hunger while staying under my caloric burn. Is there a way to ...
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How to compensate for a brownie sundae?
Every now and then I'll indulge in an extravagant dessert, such as a brownie sundae, which contains as many calories as I'd normally eat for dinner. What is the best way to nutritionally compensate ...
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Is 3400 calories a day unreasonable for me?
Was reading one of the answers to this question that based on the calculation suggests I intake 3400 calories a day.
I have a scale at home that measures body fat and also calculate about the same ...
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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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Strength Training, Muscle Mass, and Weight Loss
I heard on a podcast that pounds of fat burn calories at a different rate than pounds of muscle. The thinking is that a pound of fat, sitting idly over the course of the day, requires X calories, ...
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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 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 ...
