Calories is an energy measurement of the amount of energy obtained from food that is available through cellular respiration.
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Does drinking ice water burn up to 1000 extra calories per day? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does being cold help lose weight?
I read this comment on a YouTube video showing body builders having breakfast:
Ice water. That's the key. Not just plain water - ...
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How can I consume more calories without feeling bloated?
I am looking to gain muscle but I cant seem to consume more calories without feeling bloated. That feeling masks hunger such a way that I have to skip a meal, thus avoiding caloric excess that is ...
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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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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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How do different modes of transportation compare from a caloric burn perspective?
Assuming that I'm travelling the same route between two points how do walking, running and biking compare with one another?
My instinct is that calories per mile (metre, kilometre, or what have you) ...
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Trying to lose weight, two questions
I am currently 18.6 stone. I started dieting three days ago and have massively reduced my caloric intake. For example, last night I had only 200 calories after subtracting my cardio, according to my ...
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Is vigorous drumming an effective exercise?
From the "any exercise is better than no exercise" perspective, I'd imagine that playing drums at high tempo would be considered effective - it certainly can work up a sweat and obviously must burn ...
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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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Does exercising at different times affect the amount of calories needed per day?
Just wondering if the time of the day when you exercise affects how many calories you should consume for the day? So I am essentially wondering is, if I change my training time, does it change how ...
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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 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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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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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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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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Is there a problem with my gym routine?
I try to go the gym every night, at about 10pm - 12pm.
Is it good to go at this time?
My aim is to become thinner, I am quite stocky, I have never been to the gym to increase muscle size, only to ...
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What are the foods that are low in fat but high in calories? [closed]
Can you cite the foods that are low in fat but high in calories?
I'm 21, male, around 5'7" tall and I'm kinda skinny. I've read online that one of the things I should consider to gain weight is ...
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Eating more calories to improve performance?
I have been struggling to make progress in my swimming for quite a while now. Is it simply a need to eat more food to improve? I recently took 2months off swimming to assist my recovery. I want to ...
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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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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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How does calorie burn affect appetite?
What's the relationship of calories burned (e.g. through exercise) and appetite level?
Let's say there are two hypothetical situations:
A) Over the course of one day my body burns 2300 calories but ...
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Beating hunger and managing calories
After I work out (6-7pm), I eat a post workout meal which will largely consist of low GI carbs (like wholewheat pasta or sweet potato), veg (onions, peppers, tomatoes and spinach usually) and 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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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 the amount of breathing (holding breath/breathing fast) affect the calories burned during a workout (not heavylifting)?
Why I even think it could have any effect: maybe when the body has deficit of the oxygen, the burning reaction modifies to burn more sugar/fat/whatever (i.e. instead of burning each molecule ...
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what is burnt first, muscles(protein) or fat
I'm trying to reduce my belly fat, for which I'm doing exercise for a month now, but no result yet. So now thinking of starting diet. But if I do that, and eat much less calories, then what will be ...
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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, ...
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Is a drastic calorie reduction harmful?
For a long time I was consuming 4000 calories a day. This was between soda and various "junk foods". I was surprised to find my protein, carb and fat levels were pretty close to what they should have ...
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Caloric benefit to working out in hotter temperatures?
I have noticed a difference in my workouts when the only factor I change is the temperature of the room in which I workout.
I am aware that there are risks and benefits to exercising in hotter ...
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Which is healthier: Mayo, Honey Mustard or Oil + Vinegar? [closed]
Which is healthier on a sub sandwich? Mayo, Honey Mustard or Oil + Vinegar?
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Is something with 100 calories but 24g of sugar okay to eat when on a diet?
I bought these watermelon flavored ices from the supermarket because they have 100 calories per cup and 0g of fat and saturated fat. But they do have 24g of sugar.
Will eating these be against my ...
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Calories burnt by fidgiting?
I am wondering if there is any significant calorie burning from fidgeting (bouncing your heel, tapping your foot, moving your fingers, etc.) LiveStrong has an article on this discussing Non-Exercise ...
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Get calories from nutritional information [closed]
I'm eating a pack of biscuits and on the label the following information is given:
Nutritional information per 100g of product
Carbohydrates - 75g
Proteins - 6g
Fat - ...
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Is there a weight gain formula for young children?
I am looking for a formula to help me work out the following:
On average, how many calories would a 3 year old (weighing 11kg) have to consume daily to weigh 16kg by the time she is 4 years old?
The ...
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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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Is there any practical difference between “calories” and “calories from fat”? [closed]
I was eating a frozen yogurt earlier and noticed the nutrition label said:
Calories 200
Fat Cal. 70
I'm not sure what to make of this. I'm guessing 200 is the total calories, 70 of which comes from ...
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How many calories would a programmer (or somebody who is mostly at a desk) burn on a daily basis? [closed]
I need to know how many calories one would burn if they just sat at a desk all the time on their 9-5.
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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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I really want to pick up weight I'm too skinny [duplicate]
I am a 18 year old boy which suppose to look healthy n fit and have a great built but instead I look like a broomstick and I hate that so much I have tried many things such as drinking eggs and milk ...
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Pedometer / Heart Rate Montior Recommendation [closed]
I am looking for a device that I can use to measure how many calories I burn.
Features I am looking for
Take in my weight into consideration to give accurate calories burned.
Takes in factors ...
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Calories in a fried egg yolk [closed]
As an estimate, how many calories would one consume if he ate only the yolk of an egg which was fried in butter?
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What's my GDA to lose weight?
I'm 5 feet 11 and I weight 189 pounds, I'm trying to lose some weight to reach 176 pounds. My calculated GDA (with online tools) should be 2800 Kcal/per day. My question is: if I lower this value to ...
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Drinking pure olive oil [closed]
I want to gain weight and I'm thinking about drinking large amounts of olive oil to get more calories in my body.
Is there an issue with drinking 100ml (~800 calories) at once?
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Is there any info available on how to measure daily eating calories perfectly? [closed]
I am trying the measuring calorie eating for reducing fat but couldn't find a way to measure the calories i am eating ..Is there any ways to do this perfectly ?
thanks
Shihab
