Applying Math to Influence Weight Loss Goals
As a trainer, I talk to men and women on a every day basis with regards to caloric numbers or nutritional content, but most folks must see the math to grasp the idea fully. Take a peek at how knowing the math of fitness can help you determine the correct weight loss plan.
As a personal trainer, I talk to people on a every day basis regarding caloric numbers or nutritional content, but most people must see the math to grasp the idea fully. Take a peek at how being familiar with the math of fitness can help you figure out the proper weight loss plan:
Suzy Q is a 35 year old, 150 pound women who is 5 foot. Her weight loss objectives are 2 pounds in a week. Suzy Q eats 2500 calories a day and lives a inactive lifestyle (see desk job).
Making use of a standard formula we know that Suzy Q burns 1443 calories each day just simply because she is alive. This is her basal metabolic rate (BMR).
Let's break down Suzy's basic numbers:
2500 Calories consumed - 1433 BMR = 1057 Calories not burned
A quick world wide web search tells us an average person, living a sedentary way of life, burns 507 Calories:
1057 Calories left to burn - 507 Calories from sedentary way of life = 550 Calories not burned
On this path, she will put on weight. She has excess calories. We know that 3500 excess calories will make her gain 1 pound. Furthermore we know that 550 divides into 3500 6.3 times. That means that in just over 6 weeks, poor Suzy is going to gain a pound. This is how those extra 5-10( or more) pounds sneak up on someone like Suzy without her even understanding.
What can Suzy do? The answer is basic, change the numbers.
Suzy is now going to eat 1500 Calories.
1500 Calories consumed - 1433 BMR = 57 Calories not burned
To reach her weight loss goal, Suzy is going to be a lot more active throughout her daily life
57 Calories not burned - 730 from moderately active way of life = 673 Additional calories burned
This means Suzy is going to burn 673 more calories than she uses on a daily basis. If we multiply 673 x 7 days of the week we get 4711 additional calories.
Suzy is also going to do:
Intense weight training twice a week at 450 calories per day: 900 calories
Run a total of 6 miles in a week: 567 calories
Walk a total of 6 miles in a week: 270 calories
Swim for an hour each week: 500 calories
Total: 2237 calories
If we add the excess calories that Suzy is burning on a daily basis to the number of calories she is burning from exercise, we get 6948 more calories each week that she is burning versus calories she is eating. Understanding that 3500 calories equals one pound, Suzy is going to lose about 2 lbs in a week.
The net result is that we all need to be aware of the "numbers"…our caloric intake versus our caloric usage. We know, from making sense of the numbers, that no weight loss plan is going to work inside the long run with out a practical fitness routine incorporated.
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