Guest guest Posted March 25, 2002 Report Share Posted March 25, 2002 Found some interesting items in a Dr.Donohue column over the weekend for those that wonder about caloric intake in a general way. The idea here is to estimate the calories necessary to maintain your body weight....more than the number adds on storage; less than goes in the negative column...but no equity. Moderately active male: Multiply current weight by 19 (ex. 150# x 19 = 2850 cal. intake) Moderately active female: Multiply current weight by 17 (ex. 130# x 17 = 2210 cal. intake) " Moderately active " is a key phrase. Another formula says to multiply the weight in pounds by 10 and then add 50 percent more of that number to obtain a daily target for calorie intake. The example here would be a 150 pounder would be able to consume 2250 calories a day (150 x 10 = 1500; 1500 x 0.5 = 750 + 1500 - 2250) Athletes are allowed to intake about 50 calories for every 2.2 pounds of body weight. A 150 pounder is allowed 3400 calories per day with vigorous activity. To quote the Doc on this one for the rest of article: " If you are a true scientist, go about weight loss by first purchasing a calorie counter. For one week, keep a record of each day's calorie intake. If you weight stays the same throughout that week, you then known how many calories maintain your present weight. To lose weight, reduce your daily calorie intake by 500 calories. That ought to pare off one pound of body weight in one week. That sounds like a discouragingly littel amount of weight to lose. It is not. It's a safe amount to lose, and it's a loss that's easy to maintain since the diet is not so off-the-wall. " Dan rny 10.13.98 EdWaits,MD-Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 Ahhhhh, to be a normie. If only this had applied (or would apply to me today). If I ate that much, I'd weight that much.... Thanks, http://www.vitalady.com For info on PayPal, click this link: https://secure.paypal.com/affil/pal=vitalady%40bigfoot.com Calorie Rule of Thumb(s) > Found some interesting items in a Dr.Donohue column over the weekend > for those that wonder about caloric intake in a general way. The > idea here is to estimate the calories necessary to maintain your body > weight....more than the number adds on storage; less than goes in the > negative column...but no equity. > > Moderately active male: > Multiply current weight by 19 (ex. 150# x 19 = 2850 cal. intake) > Moderately active female: > Multiply current weight by 17 (ex. 130# x 17 = 2210 cal. intake) > > " Moderately active " is a key phrase. > > Another formula says to multiply the weight in pounds by 10 and then > add 50 percent more of that number to obtain a daily target for > calorie intake. The example here would be a 150 pounder would be > able to consume 2250 calories a day (150 x 10 = 1500; 1500 x 0.5 = > 750 + 1500 - 2250) > > Athletes are allowed to intake about 50 calories for every 2.2 pounds > of body weight. A 150 pounder is allowed 3400 calories per day with > vigorous activity. > > > To quote the Doc on this one for the rest of article: > > " If you are a true scientist, go about weight loss by first > purchasing a calorie counter. For one week, keep a record of each > day's calorie intake. If you weight stays the same throughout that > week, you then known how many calories maintain your present weight. > To lose weight, reduce your daily calorie intake by 500 calories. > That ought to pare off one pound of body weight in one week. That > sounds like a discouragingly littel amount of weight to lose. It is > not. It's a safe amount to lose, and it's a loss that's easy to > maintain since the diet is not so off-the-wall. " > > Dan > rny 10.13.98 > EdWaits,MD-Atlanta > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 In a message dated 3/29/2002 9:09:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, vitalady@... writes: > Ahhhhh, to be a normie. If only this had applied (or would apply to me > today). If I ate that much, I'd weight that much.... > > Thanks, > > > http://www.vitalady.com > > > For info on PayPal, click this link: > https://secure.paypal.com/affil/pal=vitalady%40bigfoot.com > > > Calorie Rule of Thumb(s) > > > > Found some interesting items in a Dr.Donohue column over the weekend > > for those that wonder about caloric intake in a general way. The > > idea here is to estimate the calories necessary to maintain your body > > weight....more than the number adds on storage; less than goes in the > > negative column...but no equity. > > > > Moderately active male: > > Multiply current weight by 19 (ex. 150# x 19 = 2850 cal. intake) > > Moderately active female: > > Multiply current weight by 17 (ex. 130# x 17 = 2210 cal. intake) > No kidding! I don't count calories, but I figure about 10 calories per pound (that you'd like to weigh) is more like normal healthy weight folks that don't do a bunch of exercise but are not bed bound. Most days I would say I eat around 1200 to 1600 calories . . . I would hate to have to eat a bunch more to maintain my weight. ) Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 See http://www.drkoop.com/tools/calculator for calculators on how much carbohydrates and protein they recommend for you. Ray Hooks For WLS nutrition info, visit http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com softplan11 wrote: > > Found some interesting items in a Dr.Donohue column over the weekend > for those that wonder about caloric intake in a general way. The > idea here is to estimate the calories necessary to maintain your body > weight....more than the number adds on storage; less than goes in the > negative column...but no equity. > > Moderately active male: > Multiply current weight by 19 (ex. 150# x 19 = 2850 cal. intake) > Moderately active female: > Multiply current weight by 17 (ex. 130# x 17 = 2210 cal. intake) > > " Moderately active " is a key phrase. > > Another formula says to multiply the weight in pounds by 10 and then > add 50 percent more of that number to obtain a daily target for > calorie intake. The example here would be a 150 pounder would be > able to consume 2250 calories a day (150 x 10 = 1500; 1500 x 0.5 = > 750 + 1500 - 2250) > > Athletes are allowed to intake about 50 calories for every 2.2 pounds > of body weight. A 150 pounder is allowed 3400 calories per day with > vigorous activity. > > To quote the Doc on this one for the rest of article: > > " If you are a true scientist, go about weight loss by first > purchasing a calorie counter. For one week, keep a record of each > day's calorie intake. If you weight stays the same throughout that > week, you then known how many calories maintain your present weight. > To lose weight, reduce your daily calorie intake by 500 calories. > That ought to pare off one pound of body weight in one week. That > sounds like a discouragingly littel amount of weight to lose. It is > not. It's a safe amount to lose, and it's a loss that's easy to > maintain since the diet is not so off-the-wall. " > > Dan > rny 10.13.98 > EdWaits,MD-Atlanta > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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