Wouldn’t it be great if there was a little blue pill (don’t all pills seem to be blue) that helped you drop weight and keep it off? Instead, we have to work at it.
During my recent doctor’s visit, I asked him specifically about weight loss. Do you know he had the audacity to tell me “Calories in, calories out?” Dang it! I was hoping for some magic. Maybe a rabbit out of a hat. Something. Anything besides what we all know to be true…we have to work at it by paying attention to the number of calories we consume each day and the number of calories we exert.
Fortunately, some calories are exerted just by being us. Our bodies require a certain number of calories each day to just maintain our current selves. It’s only when we create a deficit between those we eat and those we burn that we lose weight. We can help increase this deficit by… EXERCISE! (You were hoping for that pill weren’t you?)
To help you figure out the number of calories your body needs to maintain, here are a few helpful sites to know if you are eating too much, not enough, or just right depending on your goals:
Now if you’ve been keeping calorie counts in your diary, how do your needs versus calories consumed compare? Was anyone surprised by the calorie counters?
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