If you're wondering how many calories to eat every day to maintain an ideal weight
– that's a loaded question.
You know you probably shouldn't hit that all-you-can-eat buffet with the gusto of an
Ironman competitor, but you aren't sure how many calories you can safely consume without
gaining that flab on your stomach.
To make this simple question even more confusing, it isn't just the number of calories we
consume that keeps us looking great and feeling good, but the kind of calories we consume.
First, though, let's look at a general caloric guideline for both men and women.
Generally speaking, for individuals who aren't training to swim across the English Channel
or climb Mt. Everest, they can count on eating between 2000 and 2500 calories a day to maintain
their weight.
For women, it's the smaller number, and men can usually stand to consume a little
more due to their higher muscle mass.
This causes them to burn calories at a faster rate.
Anyone who increases their muscle mass; however, will burn calories faster, but there are other
factors in the equation such as:
- Your natural metabolic rate – the millions of chemical interactions in your body that
determine how fast your heart beats, you breathe, you burn fat, etc.
Most of your calories are burned every day when you are at rest.
This is called your basal metabolic rate.
(BMR) - Your age – As we get older we burn calories
more slowly - Hormonal factors – conditions like hyperthyroidism
or hypothyroidism can cause you to burn calories too fast or too slow
- The weather where you live – People who live in very cold or very hot climates will
burn more calories to keep their bodies at a comfortable temperature
- Drugs you take – many drugs can interfere with the body's metabolism, causing it to
slow down or speed up - Your level of physical activity – though
most of our calories are burned when we are doing nothing, regular exercise tends to increase
our BMR - Diet – the absence of certain important
vitamins and minerals can either boost your metabolism or hinder it.
If you don't eat enough iodine found in leafy green vegetables, for instance, this
can affect your thyroid gland and cause you to become obese
To burn a pound of fat or to gain one, you will typically need to either cut 1500 calories
from your diet or add them.
Depending on the factors, and your goal to either lose weight or gain it, you can decide
if you can hit that all-you-can-eat buffet.
Just mind your reach if you're standing behind the Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps.
He's rumored to eat 12,000 calories a day!
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