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RMR- staying on target!

by Elisabeth :)
(Louisiana, USA)

I just figured out what my RMR is (1458/day). I know I'm supposed to eat that many calories worth of food a day, but when I work out I burn calories. Is it ok for me to eat the calories I burned as long as my RMR is kept? for example: goal: 1458 - 1640 (food) + 182 (burned calories)=1458. so, even though I ate 1640 calories, my end result is the same. Does that even make sense?! hahaha...and if I do this, what is the point in working out?! I'm at a loss right now, can anyone help! :)

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by: Helen

Hi Elizabeth, I just wanted to wish you luck as I too have been trying to lose kilos and Know it can be hard. I don't count calories or anything anymore I just stick to foods with low sat.fat, low sugar and low cal per serve. I work out at the gym some days for an hour others less. But I feel better and am losing. I read some where to cross one hurdle at a time. ie food or exercise. Good luck.
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by: Anonymous

wait, 1050 calories burned in 12 minutes? WTF. lol.
sign me up for that. Oh wait. so you would burn about 90 calories a minute. hehehe. cant be done.
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by: Elisabeth

thank you for your informative comment! I am currently overweight and in the process of shedding those unwanted lbs!! :) At this point, I am just a "calorie counter". I hope to be at the place soon, where I can worry about the fat, carbs, etc in the foods I eat. Right now, just eating the correct number to calories is all I can handle. I was eating anywhere to 2300-2800 calories of food each day and my diet included fried chicken, fast food and lots of sweet tea!!! :( I am proud to say that I haven't eaten fried foods in 4 months and have had fast food 10 times over the last 4 months! (I made a point to keep track of my progress). So, for me to just count calories and stay with my range is a big deal. :) Like I said before, I will get to the point where I worry about eating healthier, I just have to take it one hurdle at a time. :) thanks again for your input and I gladly accept anymore you may have!

Elisabeth
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by: dan

Hi Elisabeth, I have a masters in sports nutrition. Your rmr is calories required to keep you at your current weight at rest doing no physical activity or day to day goings,(I’m guessing you got one these rmr estimates off an internet calculator which is only a rough guideline at best.) so your estimates will be off. Are you wanting to lose or maintain weight? Without knowing this it won’t be possible to help you. One thing I will say is your metabolic rate is affected by several things i.e muscle mass, amount of sleep and portions of food you eat(5 small meals a day will help give you a faster metabolism than 3 big meals a day). Which the online calculators won’t take into account! I advise you to work out, but if you're struggling to my biggest advice is don’t just be a ‘calorie counter’ look at other information on labels like grams of fat, protein and there % of GDA as it will help keep you healthy and make a massive difference on your body type.
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by: David

I believe you are to eat 1458 worth of calories don't go over that amount daily. If you have a calories watch you want to loss calories through your workout.

GOOGLE youtube
interval teaching search for 12 minute workout loss 1050 calories.

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