Guest guest Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 My wife wrote this after seeing the post I forwarded to her. This formula only works for skinny people. 290 x 11 = 3190 3190 x .30 = 957.0 3190 + 957 = 4147 if this person wants to lose bodyfat 4147 - 500 = 3647 Even for me at 200 200 x 11 = 2200 2200 x .3 = 660 2200 + 660 = 2860 if this person wants to lose bodyfat 2860 - 500 = 2360 If I ate 2360 calories, I'd be a porker and this is for moderately active people. > so, for a 125-lb moderately active person, the formula would be: > > > 125 x 11 = 1375 > > 1375 x .30 = 412.50 > > 1375 + 412 = 1787 > > if this person wants to lose bodyfat: 1787 - 500 = 1287 > > ROUND THIS NUMBER UP TO 1500 AND START FROM THERE. > When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light. --John W. Gardner, author and educator (1912-2002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 actually, for a 290-lb. moderately active person, 2500-3500 calories would be in the ballpark of what that person would need to sustain him/herself (like i said, the formula is just a baseline). as the weight goes down, so do the numbers. a drastic reduction in calories for a person with a lot of extra weight could cause a lot of health problems. if this person is already eating within this calorie range and it is not helping, (s)he might want to adjust down to 2000 calories and see if that works. i would be cautious about dropping much lower than that at this point. no matter what, i would definitely have this person increase his/her activity level. hope this helps to clarify. melody http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 It sounded about right to me, too. One has to keep in mind it burns a lot more calories for a larger person to be active. Besides, I also read it is bad for a person to cut calories too drastically as it can cause their body to go into starvation mode and slow the metobolic rate too much. Best to cut the calories a little and lose the weight slowly; lasts longer and is a change most people can live with as they lose the weight. ~ feral ~ If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers. ~ Ed Sullivan ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~> , nadiana1@a... wrote: > actually, for a 290-lb. moderately active person, 2500-3500 calories would be > in the ballpark of what that person would need to sustain him/herself (like i > said, the formula is just a baseline). as the weight goes down, so do the > numbers. a drastic reduction in calories for a person with a lot of extra > weight could cause a lot of health problems. > > if this person is already eating within this calorie range and it is not > helping, (s)he might want to adjust down to 2000 calories and see if that works. > i would be cautious about dropping much lower than that at this point. > > no matter what, i would definitely have this person increase his/her activity > level. > > hope this helps to clarify. > > melody > > http://www.melodysmusic.net > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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