Counting calories is a great way of losing weight.
Find out how many calories you need to shift the fat in this article.
BMR/RMR Your base or resting metabolic rate is a measure of how many calories you need every day.
It depends to some degree on how tall or short you are and how much you already weigh.
But, in general, a man needs around 2500 calories per day and a woman needs 2000 calories per day.
If you are overweight then add a couple hundred calories to this figure because your body needs more due to carrying those extra pounds around with it all day.
If you are shorter than average then take a couple hundred off that figure.
Calorific Deficit Rule There is a very simple rule if you want to lose weight.
Forget all the talk about low carb, low fat etc.
This is all that matters.
If you eat more calories than your body needs then you will gain weight.
If you eat less calories than your body needs then your body will burn fat and you will lose weight.
It's really as simple as that.
If you want to lose the maximum recommended 2 pounds per week then you need to have a deficit of about 1000 calories.
So, if you are a man then your maximum calories per day to eat is 1500, if you are a woman it is 1000.
Exercise If you are also working out, then you don't need to cut down your food as much in order to keep the deficit at 1000.
If you are doing about half an hour's exercise then add about 300 calories to your maximum allowed.