Calories and calorie burning

dan00 · Post by **dan00** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:41 am

do you have to burn more calories then you eat?

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:31 am

How is that possible to do because you can't burn calories that aren't there?

Sorry, I still don't get this whole calorie thing.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:13 am

Yes you do.

Caloric burn can kind of still happen even on an empty stomach. You can still burn off natural resources, when you're not sated.

dan00 · Post by **dan00** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:31 pm

so if some one intakes 1000-1500 calories a day they need to burn off that much in a session, or what your saying is the calories that leave the body naturauly plus the session?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:25 pm

Kind of yes.

Another way to get rid of fat, is eat below maintenance.

benjamteal · Post by **benjamteal** » Sat May 19, 2007 12:39 pm

I like to think of calories this way...

Imagine your bank account. Your current weight is the amount of money you have in the bank today. In order to reduce the money you have in the bank, you need to spend more than you earn. The opposite is also true. If you want to increase your money, then you must earn more than you spend.

The calories you eat each day is the money you earn. The calories you burn each day is the money you spend. So, to lose weight, you have to burn more calories than you eat - spend more than you earn.

The money you spend can also be separated into two types. You have bills that you have to pay to keep the lights on and the water running. Then you have money you spend on those other things such as going out, buying CDs, and the like.

In our calorie example, the bills are you basal metabolic rate. This is the number of calories that you burn with just your life functions - breathing, digesting, etc.

Then there are the fun things that you spend your money. This would represent you daily activities including exercise. This is also called your total daily energy expenditure.

So, in summary your bills (basal metabolic rate) plus your "walking around money" (daily eneregy expenditure) should be less than the amount of money you earn (calories you eat) in order to have your bank account (weight) shrink.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:01 pm

True. You need money to buy stuff with calories in

benjamteal · Post by **benjamteal** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:21 am

Boss Man wrote:True. You need money to buy stuff with calories in

LOL

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun May 20, 2007 10:39 pm

i don't think you really have to and i never have but lost 10% of and put on 5 - 7kg of muscle without trying in the last yr and a bit just by eating right but i never restrict food...EVER and wt train 4 - 5/week and that's it...no cardio

benjamteal · Post by **benjamteal** » Mon May 21, 2007 2:36 am

Excellent point Swanso...

If you increase the calories you burn through exercise, you won't need to restrict calories to lose weight.

Exercising more is like giving yourself a raise so the you have more spending money!

Moral of the story: Exercise more and eat clean and you will lose weight.