i run for about 1 hour everyday and lift for 30 minutes and try to eat healthy most of the time and im trying to lose the fat over my abs so whats the ideal amount of calories i should be eating per day?
2007-04-25 11:31:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
minimum of 1200 MINIMUM but you should be getting more than that.
it depends on your gender, age, and weight
2007-04-25 11:34:29 · answer #1 · answered by Susana M. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Determine exactly what is the the food item. Write it down, and be sure to include toppings, dressings, cheeses and so forth.
Go to CalorieKing.com, or another similar website and enter what you ate. That should give you the answer unless the calorie count for that item is not on their counter.If you can't get the information you need on this site then..
Go to a search engine, and type in "Calorie Amount for: (blank). It should come up.
If the food item is from a national food chain (even local sometimes) you can check out their complete nutritional menu online. (Wendy's; McDonald's; etc.)
Tips
Every food item you purchase has the calories on the package.
Get a little book, and write down the calories you are using from everything you eat during the day. Count them at the end of the day.
Things You'll Need
A Computer
A full (or soon to be full) stomach
pencil and paper to write the calories into
2007-04-25 11:40:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
dont try to lose more than 1-2lbs a week - its not healthy to lose more.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried - no junk food
2007-04-25 12:00:21 · answer #3 · answered by Natalie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Average is 2000 calories a day but for you i dont suggest calories but more as in eating protien and nutrients.
2007-04-25 11:35:10 · answer #4 · answered by killedheart101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
burn calories more than you consume... ex: you consumed 2000 calories in 1 day, - try to burn 3500 calories or more...
,use a calorie burn counter or something to track how much calories you've burn....
2007-04-25 11:38:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To weigh one pound is 1,000 calories.
So sumthin less than that. I guess
2007-04-25 11:34:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eat all you want just make sure you burn it by exerciseing.
2007-04-25 11:34:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 50,000 minimum
2007-04-25 11:33:55 · answer #8 · answered by Chris Goodenough 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋