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Calorie Restriction Blog - Articles
Calorie Facts & How to easily cut 100 calories a day
by
Tara B.
Posted
Mon 06 Feb 2012 6:06am
Let’s start off with the basics…
What is a calorie?
A unit of energy.
Excess energy or calories then will lead to body fat increase. So use up that energy either through a workout or other physical and enjoyable activities.
Scientifically, a calorie is the energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1 cubic cm of water by 1 degree ...
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Sushi Nutrition and Calories
by
FitBuff Brandon
Posted
Sat 19 Mar 2011 8:12am
itself has transformed into what we recognize it in its most popular forms such as Kappa Maki, the Avocado and California Roll.
Sushi Nutrition and Calories
While it is obvious... between traditional Japanese sushi and American Sushi, the options that one has in the United States varies roughly between 130 to 500 calories while its traditional form is roughly
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How Many Calories per Day are Healthy?
by
Methods of Healing
Posted
Thu 05 Aug 2010 6:08pm
When it comes to losing weight, gaining weight, or maintaining weight, you will invariably hear about calories. In fact, it is calories that cause us to gain weight or to lose weight, and it takes 3500 calories to gain or lose a pound...
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Calorie Counting? Calorie Restricting? Or Simply Calorie Observant?
by
hikerrd
Posted
Sun 27 Mar 2011 10:05pm
I had two wake up calls this past week, regarding the calorie content of foods.
Macarons stacked at La Duree, Paris.Typically French portions!
First, I walked... tags which announced their value, "190 calories".
And how did I feel? Well, quite mixed, to be honest. It was truly a reality check seeing the caloric value of such tiny
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Count Your Calories Per Day To Lose Weight
by
Lucy J.
Posted
Thu 12 Mar 2009 3:02pm
More and more dieters are leaning toward and adopting the approach of counting their “Calories Per Day To Lose Weight“. This is conceived to result directly from the widespread confusion caused by the many contradictory claims being made through the promoting of weight loss products in the media these days. One doesn’t have to do [...]
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18,000 Calories per Day in Race Across America
by
Dr. Gabe M.
Posted
Mon 12 Jul 2010 5:51pm
in approximately one hour shifts. Even though they cycled only a quarter of the time and distance, they each burned an average 6,420 calories per day, compared to the average for North American men of a little over 2000 calories per day. They ate and drank as much as they could but were able to take in only 4918 calories/day, for a deficit of 1503 calories per day
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How many calories per day?
by
Theresa
Posted
Sat 16 Jan 2010 12:00am
: 18.5 - 24.9.
Daily calorie level to maintain current weight: 1989 calories.
To lose weight: 1489 calories.
"Please note you should not go below 1400 calories per day...) a week, a person must burn 3,500 calories more than are consumed (500 calories per day over the course of a week)."
This is good news for me because I have been really struggling
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143 Calories per Day
by
jmcnichol
Posted
Sat 11 Jun 2011 8:52am
I know we all want the quick fix, but did you ever stop to think that you could lose 15 pounds over the course of a year if you created a 143 calorie per day deficit? Seriously, do the math.
1 lb = 3,500 calories
3,500 x 15 = 52,500 calories/365 days = 143.83
There are roughly 143 calories in:
one flour tortilla
six hershey kisses
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Should I really be eating 3500 calories a day?
by
Rocco C.
Posted
Thu 02 Oct 2008 4:24pm
Question: Hey Rocco I just read your recent advice about calorie intake. You said you add a 0 to your weight plus 400 if you workout. I am (I’ll be honest) fat - 310... calories a day that seems like a lot? Thanks, trying not to be so fat and lazy.
- Mike
Answer: The short answer is, yes. The problem with that advice is that it isn
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You Probably Shouldn't Eat 12,000 Calories A Day!
by
Mark D.
Posted
Sat 23 Aug 2008 3:02pm
calories a day when he is training! I'm not going to argue with a guy who just won 8 gold medals in this Olympics. If you burn alot of calories, you can eat alot of calories!
As a collegiate football player, I can remember eating 5,000 plus calories a day in order to maintain energy for the day and play the game. I needed every one of those calories. If I ate
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