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Individual Dieting Challenges:Each person’s nutritional needs are unique to the individual.We differ in our ability to burn calories. Know those fidgety skinny people who eat gobs and lose weight? Researchers have found that all of that constant movement can account for as much as 800 calories burned daily. Variables for individual’s total food requirement: Muscle Mass (muscles, not fat, burn your calories) Daily Exercise Metabolic Differences (from differing hormone levels, etc…) Most of us can lose weight on 1800 calories a day. Some of us may have to eat less and some of us can get by with more. A pound of weight = 3500 calories Each mile you walk/run = 100 calories Same diet & you run 3 miles a day = 2-3lbs. lost a month Lesson: A lot of exercise is required to burn off a little bit of weight. Consider exercising as something that is good for you and may augment your weight loss. However, you won’t achieve significant weight loss with exercise alone. Think diet! Articles: Dietary Analysis:There is no magic to any diet. Food makes you overweight and less food will cause you to lose weight. Have you ever seen a heavier person in a famine stricken area? Ever see someone gain weight while they are starving? No! Diets, diet pills and surgical procedures all work because of one simple fact: you eat less.read more... |
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