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Trying to Lose Weight? This Is How Many Calories You Need to Burn
You've probably heard it before: you should burn more calories than you consume. We often hear that the answer to weight loss is simply calorie in versus calorie out, but it isn't that simple. What are we talking about in terms of calories? In a day, how many calories should you burn? During the course of a single workout? If you're exercising to lose weight, it's crucial to keep track of how many calories you burn during each session. If you're not modifying your diet, it's much more critical.
There is no universally applicable magic number. This is
because everyone burns a different quantity of calories at rest, which you must
take into account before calculating how many calories you burn during an
exercise and then how many calories to eat. A dietician or nutritionist can be
helpful because they are qualified to handle your body's individual calorie
requirements. However, even if you don't have one, you can estimate how many
calories you'll need each day and how many you'll burn while exercising.
It's critical to maintain a positive attitude throughout
this procedure. Exercising solely to "punish" yourself for what you
ate or to burn a lot of calories may briefly inspire you, but the greatest
lasting motivation for exercise comes from something positive, such as
exercising to relieve stress or to have fun. Remember that exercise has far
more health and well-being benefits than just weight loss or calorie burn.
With this in mind, read on for advice from Brooke Taylor, a
qualified trainer, on the ideal workout technique for achieving your weight
loss objectives.
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To lose weight, how many calories need you burn?
If your objective is to lose weight and you're counting
calories, you'll need to burn more than you consume in order to create a
deficit. To do so, you'll need to know your basal metabolic rate, or how many
calories your body burns when it's at rest. Then take into account how many
calories you consume each day.
Once you know how many calories you burn at rest and how
many calories you eat in a week (multiply your BMR by 7 and your calorie intake
by 7), you can alter your calorie intake and workouts to burn roughly 2,000
calories each week, which is the goal Taylor sets for most of his clients.
A healthy objective, according to Taylor, is to lose one to
two pounds per week. A pound equals 3,500 calories, and you can create that
deficit in a variety of ways. She suggests exercising to burn 2,000 calories
per week and then cutting 1,500 calories per week from your diet, which equates
to roughly 214 less calories each day.
Aim to burn 400 to 500 calories five days a week during your
workouts as a general rule. Remember that the number of calories you burn
during an exercise varies depending on your weight, gender, age, and a variety
of other factors, but this figure is an excellent place to start. A man who
weights200 pounds, for example, will burn more calories doing the same workout.
"Everybody is different, which is why it's critical to
work with experienced professionals to personalize a program for you, monitor
it, give suggestions along the way, and make changes as needed," Taylor
adds.
Fitness trackers and monitors that use your heart rate to
calculate your calorie burn are useful tools.
Getty Images/Atit Phetmuangtong/EyeEm How to Keep Track of
Calories Burned While Exercising
The Fitbit, Apple Watch, and Whoop are just a few of the
fitness monitors that will tell you how many calories you burned after each
session. This is usually determined by your heart rate and other personal data
entered into the device's settings when you first set it up (like your weight,
age and sex). Taylor recommends the Polar heart-rate monitor because
chest-strap monitors (like the Polar) are more accurate than wrist-worn
trackers. None of those tools are perfect, but they can help you come close.
You can also use an online calculator to enter the sort of
workout, your age, gender, and weight, as well as the workout's length.
The following are the primary elements that impact how many
calories you burn during a workout, according to Taylor:
Heart rate training zone: According to Taylor, your heart
rate zones reveal "how hard you're pushing and rest intervals."
"Because your heart rate changes on a regular basis, knowing how much
you're burning and what zones you're training in can only help you get closer
to your goals."
Your natural resting heart rate: Everyone's resting heart
rate is different, but the normal range is 60 to 100 beats per minute. Taylor
advises that if you have a greater resting heart rate, you should alter your
workout accordingly. "These customers tend to elevate quickly and stay in
greater burning zones for longer periods of time, necessitating more frequent
breaks," says the expert.
Your body weight is: "A person who weighs 120 pounds
burns less per hour than someone who weighs 180 pounds," Taylor explains.
Workout styles: "The way you train matters,"
Taylor adds. This is why, even if strength training does not burn as many
calories as cardio, you should choose a fitness plan that includes both cardio
and strength training. Increasing your muscle mass over time will help you burn
more calories even when you're not exercising.
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The information in this article is provided solely for
educational and informational purposes and is not intended to be used as
medical or health advice. If you have any concerns or questions about a medical
condition, always seek the advice of a physician or other certified health
expert.